Contents



Core Procedures

Caption: contents core procedures
     
CP1. Recognising Abuse and Neglect  
CP2. Referral and Assessment  
CP2(A). Pre-birth Referral and Assessment  
CP3. Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989 Updated
CP4. Child Protection Conferences  
CP5. Implementation of Child Protection Plans  
CP6. Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries  
CP7. Allegations Against Staff or Volunteers (People in Positions of Trust), who Work with Children  
CP8. Organised and Complex Abuse  
CP9. Information Sharing Guidance  
CP10. Risk Management of Known Offenders  


Partnership Arrangements (Roles and Responsibilities)

Caption: contents Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements
     
PA1. Roles and Responsibilities  
PA2. Safe Recruitment and Selection, and the Management of Adults who Work with Children  
PA3. Learning and Improvement Framework  
PA4. Resolving Professional Differences  
PA5. Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships - under review  
PA6. Child Death Reviews  
PA7. Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews  
PA8. Complaints in Relation to Child Protection Conference  
PA9. Quality Assurance  
PA10. Criminal Injuries Compensation  


Practice Guidance

Caption: contents Safeguarding Practice Guidance
     
PG1. Accessing Information from Abroad  
PG2. Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA)  
PG3. Animal Abuse and Links to Abuse of Children and Vulnerable Adults  
PG4. Begging  
PG5. Bruising  
PG6. Bullying  
PG7. A Child Focussed Approach to Safeguarding  
PG8. Child Protection Plans  
PG9. Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS)  
PG10. Circumcision  
PG11. Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children  
PG12. Diplomats Families Updated
PG13. Disabilities  
PG14. Domestic Abuse  
PG15. Extremist Ideology  
PG16. Fabricated or Induced Illness/Perplexing Presentations  
PG17. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)  
PG18. Fire Setting  
PG19. Forced Marriage of a Child  
PG20. Gang Activity / Serious Youth Violence  
PG21. Harmful Behaviour  
PG22. Historical Abuse  
PG23. Home Alone  
PG24. 'Honour' Based Abuse  
PG25. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based Forms of Abuse  
PG26. Interpreters / Communication Facilitators  
PG27. Learning Disability (Parenting Capacity) Updated
PG28. Licensed Premises  
PG29. Living Away from Home - under review  
PG30. Mental Illness (Parenting Capacity)  
PG31. Missing Families Updated
PG32. Missing from Care, Home or Education Updated
PG33. Neglect  
PG34. Not Attending School  
PG35. Parents who Misuse Substances  
PG36. Prison Visits  
PG37. Psychiatric Ward Visits  
PG38. Resistant Families  
PG39. Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children at School  
PG40. Safer Sleeping Guidance  
PG41. Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour  
PG42. Sexual Abuse  
PG43. Sexual Exploitation  
PG44. Sexually Active Children  
PG45. Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs  
PG46. Supervision  
PG47. Surrogacy  
PG48. Teenage Parents  
PG49. Trafficked and Exploited Children  
PG50. Young Carers  


Appendices and Protocols

Caption: contents appendices
     
  Appendix 1: Links to relevant legislation  
  Appendix 2: Third sector agencies or community groups keeping children safe  
  Appendix 3: Faith community contacts and resources  
  Appendix 4: Triangle chart for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families  
  Appendix 5: Use of questionnaires and scales to evidence assessment and decision making  
  Appendix 6: MOD contacts  
  Appendix 7: A guide to the acronyms used in these procedures