The Partnership for Children’s Safeguarding arrangements in Dorset was launched on the 1 August 2019. The changes have come about as a result of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and have seen the Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) and Dorset Safeguarding Children Board (SCB) replaced by the Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership.