London Child Protection Procedures

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London Child Protection Contents

Quick Guide to using these procedures

1. Preface and Introduction (Updated 10.01.2008)
2. Roles and Responsibilities
3. Sharing Information (Updated 10.01.2008)
4. Recognition and Response
5. Children in Specific Circumstances (Updated 10.01.2008)
6. Referral and Assessment (Updated 10.01.2008)
7. Child Protection Enquiries
8. Child Protection Conferences
9. Implementation of Child Protection Plans
10. Working with Unco-operative Families
11. Mobile Children and Families
12. Unexpected Death of a Child (replaced by Supplementary Procedure 8, London Child Death Overview Panel (Feb 09)
13. Risk Management of Known Offenders
14. Organised and Complex Abuse
15. Allegations Against Staff
16. Supervision and Training
17. Safer Recruitment
18. LSCB's, Quality Assurance and Conflict Resolution
19. Serious Case Reviews (Updated February 2010)

Supplementary Procedures

1. Safeguarding Children Abused through Domestic Violence
2. Safeguarding Children Missing from School
3. Safeguarding Children at Risk of Abuse through Female Genital Mutilation
4. Safeguarding Sexually Active Children
5. Safeguarding Sexually Exploited Children
6. Safeguarding Trafficked and Exploited Children
7. Safeguarding Children Missing from Care and Home
8. London Child Death Overview Panel Procedure (Updated Feb 09)
9. London Rapid Response Procedure (Updated May 2009)
   London Initial Notification Form (Updated May 2009)

Appendices

Appendix 1	Statutory Framework
Appendix 2	Children's Safeguarding Recommendations
Appendix 3	Voluntary Agencies or Community Groups Keeping Children Safe
Appendix 4	Information Sharing Legal Framework
Appendix 5	Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
Appendix 6	Use of Questionnaires and Scales to Evidence Assessment and Decision Making
Appendix 7	Missing Persons' Notification Proforma
Appendix 8	A guide to the Acronyms used in these Procedures

 

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