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      • Managing Individual Cases
        • Referral
          • Referral Flowchart
          • Concerned About a Child?
          • Discuss With Manager
          • Still Has Concerns
          • No Longer Has Concerns
          • Refer to Children’s Services
          • Acknowledge Referral
          • Initial assessment
          • Child’s Immediate Safety
          • No Further Child Protection Action
          • Feedback to Referrer
          • No Further Social Care Involvement
        • 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
          • Urgent Action Flowchart
          • Emergency Action to Protect a Child
          • Immediate Strategy Discussion
          • Legal Advice
          • Relevant Agency Sees Child
          • No Emergency Action Required
          • Appropriate Emergency Action
          • Child in Need
          • Agree a Plan
        • 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
          • Child Protection Conference Flowchart
          • Child is Subject of Child Protection Plan
          • After the Child Protection Conference
          • Core Group Meets
          • Core Assessment Completed
          • First Child Protection Review
          • No Further Concerns About Harm
          • Some Concerns About Harm
      • 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
        • Chapter 5 Managing Individual Cases
      • 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
    • Think Family Policies and Procedures
      • Context
        • Introduction
        • Policy Statement
        • Legal Framework
      • Responding to Children in Need of Support
        • Child in Need System
        • System Principles
        • Consent and Information Sharing
        • The Continuum of Need
      • Common Processes
        • The Common Assessment
        • The Lead Professional
        • Contact Point
        • Think Family Procedure
        • Think Family Joint Working Protocol
        • Think Family Template Catalogue
      • The Procedure
        • Consultation
        • Consultation Outcomes
        • Common Assessment
        • Child in Need Meeting (Level 2/3)
        • Safeguarding Meeting (Level 4)
        • Child in Need Plan
        • Child in Need Plan Review Meeting
        • Significant Harm Concerns
      • Meetings Guidance
        • Introduction
        • Chairing Meetings
        • Meeting Agenda
        • Attendance
        • Venue
        • Supporters and Advocates
      • Timescales
        • Common Assessment
        • Child in Need Meeting
        • Child in Need Plan
        • Frequency of Contact
        • Safeguarding Meeting
      • 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
        • A child-centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding
      • Chapter 1: Assessing need and providing help
        • Early help
          • Identifying children and families who would benefit from early help
          • Effective assessment of the need for early help
          • Provision of effective early help services
        • Accessing help and services
        • Information sharing
        • Assessments under the Children Act 1989
          • The purpose of assessment
          • The principles and parameters of a good assessment
            • Focusing on the needs and views of the child
            • Developing a clear analysis
            • Focusing on outcomes
            • Timeliness
        • Local protocols for assessment
        • Processes for managing individual cases
      • 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
        • Statutory objectives and functions of LSCBs
        • LSCB membership
        • LSCB Chair, accountability and resourcing
        • Information sharing
      • Chapter 4: Learning and improvement framework
        • Principles for learning and improvement
        • Serious Case Reviews
        • National panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews
      • 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
        • Table A: Bodies and individuals covered by key duties
      • Appendix C: Further sources of information
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Referral

Referral Flowchart

Concerned About a Child?

Discuss With Manager

Still Has Concerns

No Longer Has Concerns

Refer to Children’s Services

Acknowledge Referral

Initial Assessment

Child’s Immediate Safety

No Further Child Protection Action

Feedback to Referrer

No Further Social Care Involvement

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