Welcome to the Pan Lancashire Policy and Procedures for Safeguarding Children Manual

Contents

1. Policy Framework
2. The Local Safeguarding Children Board
3. Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare
4. Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare - Flowcharts
5. Children in Specific Circumstances
6. Safe Workforce
7. Individuals who Pose a Risk to Children
8. Professional Disagreements
9. Child Death
10. Serious Case Reviews
11. Regional Protocols
12. Local Protocols
13. Appendices

1. Policy Framework

1.1	Preface and Introduction
1.2	Underlying Policy, Principles and Values
1.3	Recognition of Significant Harm
1.4	Information Sharing and Confidentiality
1.5	Common Assessment Framework
1.6	Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
1.7	Legal Framework for Child Protection
1.8	Use of Interpreters, Signers or Others with Communication Skills See also chapter on Diversity in Part 5

2. The Local Safeguarding Children Board

2.1	Local Safeguarding Children Board - Role and Function
2.2	Agency Roles and Responsibilities

3. Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare

3.1	Making a Referral to Children's Social Care	Updated
3.2	Initial Assessments
3.3	Strategy Discussions
3.4	Section 47 Enquiries and Core Assessments
3.5	Initial Child Protection Conferences	Updated
3.6	Developing the Child Protection Plan	Updated
3.7	Child Protection Review Conferences	Updated
3.8	Complaints in Relation to Child Protection Conferences

4. Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare - Flowcharts. N.B. from Working Together 2010

4.1	Making a Referral to Children's Social Care
4.2	What Happens Following Initial Assessment
4.3	Urgent Action to Safeguard Children
4.4	What Happens After the Strategy Discussion
4.5	What Happens After the Child Protection Conference, including the Review Process

5. Children in Specific Circumstances

5.1	Domestic Abuse	Updated
5.2	Children of Alcohol Misusing Parents
5.3	Children of Drug Misusing Parents
5.4	Mental Illness of a Parent or Carer
5.5	Parental Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
5.6	Working with Children who Self-Harm or have the Potential for Suicide	Updated
5.7	Abuse of Children with Disabilities
5.8	Bullying
5.9	Child Abuse and Communication Technologies	Updated
5.10	Diversity
5.11	Forced Marriages
5.12	Honour Based Abuse
5.13	Children and Families who go Missing
5.14	Child Abduction
5.15	Children Moving Across Boundaries within the UK
5.16	Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse
5.17	Fabricated or Induced Illness
5.18	Female Genital Mutilation
5.19	Children from Abroad (including Unaccompanied and Separated Children and the International Tracing and Messaging Service)
5.20	Children and Young People Who May have been Trafficked
5.21	Children and Young People at Risk Arising from Sexual Exploitation	Updated
5.22	Working with Sexually Active Young People Under the Age of 18
5.23	Children who Abuse Other Children	Updated
5.24	Children Living Away from Home ((including Children and Families living in Temporary Accommodation)
5.25	Children Living Away from Home (Private Fostering)
5.26	Children in Hospital Where there are Welfare Concerns
5.27	Safeguarding Children and Young People in the Youth Justice System
5.28	Abuse Linked to Spiritual and Religious Beliefs
5.29	Historical Abuse Allegations
5.30	Children who may be Affected by Gang Activity
5.31	Children who may be Vulnerable to Violent Extremism
5.32	Protection of Children from Harm on Licensed Premises
5.33	Protection of Children from Harm in Relation to Gambling

6. Safe Workforce

6.1	Safe Recruitment, Selection and Supervision of Staff
6.2	Training and Development for Inter Agency Work
6.3	Allegations Against Persons who Work with Children (including Carers and Volunteers)
6.4	Developing a Whistleblowing Policy	Updated

7. Individuals who Pose a Risk to Children

7.1	Persons Identified as Posing a Risk to Children
7.2	List of Relevant Offences
7.3	Processes for Managing Risk
7.4	Visiting of Psychiatric Patients by Children
7.5	Visiting of Prisons by Children
7.6	Child Protection within Community and Voluntary Groups

8. Professional Disagreements

8.1

Resolving Professional Disagreements

9. Child Death

9.1	Child Death Overview Panel	Updated
9.2	Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Childhood	Updated

10. Serious Case Reviews

10.1

Serious Case Reviews

11. Regional Protocols

11.1	Joint Protocol - Children and Young People who Run Away and Go Missing from Home and Care and Supporting Documents
11.2	Procedure for the Referral and Transition of Young People with Mental Health Problems into Lancashire Adult Mental Health Services
11.3	Pan Lancashire Guidance for Safer Sleeping

12. Local Protocols

12.1	Blackburn with Darwen
12.1.1	Thresholds for Intervention
12.1.2	Common Assessment Framework Form (CAF)
12.1.3	The Engage Team
12.1.4	DAMAT - Domestic Abuse
12.1.5	Procedures and Protocol for Children Missing from or not Receiving a Suitable Education
12.1.6	E-Safety Charter
12.1.7	E-Safety Policy and Guidance
12.1 8	Children with Child Protection Plans Transfer Protocol
12.1.9	Blackburn and Darwen Safeguarding Disabled Children
12.1.10	Blackburn and Darwen Anti - Bullying Strategy July 2009
12.1.11	Blackburn and Darwen Diversity Policy
12.2	Blackpool
12.2.1	Thresholds for Intervention
12.2.2	Referral Form
12.2.3	Multi Agency Child Protection Chronologies
12.2.4	The Awaken Team
12.2.5	Core Group Guidance
12.2.6	Private Fostering
12.2.7	Children with Child Protection Plans Transfer Protocol
12.2.8	Procedures for the Initial Assessment of Children and Young People Who Display Sexually Harmful Behaviour (AIM (2))	New
12.3	Lancashire
12.3.1	Thresholds for Intervention
12.3.2	Common Assessment Framework Form (CAF)
12.3.3	E-Safety Action Plan
12.3.4	E-Safety Strategy
12.3.5	Lancashire Child Protection Conference Complaints and Appeals Procedure
12.3.6	Lancashire Multi-Agency Pre-Birth Protocol
12.3.7	Children with Child Protection Plans Transfer Protocol
12.3.8	Handle with Care: A Guide to Keeping Baby Safe
12.3.9	Risk Assessments Toolkit for Younger Children - Jan 2012	New
12.3.10	Risk Assessment Toolkit for Older Children and Young People - Jan 2012	New
12.3.11	Risk Assessment Template - Jan 2012	New

13. Appendices

13.1	Local Contact Details
13.2	Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010
13.3	NICE Guidelines 'When to suspect child maltreatment'

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