34. For the purposes of section 7(4)(a) of the Act—
(a)the Safeguarding Board shall appoint a Chair of the Case Management Review Panel who must also be a member of the Safeguarding Board; and
(b)the Safeguarding Board shall appoint the members specified in paragraphs (1)(b) to (e) of regulation 35.
35. For the purposes of section 7(5) of the Act the Case Management Review Panel shall include—
(a)a Chair appointed in accordance with regulation 34(a);
(b)a person nominated from each of the following persons or bodies—
(i)the Regional Health and Social Care Board;
(ii)the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(iii)the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;
(iv)the Youth Justice Agency;
(v)an education and library board;
(c)a paediatrician;
(d)a Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children; and
(e)an Assistant Director of Children’s Services of a HSC trust.
36. The meetings and proceedings of the Case Management Review Panel shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 5.
37.—(1) The Case Management Review Panel must, in respect of each financial year, prepare and send to the Safeguarding Board a report on the exercise of its functions which shall include—
(a)the numbers of case management reviews undertaken (in accordance with regulation 17);
(b)a summary of all practice learning points from Case Management Reviews completed during the year, together with an assessment of the extent to which practice has changed as a result; and
(c)any material events affecting performance.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) “practice learning point” means a finding of a case management review which, if implemented, will lead to improvement in practice for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
38. The functions of the Case Management Review Panel shall include—
(a)holding a case management review in such circumstances as are described in regulation 17(2) and (3); and
(b)establishing arrangements for sharing the findings of case management reviews.