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Appendix 8: Core Inter-Agency Safeguarding Procedures - Detailed Contents List

Core Inter Agency Safeguarding Procedures (Peterborough and Cambridgeshire)

Preface

Preface

Message from Chair of Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board
Introduction


Chapter 1


Introduction
Aim
Context
How to use the document
Supplementary documents
Supplementary leaflets
Glossary


Chapter 2


Recognising and Responding to Concerns About the Welfare of a Child
Procedures Members of the public
Identifying concerns - procedures to be followed by practitioners working with children and families
Deciding when to refer
Deciding when to refer in situations of possible neglect
Deciding when to refer - underage sexual activity
Deciding when to refer - domestic violence
Deciding when to refer - parental drug and alcohol use
Deciding when to refer - parental mental illness
Deciding when to refer - children with disabilities
Deciding when to refer - child abuse images and the internet
Deciding when to refer - sexually harmful behaviour carried out by children and young people
Deciding when to refer - parents with learning disabilities
Deciding when to refer - fabricated or induced illnesses
The referral process for children in need of protection
Taking a referral - procedures to be followed by Children's Social Care
Practice Guidance
Recognising and Responding to Concerns
Information Sharing
Children in Need
Identifying risk of harm
Defining child abuse and neglect
Tiers of Need in situations of domestic violence


Chapter 3


Action to be taken following a referral to Children's Social Care
Procedures Initial decision making
Procedures to be followed after the initial decision has been made
Initial assessment of the child's needs
Immediate protection of the child
Practice Guidance
Actions to be taken following a referral to Children's Social Care
The Assessment Process
Initial Assessments and Enquiries - 10 pitfalls and how to avoid them


Chapter 4


Action to be taken where a child is at risk of significant harm
Procedures Child protection enquiries
S47 enquiries and associated police investigations - decision making about joint and single agency enquiries
S47 enquiries and the core assessment
S47 enquiries and medical assessments
S47 enquiries and police investigative interviews
Action following S47 enquiries
Practice Guidance
Action to be taken where a child is at risk of significant harm
Communicating with children through the S47 core assessment process
S47 enquiries/core assessments and neglect
S47 enquiries/core assessments and sexual abuse
S47 enquiries/core assessments following serious injuries to infants
S47 enquiries/core assessments and children with disabilities
S47 enquiries/core assessments - issues to consider when parents have learning disabilities
S47 enquiries/core assessments - black and minority ethnic children and their families
S47 enquiries/core assessments - issues to consider in situations of domestic violence
S47 enquiries/core assessments - issues to consider in situations of parental substance misuse
S47 enquiries/core assessments - issues to consider in situations of parental mental illness


Chapter 5


Child Protection Conferences
Procedures The initial child protection conference
Purpose
Timing
Pre-birth Conferences
The Review Child Protection Conference
Purpose of the Review Conference
Timing of the Review Conference
The conference process - initial and review conferences
Attendance
Involving the child and family members
Criteria for excluding parents
Quorate conferences
Information for the conferences
Actions and decisions for the conference
Decision making and the initial conference
Child subject to a child protection plan
Child not subject to a child protection plan
Discontinuing the child protection plan
Recording
Action following the child protection conference
Practice Guidance
The Child Protection Conference
Chairing the conference


Chapter 6


Implementing Child Protection Plans
Procedures The core group
The child protection plan
Child Protection Plans and Children Looked After by the Local Authority
Child Protection Plans and the Children in Need Planning Process
Practice Guidance
Developing Effective Plans and Interventions
Plans
Family Group conferences and child protection plans
Interventions
Interventions and neglect
Interventions and parents with learning disabilities
Interventions and child sexual abuse
Interventions and domestic violence


Chapter 7


Protecting Children in Specific Circumstances
Procedures Looked after children
Children in private foster care
Children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviour
Safeguarding Children at Risk of Sexual Exploitation
Child trafficking and exploitation
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Female genital mutilation
Forced Marriage
Children moving between local authorities
Organised and complex abuse
Allegations of Abuse Made Against a Person who Works with Children


Chapter 8


Serious Case Reviews

Chapter 9

Strategic Management
Training
Recruitment and Selection of Staff
Supervision and staff management
Resolution of Professional Disagreements


Chapter 10


Managing Individuals who pose a risk of harm to Children
Identification
MAPPA & MARAC
Legal and other mechanisms
Civil Orders
Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offender Restraining Orders and Sex Offender Orders
Key changes (Sexual Offences Act 2003)
Civil Preventative Orders (Sexual Offence Act 2003)


Chapter 11


Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Child Death Overview Panel Protocol

Chapter 12

Protocol for the Management of Sudden and Unexpected Childhood Deaths

End