Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership – Whats in a new name?
Launch Date – Wednesday 18th September 2024
Following on from the launch of Working Together 2023 and in preparation for the current Boards ‘Partnership Safeguarding Arrangements’ document due for publication in December 2024, the three statutory partners, Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire County Council and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board have agreed to rename the Board as a Partnership.
Statement from the partnership
“Following a development session in June 2024 the Lead Safeguarding Partners from the three statutory partner organisations, Local Authority, Police and Integrated Care Board agreed to transition to a partnership approach as defined by the updated Working Together 2023 (WT23) legislation. WT23 defined the role of Lead and Delegated Safeguarding Partners, and called for strong, joined-up leadership and clear accountability to drive effective multi-agency safeguarding. As part of the local arrangements, we have also collectively reviewed and developed our shared vision, mission and values with children being at the heart of this, including changing the name of Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board to Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership.
Frequently asked questions
Will the contact details change?
There will be a new website address www.staffsscp.org.uk and a new social media address for X @Staffscp and Facebook Staffsscp. However, these minimal changes wont affect users as all digital channels will have a full ‘redirects’ in place to ensure you reach the Partnership regardless of the address you are using. Over the next twelve months we will be pushing out the new addresses to everyone. in order to ensure a smooth transition from Board to Partnership.
Will strategic and subgroup meetings change?
There are some name changes however it is business as usual for all meetings and delegates. Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board has changed to Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP). Scrutiny and Assurance Group has now changed to Safeguarding Improvement Partnership (SIP) whilst other groups remain the same.
Has the Business Team got a new name and new contact details?
The Business Team’s email addresses have changed as follows
- SSCB.Admin@staffordshire.gov.uk has changed to SSCP.Admin@staffordshire.gov.uk
- SSCB.Training@staffordshire.gov.uk has changed to SSCP.Training@staffordshire.gov.uk
- SSCB.communications@staffordshire.gov.uk has changed to SSCP.Communications@staffordshire.gov.uk
The old email addresses will remain in place and direct users to the new email address until the full transition has taken place.
How can you as partners help your partnership
Please could you promote the re-branding of our name change through your internal channels for the foreseeable six-month period where appropriate. We are also asking all managers and team leaders to include this brieifng in their team meetings and supervision.
Key messages
- The Partnership statement above outlines the rationale for this change.
- The current Board website address is changing to www.staffsscp.org,uk . User will suffer minimal disruption as the new website domain and business team email addresses will have full re-routing from previous links for the next twelve months to ensure we continue to receive our current digital traffic. Business Team communications will ensure the transition continues post this with no disruption.
- Encourage partners to get in touch if they are using our old branding on any shared digital sites or documentation. Contact Jude.russell@staffordshire.gov.uk