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DurhamSafeguarding Children Partnership Procedures Manual

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This contents list is sub divided into the following sections, each Section contains relevant Chapters/Procedures: (Click on the title to jump to the Section you require):

  1. Core Procedures
  2. Safeguarding Practice Guidance
  3. Improving Child Protection and Safeguarding Practice
  4. Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements
  5. Appendices and Protocols

1. Core Procedures

CAPTION: Core Procedures
   
  See also: Information Sharing: Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners  
  Recognising Abuse and Neglect Updated
  Referrals  
  Assessment  
  Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989  
  Child Protection Conferences  
  Child Protection Plans  
  Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries  
  Allegations Against Staff or Volunteers Updated
  Organised and Complex Abuse  
  Information Sharing Updated
  Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the Child  
  Threshold Guidance  
  See also Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)  

2. Safeguarding Practice Guidance

CAPTION: Safeguarding Practice Guidance
   
  See also: Information Sharing: Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners  
  Abuse Linked to Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs  
  Bruising in Babies and Children New
  Bullying  
  Child Exploitation (including Child Sexual Exploitation and Criminal Exploitation) Updated
  Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment Updated
  Children and Families that go Missing (Including Unborn Children)  
  Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Exploitation Updated
  Children Living Away from Home  
  Children Missing Education  
  Children Missing from Home and Care  
  Children Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries  
  Children of Parents with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities  
  Children of Parents with Mental Health Problems  
  Children of Parents who Misuse Drugs and/or Alcohol  
  Visits to Prisons by Children  
  Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Facilities  
  Concealed Pregnancies  
  Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children  
  Disabled Children  
  Domestic Abuse Updated
  Online Safety: Children Exposed to Abuse through the Digital Media Updated
  Fabricated or Induced Illness  
  Gang Activity, Youth Violence and Criminal Exploitation Affecting Children Updated
  Sexual Harm Consultation Group  
  Harmful Sexual Behaviour  
  Honour Based Abuse, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation  
  Managing Individuals who Pose a Risk to Children Updated
  Neglect  
  Pre-Birth  
  Racism  
  Safeguarding Children and Young People Against Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Updated
  Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour  
  Surrogacy  
  Transitional Safeguarding Updated
  Underage Sexual Activity  
  Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills  

3. Improving Child Protection and Safeguarding Practice

CAPTION: Improving Child Protection and Safeguarding Practice
   
  See also: Information Sharing: Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners  
  Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews  
  See also Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - Guidance for Safeguarding Partners and Child Protection Professionals on What the Panel Does and How it Works  
  Child Death Reviews  

4. Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements

CAPTION: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements
   
  See also: Information Sharing: Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners  
  Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements  
  Agency Roles and Responsibilities Updated
  Managing Professional Differences Policy  
  Complaints in Relation to Child Protection Conference  
  Whistleblowing or Raising Concerns at Work  
  Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers Updated

5. Appendices and Protocols

CAPTION: Appendices and Protocols
   

 

Local Protocols

  
  To follow.  
 

Appendices
  Using this Manual  
  National Contacts  
  Glossary  
  NICE Guidelines  
  Amendments