- Working Together
- What is the Status and Purpose of the Safeguarding Procedures
- What is Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children?
- What is Significant Harm?
- Definition of Abuse
- Physical Abuse
- Emotional Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Neglect
- When are Families at Risk?
- Working in Partnership with Familes
- Information Sharing
- Resolving Professional Disagreements
- What About Consent and Confidentiality?
- What is the Duty to Co-operate?
- Recruitment and Selection of Staff
- Record Keeping
- Race, Ethnicity and Culture
- Roles and Responsibilities of Agencies
- Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)
- Training, Development and Supervision
- Basic Safeguarding Children Procedures
- What do the Procedures Apply to?
- Referrals to Children’s Social Care
- Duty to Refer
- Confidentiality and Information Sharing
- What to do if you are Worried About a Child
- Database Enquiries about Children Subject to a Child Protection Plan
- Do I Discuss Concerns with the Family?
- Should I Talk to the Child?
- How do I make a Child Protection Referral?
- What Happens When the Referral is Made?
- Emergency Actions
- Cross Boundary Referrals
- Recording
- Initial and Core Assessment
- The Section 47 Enquiry
- What is the threshold for Section 47 enquiries?
- The Strategy Discussion
- Recording the Strategy Discussion
- Undertaking the Section 47 Enquiry
- Seeing the Child
- Medical Examination
- Consent for Medical Examination
- The Medical Report
- Investigative Interview
- Concluding the Section 47 Enquiry
- What Happens if Concerns are not Substantiated?
- What Happens if Concerns are Substantiated?
- Initial Child Protection Conferences
- What is the Purpose of the Initial Child Protection Procedures?
- Timescales
- How to Request an Initial Child Protection Conference
- Who Attends Initial Child Protection Conferences?
- Pre-Birth Conferences
- How are Family Members and Children Involved?
- When are Family Members/Supporters Excluded from Initial Child Protection Conferences?
- The Social Worker’s Report to the Child Protection Conference
- The Medical Report for the Child Protection Conference
- Other Professional’s Reports for the Child Protection Conference
- What is the Role of the Conference Chair?
- What are the Social Worker’s Responsibilities?
- What Decisions can the Conference Make?
- What Records are Kept of the Conference?
- Appeal against a Child Protection Conference Decision
- Children Subject to a Child Protection Plan
- What is a Child Protection Plan?
- What is the Role of the Lead Social Worker?
- What is the Role of the Children’s Social Care Team Manager?
- What Happens When Children Subject to Child Protection Plans Move Between Authorities?
- What Happens When children Subject to Child Protection Plans Live Outside of the Authority?
- What Happens when Children Subject to Child Protection Plans go Missing?
- What Happens When There is a Change of Circumstances?
- The Core Group
- Child Protection Review Conferences
- Local Contact Information
- Procedures and Guidance for Specific Circumstances
- Abuse by Children and Young People
- Neglect Graded Care Profile
- Abuse by Extended Family and Friends
- Abuse by a Stranger
- Bullying
- Child Abuse and Information Technology
- Child Abuse Linked to Spirit Possession and Witchcraft
- Children Affected by Gang Activity
- Children in Hospital
- Children whose Behaviour Indicates a Lack of Parental Control
- Children in Contact with Individuals who are a Potential Risk to Children
- Children in Custody
- Children Involved in Violent Extremism
- Children in Temporary Accommodation
- Child Victims of Trafficking
- Children whose Parents are in the Armed Services
- Children who Self Harm
- Children and Families who go Missing
- Concealed Pregnancy
- Dealing with Neglect
- Disabled Children
- Domestic Violence
- Fabricated or Induced Illness
- Emotional Abuse
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence
- Looked After Children
- Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements
- Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences – MARAC
- Organised or Multiple Abuse
- Parental Alcohol Misuse
- Parental Drug Misuse
- Parental Learning Disability
- Parental Mental Illness
- Private Foster Care
- Race and Racism
- Sexually Active Children
- Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
- Visits by Children to High Secure Hospitals, Prisons and Young Offender Institutions
- Working with Uncooperative Families
- The Child Death Review Process
- The Child Death Review Process Overview
- Definitions of Preventable and Unexpected Deaths
- How are Parents and Family Members Involved?
- Who Provides Information About Deaths of Children?
- ‘Rapid Response’ to an Unexpected Child Death
- What is the Child Death Overview Panel?
- Use of Child Death Information to Prevent Future Deaths
- What is the Role of Core Child Death Overview Panel Members?
- What is the Child Death Overview Panel Process?
- Child Death Overview Panel for Cheshire East
- Serious Case Reviews
- What is the Purpose of a Serious Case Review?
- What are the Criteria for a Serious Case Review?
- Who is Responsible for Undertaking a Serious Case Review?
- How to Initiate a Serious Case Review
- What are the Timescales in Serious Case Reviews?
- What does the Serious Case Review Panel do?
- How are Individual Management Reviews Completed?
- What is the Overview Report?
- What Happens after the Serious Case Review is Completed?
- Managing Allegations of Abuse Against Adults who Work with Children
- What is the Scope of the Managing Allegations of Abuse against Adults who Work with Children Procedures?
- Key Principles
- What are the Different Roles and Responsibilities?
- How are Those Involved Supported?
- How do I Raise Concerns?
- The Initial Response to Allegations or Concerns
- What Initial Action will be Taken by the Designated Senior Manager?
- What Action will the Local Authority Designated Officer Take?
- The Strategy Meeting
- What Happens After the Strategy Meeting?
- Disciplinary and Related Processes
- When is Referral to the Independant Safeguarding Authority Made?
- What Happens about Unsubstantiated and False Allegations?
- Confidentiality
- Learning Lessons
- Disagreements
- Cross Boundary Issues
- Local Contact Information
- Summary Flowcharts
- What to do if you have Concerns about a Child
- Emergency Safeguarding Action
- What Happens after the Strategy Discussion?
- What Happens After a Referral is Made?
- Child Subject to a Child Protection Plan
- Resolving Professional Disagreements
- Interface between the Child Death and Serious Case Review Process
- Serious Case Review Process
- Multi-Agency Glossary of Terms
- Working Together 2013
- Summary
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Assessing need and providing help
- Chapter 2: Organisational responsibilities
- Section 11 of the Children Act 2004
- Individual organisational responsibilities
- Schools and colleges
- Early years and childcare
- Health services
- Police
- Adult social care services
- Housing authorities
- British Transport Police
- Prison service
- Probation service
- The secure estate for children
- Youth Offending Teams
- The United Kingdom Border Agency
- Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
- Armed Services
- Voluntary and private sectors
- Faith Organisations
- Chapter 3: Local Safeguarding Children Boards
- Chapter 4: Learning and improvement framework
- Chapter 5: Child death reviews
- Responsibilities of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs)
- Specific responsibilities of relevant bodies in relation to child deaths
- Providing information to the Department for Education
- Responsibilities of Child Death Overview Panels
- Definition of preventable child deaths
- Action by professionals when a child dies unexpectedly
- Appendix A: Glossary
- Appendix B: Statutory framework
- Appendix C: Further sources of information
