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Contents

Parts

  1. Policy Framework
  2. The Safeguarding Children Board
  3. Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare - Procedures
  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. Complaints and Professional Disagreements
  9. Unexpected Child Death
  10. Serious Case Reviews
  11. Protocols
  12. Appendices


1. Policy Framework

1.1 Introduction  
1.2 Underlying Policy, Principles and Values (Updated)
1.3 Recognition of Significant Harm (Updated)
1.4 Failure to Thrive Policy  
1.5 Common Assessment Framework  
1.6 Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families  
1.7 Statutory Framework (Updated)
1.8 Information Sharing and Confidentiality  


2. The Safeguarding Children Board

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


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

3.1 Referrals (Updated)
3.2 Initial Assessments (Updated)
3.3 Strategy Discussions (Updated)
3.4 Section 47 Enquiries and Core Assessments (Updated)
3.5 Initial Child Protection Conferences (Updated)
3.6 Recording that a Child is the subject of a Child Protection Plan  
3.7 Implementation of the Child Protection Plan - Lead Social Worker and Core Group Responsibilities (Updated)
3.8 Child Protection Review Conferences (Updated)


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

4.1 Referrals (Updated)
4.2 What happens following Initial Assessment (Updated)
4.3 Urgent Action to Safeguard Children (Updated)
4.4 What happens after the Strategy Discussion (Updated)
4.5 What happens after the Child Protection Conference, including the review process (Updated)


5. Children in Specific Circumstances

5.1 Abuse by Children and Young People  
5.2 Abuse Linked to Spiritual and Religious Beliefs  
5.3 Abuse of Disabled Children  
5.4 Allegations of Harm Arising from Under Age Sexual Activity  
5.5 Bullying (Updated)
5.6 Child Abuse and Information Communication Technology  
5.7 Safeguarding Children and Young People from Child Sexual Exploitation - West Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Boards' Protocol and Practitioner Guidance  
5.8 Children and Families who go Missing  
5.9 Children At Risk Where A Parent Has A Learning Disability  
5.10 Children At Risk Where A Parent Has A Mental Health Problem  
5.11 Children from Abroad (including Migrant Children and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children) (Updated)
5.12 Children Living Away from Home (including Children and Families living in Temporary Accommodation)  
5.13 Children Missing from Education  
5.14 Children Moving Across Boundaries (Updated)
5.15 Children of Alcohol Misusing Parents  
5.16 Children of Drug Misusing Parents  
5.17 Domestic Violence (Updated)
5.18 Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse (Updated)
5.19 Fabricated or Induced Illness  
5.20 Female Genital Mutilation  
5.21 Forced Marriages (Updated)
5.22 Harm to Animals and Possible Implications for Children  
5.23 Intimate Care Good Practice Guidelines  
5.24 Race and Racism  
5.25 Reluctant and Hostile Families  
5.26 Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked (Updated)


6. Safe Workforce

6.1 Safe Recruitment, Selection and Supervision of Staff  
6.2 Allegations Against Persons who Work with Children (Updated)


7. Individuals who Pose a Risk to Children

7.1 Risks Posed by People with Convictions Against Children  
7.2 List of Offences  
7.3 Children's Visits to Prisons/Special Hospitals/Psychiatric Units  


8. Complaints and Professional Disagreements

8.1 Complaints and Appeals  
8.2 Resolving Professional Disagreements  


9. Unexpected Child Death

9.1 Investigation of Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Childhood (Updated)
9.2 Reviewing All Childhood Deaths (Updated)


10. Serious Case Reviews

10.1 Serious Case Review Procedure (Updated)


11. Protocols

11.1 Joint Protocol between West Yorkshire Police and Children's Social Care Services regarding Joint Police/Children's Social Care Services Enquiries  
11.2 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield-Wide Inter-Agency Information Sharing Protocol (Updated)
11.3 Leeds Inter-Agency Protocol for Sharing Information  
11.4 Joint Protocol between West Yorkshire Police and Children's Social Care Services regarding Children and Young Persons Missing from Care  
11.5 Investigation Strategy for Harbourers of Children and Young People  


12. Appendices

12.1 Local Contacts (Updated)
12.2 Quick Guide (Updated)
12.3 National Contacts (New)
12.4 NICE Guidance - When to suspect child maltreatment (New)

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