Procedures

Inter-Agency Procedures for Safeguarding Children and Promoting their Welfare

1.  Front Page and Position Statement
2.  Introduction
3.  Strategic Arrangements for Safeguarding Children

Sections 1 - 27

1.  Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children
   
2. A.  Guidance on Information Sharing 2.B Staffordshire Children & Young People's Threshold Framework
   
3.  Making Referrals
   
4.  Undertaking Assessments and Investigations
   
5.  Initial Child Protection Conferences
   
6.  Managing the child protection plan and review child protection Conferences
   
7.  Managing allegations against people who work with children
   
8.  Serious case reviews
   
9.  Complex child abuse investigations
   
   
10. Section 10 - When a Child Dies:
    • 10A Overview Document 
    • 10B Notification
    • 10C Rapid Response Procedures
    • 10D Brief Process Model
    • 10E Child Death Overview Panel
    • 10F Standard Documents Front Sheet
    •   Form A Notification of Child Deaths
    •   Form B2  Road Traffic Accident
    •   Form B3 Drowning
    •   Form B4 Fire-Burns
    •   Form B5 Poisoning
    •   Form B6 Other Non-Intentional Injury
    •   Form B7 Substance Misuse
    •   Form B8 Apparent Homicide
    •   Form B9 Apparent Suicide
    •   Form B10 Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
    •   Form B11 Summary of Post Mortem Findings
    •   Form B Agency Report Form
    •   Form C Analysis Proforma
    •   Form D Audit Tool for Rapid Response
    •   Form E Audit Tool for Child Death Overview Panels 
    •  Form G Coroner's Contact Details  
    •  Form I Guidance for Dealing with Grieving Families after the Death of a Child
      
11.  Recruitment and Selection Procedures for All
12.  Pre-birth referral and assessment
13.  Child neglect
14.  Working with parents who misuse substances
15.  Children Missing From Care and Home and Vulnerable Missing Families
16.  Concealed pregnancies
17.  Female genital mutilation (FGM)
18.  Children visiting special hospitals (under review) - UNDER REVISION
19.  Children and young people in prison
20.  Children who display sexually harmful behaviour
21.  Children involved in prostitution
22.  Domestic Abuse
23.  Children with Blood Borne Viruses
24.  Working with Sexually Active Young People under 16
25.  Guidance - Private Fostering
26.  E-Safety - DUE 2008
27.  Abuse of Disabled Children
28.  Protocol for Provision of Therapy for Child Witnesses Pre -trial
29.  Spirit Possession Practice Guidance for Practitioners 

 Glossary of terms

For further information or guidance, contact your agency representative(s).

Alternatively you may contact Vonni Gordon, Safeguarding Children Board Manager at Children and Lifelong Learning Directorate, Vulnerable Children Division, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, Staffordshire ST16 2DH

Telephone: 01785 (27) 7433

This publication has been produced for and on behalf of the Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board

Last Modified: 12/12/2008 10:13:27
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