West Mercia Consortium |
| Herefordshire Safeguarding Children Board |
| Shropshire's Safeguarding Children Board |
| Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board |
Inter Agency Child Protection Procedures for Safeguarding Children |
Manual Parts
- Policy Framework, Principles and Values
- The Safeguarding Children Board
- Managing Individual Cases- Procedures
- Children in Specific Circumstances- Additional Procedures
- Persons Posing a Risk to Children
- Children in Specific Circumstances- Guidance
- Complaints and Professional Disagreements
- Serious Case Reviews
- Child Death
- Protocols
- Local Procedures
- Appendices
1. Policy Framework, Principles and Values
1.1 |
Policy Framework, Principles and Values |
| 1.1.1 | Foreword and Introduction to the Manual (Amended) |
| 1.1.2 | Principles and Values (Amended) |
| 1.1.3 | Definitions and Recognition of Abuse and Neglect |
| 1.1.4 | Common Assessment Framework |
| 1.1.5 | Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families |
| 1.1.6 | Legal Framework for Child Protection |
| 1.1.7 | Information Sharing and Confidentiality (Amended) |
| 1.1.8 | GMC Guidance for Doctors Working with 0-18 year olds |
2. The Safeguarding Children Board
3. Managing Individual Cases- Procedures
3.1 |
Managing Individual Cases - Procedure |
| 3.1.1 | Referrals |
| 3.1.2 | Initial Assessments |
| 3.1.3 | Strategy Discussion/Meeting |
| 3.1.4 | Section 47 Enquiry and Core Assessment |
| 3.1.5 | Initial Child Protection Conferences |
| 3.1.6 | Children with a Child Protection Plan |
| 3.1.7 | Implementing the Child Protection Plan |
| 3.1.8 | Child Protection Review Conferences |
4. Children in Specific Circumstances- Additional Procedures
4.1 |
Children in Specific Circumstances - Additional Procedures |
| 4.1.1 | Managing Allegations Against Adults who work with Children and Young People (Amended) |
| 4.1.2 | Children Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries |
| 4.1.3 | Children who Abuse Others |
| 4.1.4 | Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse |
| 4.1.5 | Domestic Abuse |
| 4.1.6 | Fabricated or Induced Illness |
| 4.1.7 | Forced Marriage (Amended) |
| 4.1.8 | Children and Families who go Missing (Amended) |
| 4.1.9 | Children Missing from Education/School |
5. Persons Posing a Risk to Children
5.1 |
Persons Posing a Risk to Children |
| 5.1.1 | MAPPA Level 2 and Level 3 |
| 5.1.2 | Persons Posing a Risk to Children - West Midlands Region Multi-Agency Guidance Manual (Amended) |
| 5.1.3 | Risks Posed by People with Convictions for Offences Against Children |
6. Children in Specific Circumstances- Guidance
7. Complaints and Professional Disagreements
7.1 |
Complaints and Professional Disagreements |
| 7.1.1 | Complaints in Relation to Child Protection Conferences |
| 7.1.2 | Resolution of Professional Disagreements |
8. Serious Case Reviews
8.1 |
Serious Case Reviews |
| 8.1.1 | Serious Case Review Procedure (Amended) |
9. Child Death
10. Protocols
11.1 |
Shropshire's Safeguarding Children Board |
| 11.1.1 | Children with Disabilities - Allocation of Child Protection Responsibilities |
11.2 |
Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board |
| 11.2.1 | Policy Statement on Participation of Children and Young People |
| 11.2.2 | Guidance for Workers, Volunteers, Management Committee Members and Trustees in Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations working with Children and Young People |
| 11.2.3 | Thresholds Guidance for Practitioners |
| 11.2.4 | WSCB Neglect Guidance |
| 11.2.5 |
12. Appendices
12.1 |
Appendices |
| 12.1.1 | Attendance of Solicitors at Child Protection Conferences |
| 12.1.2 | Age Assessment Joint Working Protocol between Immigration and Nationality Directorate at the Home Office |
| 12.1.3 | Contacts (Amended) |
| 12.1.7 | |
| 12.1.8 | NSPCC Leaflet "Bruises on Children" |
| 12.1.9 | NSPCC Leaflet "Fractures in Children" |
| 12.1.10 | |
| 12.1.11 |
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