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Brighton Local Safeguarding Board Procedures Manual

Manual Contents

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This Manual is sub divided into 2 Volumes, the contents of each Volume is listed below.


Manual Parts

  1. Volume One
  2. Volume Two

1. Volume One

1. Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Shared beliefs
1.3 Relevant staff
1.4 Accessing and updating procedures
1.5 Terminology
2. Information sharing and confidentiality
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Six key points on information sharing
2.3 Core guidance on sharing information
2.4 Further information to inform decision making
2.5 Key sources of further guidance
3. Recognition and referral
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Risk indicators
3.3 Professional response
3.4 Response by members of the public
4. Response and assessment
4.1 Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
4.2 Framework for assessing children in need and their families
4.3 Screening referrals
4.4 Initial assessment
4.5 Core assessment
5. Child protection enquiries
5.1 Significant harm
5.2 S.47 enquiries and the assessment framework
5.3 Threshold for S.47 enquiries
5.4 Single and joint agency investigations
5.5 Role of duty and allocated social worker
5.6 Immediate protection
5.7 Agency information sharing
5.8 Strategy discussion
5.9 Undertaking S.47 enquiries
5.10 Paediatric assessment
5.11 Analysis and assessment of risk
5.12 Outcome of child protection enquiries
5.13 Timescales
5.14 Recording of S.47 enquiries
6. Child protection conferences
6.1 Guiding principles
6.2 Types of child protection conference
6.3 Membership of child protection conference
6.4 Involving children and family members
6.5 Exclusion of family members from a conference
6.6 Absence of parents and/or children
6.7 Information for a conference
6.8 Chairing conferences
6.9 Actions and decisions of the conference
6.10 Challenges by professionals and parents
6.11 Administrative arrangements and record keeping for child protection conferences
6.12 Complaints by service users
6.13 Resolution of professional disagreement
7. Implementation of protection plan
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Core group
7.3 Formulation of child protection plan
7.4 Key worker role
7.5 Children's social care first line manager role
7.6 Further assessment
7.7 Intervention
7.8 Children subject to a child protection plan who go missing
7.9 Death of a child subject to a child protection plan
8. Specific circumstances
8.2 Children involved in prostitution
8.20 Pre-birth child protection procedures
8.28 Sexual activity
8.29 Unexplained child deaths

Appendices
1. Assessment framework
2. Flowcharts
3. Statutory framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Children Act 2004
3.3 Education Act 2002
3.4 Children Act 1989
3.5 Homelessness Act 2002
4. Glossary of terms
5. National and local contacts


2. Volume Two

8. Specific circumstances
8.1 Child abuse and information communication technology
8.2 Children involved in prostitution
8.3 Children who significantly harm other children
8.4 Child witnesses in criminal prosecution and pre-trial therapy support
8.5 Complex abuse
8.6 Criminal injuries compensation scheme
8.7 Disabled children
8.8 Domestic violence
8.9 Fabricated or induced illness
8.10 Female genital mutilation
8.11 Forced marriage of a child
8.12 Foreign exchange visits
8.13 Historical abuse allegations
8.14 Learning disabled parent or carer
8.15 Looked after children
8.16 Missing and transient child, adult or family
8.17 Parental mental health
8.18 Parent or carer involvement in prostitution
8.19 Parental substance misuse
8.20 Pre-birth child protection procedures
8.21 Procedures for managing allegations against people who work with children
8.22 Racial and religious harassment
8.23 Safeguarding children from abroad
8.24 Safeguarding children at risk of trafficking and exploitation
8.25 Self-harm and suicidal behaviour
8.26 Surrogacy
8.27 Uncooperative or hostile parents
8.28 Sexual activity
8.29 Unexplained child death Protocol
8.30 Use of interpreter, signer or others with special communications skills
8.31 Violence towards staff
8.32 Vulnerability of children living away from home
8.33 Young carers
9. Roles and responsibilities
9.1 All agencies
9.2 Armed forces
9.3 British Transport police
9.4 Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
9.5 Connexions
9.6 Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
9.7 Faith communities
9.8 Fire and rescue authority
9.9 Health services
9.10 Immigration
9.11 Local authorities
9.12 NSPCC
9.13 Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
9.14 Police
9.15 Prison service and high secure hospitals
9.16 Probation service
9.17 RSPCA
9.18 Refugee council
9.19 Schools and further education institutions
9.20 Secure training centres
9.21 Sports clubs
9.22 Voluntary agencies or groups
9.23 The wider community
9.24 Young offender institutions
9.25 Youth Offending Team
10. Risk management of known offenders
10.1 Register of sexual offenders
10.2 Multi-agency public protection meetings (MAPPA)
10.3 Developing intelligence about organised or persistent offenders
10.4 Release of prisoners convicted of offences against children
10.5 Parole or temporary release of prisoners convicted of offences against children
10.6 Assessment of young people accused, finally warned about, or convicted of offences against children
10.7 Identified offenders and others who may pose a risk to children
10.8 Disclosure of information by a local authority
10.9 Visit by a child to high secure hospitals and prisons
11. Strategic management
11.1 Definition of safeguarding and promoting welfare
11.2 The establishment of the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)
11.3 Specific arrangements in the LSCB
11.4 Arrangements regarding children subject to a child protection plan
11.5 Arrangements regarding recruitment and selection
11.6 Arrangements for training staff
11.7 Relationship of policy, procedures and guidance
12. Serious case reviews
12.1 Purpose of a serious case review
12.2 Criteria
12.3 Decision to hold a serious case review and notification
12.4 Determining the scope of the review
12.5 Individual agency reports
12.6 LSCB review group overview report
12.7 LSCB action on the overview report
12.8 Timing
12.9 Communication with staff
12.10 Accountability and disclosure
12.11 Learning lessons locally
12.12 Concurrent processes
12.13 Reviewing institutional abuse

Appendices
1. Assessment framework
2. Flowcharts
3. Statutory framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Children Act 2004
3.3 Education Act 2002
3.4 Children Act 1989
3.5 Homelessness Act 2002
4. Glossary of terms
5. Local Contacts
6. Bibliography


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