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December 2011

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Introduction

  1. Working Together
  2. Procedures for the Management of Individual Cases
  3. Child Protection Conferences and Child Protection Plans
  4. Roles and Responsibilities of Agencies
  5. Protecting Children in Specific Circumstances
  6. Appendices
  7. Other Related Policies and Procedures
  8. Supplementary Information


1. Working Together

Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board

 
1.0 Policy Statement  
2.0 Purpose and Principles of Procedures  
3.0 Every Child Matters  
4.0 Race, Ethnicity, Religion and Culture  


Shared Responsibilities

 
5.0 Duty to Cooperate  
6.0 Sharing Information  
7.0 Consent and Confidentiality  
8.0 Working in Partnership with Families  
9.0 Recruitment and Selection of Staff  
10.0 Record Keeping  
11.0 Supervision and Support  
12.0 Training and Development  


Identification of Children in Need of Protection

 
13.0 Significant Harm  
14.0 Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect  
15.0 Contexts of Abuse and Sources of Stress  


2. Procedures for the Management of Individual Cases Where There Are Concerns About a Child's Safety and Welfare

1.0 Making a Referral  
2.0 Initial Response to Referrals  
3.0 Strategy Discussion/Meeting  
4.0 Section 47 Enquiries / Core Assessment  
5.0 Conducting Section 47 Enquiries  
6.0 Immediate Protection  
7.0 Medical Assessment  
8.0 Investigative Interview  
9.0 Working with Parents and the Child  
10.0 Outcomes of Section 47 Enquiries  


3. Child Protection Conferences and Child Protection Plans

1.0 Purpose of Initial Child Protection Conference  
2.0 Timescales  
3.0 Requesting an Initial Child Protection Conference  
4.0 Pre-birth Conferences  
5.0 Attendance at the Initial Child Protection Conference  
6.0 Participation of the Child  
7.0 Participation of those with Parental Responsibility /the Child's Carers  
8.0 Exclusion of those with Parental Responsibility/the Child's Carers  
9.0 Conference Reports  
    Social Worker's Report  
    Medical Report  
    Other Professionals  
10.0 Chairing the Conference  
11.0 Decisions and Recommendations  
12.0 Child Protection Conference Records and Distribution  
13.0 Complaints / Representations  
14.0 The Lead Social Worker  
15.0 The Core Group  
16.0 The Child Protection Plan  
17.0 Recording that a Child is Subject to a Child Protection Plan  
18.0 Movement of Children  
    Movement within Wolverhampton  
    Movement out of Wolverhampton  
    Movement into Wolverhampton  
    Children who go Missing  
19.0 Child Protection Review Conferences  
20.0 Looked After Children with a Child Protection Plan New
21.0 Discontinuing the Child Protection Plan  


4. Roles and Responsibilities of Agencies

1.0 Introduction  
2.0 The Children & Young People's Service  
3.0 Schools and Multi-Agency Support Teams (MASTs)  
4.0 Youth and Community Services  
5.0 Connexions  
6.0 Adult Services  
7.0 Culture and Leisure Services  
8.0 Health Services  
    General Principles of all Health Services  
    Designated and Named Professionals  
    Hospitals  
    Protocol for Referral between Children & Young People's Service and Consultant Paediatricians at New Cross Hospital  
    Community Health Services  
    Maternity Services  
    Mental Health Services  
    Visiting of Psychiatric Patients by Children  
    Other Health Professionals  
    Ambulance Trusts and NHS Direct Sites  
9.0 Early Years Services  
10.0 Carers Looking after Children Away from Home  
11.0 Housing Authorities and Registered Social Landlords  
12.0 Police Services  
13.0 Youth Justice Services  
14.0 Probation Services  
15.0 Prison Services  
16.0 Court and Legal Services  
17.0 Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service  
18.0 Voluntary and Private Sector Organisation  
19.0 Volunteers  
20.0 NSPCC  
21.0 Armed Services  


5. Protecting Children in Specific Circumstances

1.0 Introduction  
2.0 Allegations against a Professional, Professional Carer or Volunteer  
    Foster Homes in Wolverhampton  
    Children from Wolverhampton Placed in Foster Homes Outside Wolverhampton  
    Private, Voluntary or Public Authority Residential Care  
    Day and Residential Schools Maintained by Wolverhampton  
    Independent Day and Residential Schools  
    Children being Cared for by Day  
    Children in Custody  
    Children in Hospital  
    Volunteers  
3.0 Private Foster Care  
4.0 Disabled Children and Young People  
5.0 Abuse by Children and Young People  
6.0 Abuse by a Stranger  
7.0 Abuse by Extended Family and Friends  
8.0 Organised Abuse  
9.0 Domestic Violence and Abuse  
10.0 Multi-agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)  
11.0 Parental Mental Illness  
12.0 Parental Learning Disability  
13.0 Parental Substance Misuse  
14.0 Adults who Pose a Risk to Children  
15.0 Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements  
    Process for Public Protection Panels  
    Disclosure of Information about Sex Offenders  
16.0 Sexually Active Children and Young People  
17.0 Sexually Exploited Children and Young People  
18.0 Missing Children and Families  
19.0 Children who Self Harm  
20.0 Induced or Fabricated Illness  
    Use of Covert Video Surveillance Updated
21.0 Bullying  
22.0 Racism  
23.0 Female Genital Mutilation Updated
24.0 Forced Marriage  
25.0 Honour Crimes  
26.0 Possession and Witchcraft  
27.0 Migrant Children  
    Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children  
    Child Victims of Trafficking  
28.0 Children in Temporary Accommodation  
29.0 Visits by Children to High Security Hospitals, Prisons and Young Offender Institutions  


6. Appendices

1. Legal Framework  
2. Information Sharing  
3. Information Sharing Flow Charts  
4. Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse and Neglect  
5. Timescales  
6. Guide to Medical Assessments  
7. Guide to Investigative Interviews  
8. Assessments and Enquiries - Ten Pitfalls and How to Avoid them  
9. The Common Assessment Framework and the Assessment Framework  
10. Wolverhampton Children & Young People's Service Guide to Recording in Child Protection Cases  
11. Child Deaths and Serious Case Reviews  
12. Principles for Working in Partnership  
13. Working with Sexually Active Young People Under the Age of 18 Protocol  
14. Wolverhampton Protocol for Adults Identified as Posing a Risk or Potential Risk to Children  
15. List of the Major Offences that might be Committed against Children  
16. Provision of Therapy for Children Involved in Court Proceedings  
17. Criminal Injuries Compensation  
18. Child Abuse and Information Technology (ICT)  
19. Victim Enquiry Unit  
20. Visits by Children to Psychiatric Patients  
21. Complaints / Representations about Inter Agency Child Protection Conferences  
22. Multi-agency Glossary of Terms  
23. Contact Information  


7. Other Related Policies and Procedures

1. PiP Child Protection Standing Group and Child Sexual Abuse Services Project Group  
2. Process map to guide Primary Health Care professionals where there is concern about the possibility of child Sexual Abuse  
3. List of Standards  


8. Supplementary Information


Click here to view Supplementary Information  

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