Children can only be kept safe properly if all the key agencies that come into contact with them work together effectively.
Local safeguarding children boards are designed to help ensure that this happens.
The core membership of Hounslow Safeguarding Children Board (SCB) includes:
Children’s Services
Community Services
NHS Hounslow
Hounslow & Richmond Community Health Care Trust
Hounslow Borough Police and Child Abuse Investigation Team
West Middlesex University Hospital Trust
West London Mental Health Trust
Feltham Young Offenders Institution
Probation service
NSPCC
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass)
Hounslow SCB works to coordinate and ensure the effectiveness of member agencies in helping promote children’s safety and welfare.