Cyp Core 3.3 1.4

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A serious case review (SCR) takes place after a child dies or is seriously injured and abuse or neglect is thought to be involved. It looks at lessons than can help prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. A SCR should take place if abuse or neglect is known, or suspected, to have been involved and • a child has died • or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern about how organisations or professionals worked together to safeguard the child or • the child dies in custody • or a child died by suspected suicide. The Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) follows statutory guidance for conducting a serious case review. The decisions to conduct an SCR should be made within one month of the notification of the incident. The LSCB must notify the national panel of independent experts and Ofsted of this decision. The LSCB should appoint one or more reviewers to lead the SCR. The lead reviewed must be independent of the LSCB and any organisations who are involved with the case. The LSCB should submit the names of these reviewers to the national panel of independent experts. For the review process, the LSCB should make sure there is appropriate representation of the different professionals and organisations who were involved with the child and the family. The LSCB may decide to ask them to give written information about their involvement with the child. The LSCB should aim to complete an SCR within 6 months. The final SCR report, and the LSCBs response to the findings, must be published on the LSCB website for a minimum of 12 months and should be available on request. This is important for sharing lessons learnt and good practice in writing and publishing SCRs. SCR reports should be written in such a way that publication will not be likely to harm the welfare of any children or vulnerable adults involved in the case. The
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