Contents

Core Procedures

Caption: contents core procedures

	Responding to Abuse and Neglect
	Referral and Assessment	Updated
	Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989
	Child Protection Conferences
	Implementation of Child Protection Plans
	Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries
	Allegations Against Staff or Volunteers (People in Positions of Trust), who Work with Children	Updated
	Organised and Complex Abuse
	Information Sharing Guidance	New
	Risk Management of Known Offenders

Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements (Roles and Responsibilities)

Caption: contents Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements

	Roles and Responsibilities
	Safe Recruitment and Selection, and the Management of Adults who Work with Children	Updated
	Learning and Improvement Framework	Updated
	Resolving Professional Differences
	Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships - under review
	Child Death Reviews	New
	Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews	New
	Complaints in Relation to Child Protection Conference	New
	Quality Assurance	Updated
	Criminal Injuries Compensation

Safeguarding Practice Guidance

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	Accessing Information from Abroad
	Animal Abuse and Links to Abuse of Children and Vulnerable Adults
	Begging
	Bullying
	A Child Focussed Approach to Safeguarding
	Child Protection Plans
	Circumcision
	Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children
	Diplomats Families
	Disabilities
	Domestic Abuse
	Extremist Ideology
	Fabricated or Induced Illness/Perplexing Presentations
	Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
	Fire Setting
	Forced Marriage of a Child
	Gang Activity / Serious Youth Violence
	Harmful Behaviour
	Historical Abuse
	Home Alone
	'Honour' Based Violence
	Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based Forms of Abuse
	Interpreters / Communication Facilitators
	Learning Disability (Parenting Capacity)
	Licensed Premises
	Living Away from Home - under review
	Mental Illness (Parenting Capacity)
	Missing Families
	Missing from Care, Home or Education
	Neglect
	Not Attending School
	Parents who Misuse Substances		Updated
	Prison Visits
	Psychiatric Ward Visits
	Resistant Families
	Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour
	Sexual Exploitation
	Sexually Active Children
	Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs		Updated
	Supervision
	Surrogacy
	Teenage Parents
	Trafficked and Exploited Children
	Young Carers

Appendices and Protocols

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	Appendix 1: Links to relevant legislation
	Appendix 2: Third sector agencies or community groups keeping children safe
	Appendix 3: Faith community contacts and resources
	Appendix 4: Triangle chart for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
	Appendix 5: Use of questionnaires and scales to evidence assessment and decision making
	Appendix 6: MOD contacts
	Appendix 7: A guide to the acronyms used in these procedures