Clear accurate and up to date records are an essential part of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and also ensures accountability. It is important to record all concerns, discussions about or with the child, decisions made, and the reasons for those decisions. An up to date running chronology should be included in a child’s records, and details of which agencies are involved, and who is responsible for what action should also be evident. It should also be clear who the lead worker is and from what agency. If there is more than one child in a family, it is important to ensure that all the relevant information is copied to individual files.
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- Contents
- Child Protection Guidelines
- Managing Individual Cases
- Referral
- Following Initial Assessment
- Following Initial Assessment Flowchart
- No Further Children Services Involvement
- Feedback to Referrer
- No Significant Harm
- Actual or likely significant harm
- Strategy Discussion
- Social Worker Decides on Next Steps
- Decide What Services are Required
- In Depth Assessment Required
- Core Assessment
- Social Worker Coordinates Services
- Concerns About Child’s Immediate Safety
- Service Provision
- Review Case
- Urgent Action
- After the Strategy Discussion
- Strategy Discussion Flowchart
- Strategy Discussion
- No Further Children’s Services Involvement
- Core Assessment
- Police Investigate Possible Crime
- No further local authority support
- Initiate Enquiries into Significant Harm
- No Harm but in Need
- Convene Child Protection Conference
- Child Protection Conference
- Child at Risk of Significant Harm
- Agree Plan for Ensuring Child’s Safety
- Child at Continuing Risk of Significant Harm
- Child not at Continuing Risk of Significant Harm
- Further Decisions Made About Service Provision
- After the Child Protection Conference
- Single Agency Procedures
- Armed Forces
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Children’s Social Care
- Community Nursing Staff
- Community Safety
- Dentists
- GPs
- Health Visitors, School Nurses and Midwives
- Hospital Staff
- Other Health Professionals
- Primary Care Staff
- Police
- Probation
- CYPS Education Services – Schools
- Urban Regeneration Including Leisure Centres and Housing
- Voluntary Organisations
- Youth Offending Service
- Allegations Against Staff
- Who Should Use These Procedures
- Backround Information
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Recognising an Allegation
- Police Response
- Children’s Social Care Response
- Consideration by Senior Manager and LADO
- Strategy Discussion and Initial Evaluation Discussion
- Strategy Meeting
- Reviewing Progress
- Resignations and Compromise Arrangements
- Disciplinary Consideration
- Timescales
- Sharing Information for Disciplinary Purposes
- Record Keeping
- Monitoring Progress
- Unfounded Allegations
- Referral to the Independant Safeguarding Authority or Regulatory Body
- Further Guidance on Child Protection
- Child Abuse and the Internet
- Children and Sexual Exploitation
- Children Missing from Home
- Children Living Away from Home
- Children who are Adopted or Placed for Adoption
- Complex Cases
- Dangerous Dogs
- Domestic Violence
- Fabricated or Induced Illness
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Forced Marriage
- Forced Marriage Act – One year on
- Legal Protocol for Serious Injuries
- Medical Examinations
- Private Fostering
- Serious Case Reviews
- Safe Care
- Sex Offender Management
- Sexually Active Young People
- Substance Misuse
- When to Suspect Child Maltreatment
- Working Together to Safeguard Children
- Appendices
- 10 Common Pitfalls
- Accommodation
- Capacity
- Case Recording
- Child’s Voice
- Core Groups
- Child Abuse Definitions
- Child Assessment Orders
- Complaints about Conferences
- Dealing with Neglect
- Emergency Protection Orders
- Emergency Protection Orders – Warrants
- Information Sharing
- Introduction to the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board
- Parental Responsibility
- Police Protection
- Prohibited Steps Order
- Role of the Chair of Child Protection Conference
- Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Significant Harm
- Signs and Symptoms of Possible Child Abuse
- The Continuum of Need
- Working with Interpreters and Signers
- Managing Individual Cases
- Think Family Policies and Procedures
- Context
- Responding to Children in Need of Support
- Common Processes
- The Procedure
- Meetings Guidance
- Timescales
- Monitoring the Child in Need System
- Complaints and Compliments
- Escalation Procedures
- Case Transfer
- Appendices
- A. Continuum of Need
- B. Continuum of Need – Guidance
- C. Child in Need Documentation Flowchart
- D. Multi Agency Consent Form
- E. Consultation Form
- F. Pre-assessment Checklist
- G. Common Assessment Framework
- H. Child in Need Meeting Checklist
- I. Report for Invited Professionals
- J. Child in Need Plan
- K.Child in Need Plan (Review)
- L. Report for a Safeguarding Meeting
- M. Agreement for Monitoring
- N. Child in Need Audit Form
- O. Common Assessment/Child in Need Pathway
- Q. Standard Letter – Child/Young Person
- R. Standard Letter – Professional
- S. Standard Letter – Parent
- T. Protocol for De-registration
- U. Child in Need Visiting Proforma
- 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
- Child Protection Guidelines
- User Guide
- Search
- Contact
- Research papers
