New Safeguarding Children Board Procedures

Rotherham Safeguarding Children Board and its South Yorkshire partners have updated the main body of the child protection procedures which can be found now on the Safeguarding webpage

The procedures reflect relevant legislation, current guidance from central government and lessons from research. Staff who are, or may be, involved in protection of children need to have a working knowledge of these documents and to refer to relevant sections as needed.
All agencies have contributed to this latest version of the procedures which replaces much of the paper ACPC procedures manual. Rotherham Safeguarding Children Board intends the new procedures to be used electronically wherever possible and to keep paper copies to a minimum. You should take advice from your managers about the destruction of the old procedures and any requests from your agency for the minimum number of hard copies.

Feedback on the new procedures is welcomed and should be addressed to Jim Stewart, Safeguarding Manager.
jim.stewart@rotherham.gov.uk

The procedures and practice guidance published on this website are the very latest versions available.

	Sections
Section	Title	Date of Publication
1	Introduction and Section 1	October 2007
2	Significant Harm: The impact of abuse and neglect	October 2007
3	Information Sharing and Confidentiality	October 2007
4	Children who require a Child Protection Plan	October 2007
5	Referring Concerns to Children’s Social Care or the Police	October 2007
6	Children’s Social Care or Police Action Following a Referral	October 2007
7	The Child Protection Conference System	October 2007
8	Allegations Against Staff, Carers and Volunteers	October 2007
9	Organised or Multiple Abuse, and Other Complex Investigations	April 2001
10	Images of child abuse on the Internet	April 2001
11	Safeguarding Children and Young People involved in, or at risk of Sexual Exploitation	May 2006
12	Female Genital Mutilation	April 2001
13	Children and Young People Who Abuse
14	Girls under 16 who become pregnant
15	Children and Families who go missing	April 2001
16	Adults who disclose that they have abused a child	April 2001
17	Adults who give cause for concern in relation to children with whom they are having contact	April 2001
18	Adults who disclose childhood sexual abuse	April 2001
19	Serious Case Reviews	October 2007
20	Comments and Complaints about the operation of these procedures	October 2007

	Appendices
1	Indicators of Abuse	October 2007
2	Procedures in managing the impact of domestic abuse in children	April 2001
3	Protecting children whose parents misuse drugs, alcohol and other substances	April 2001
4	Procedures for Convening Pre-birth Child Protection Conferences	April 2001
5	Safeguarding Children Board Framework for children’s protection and planning officers: attendance and contribution of supporters or advocates for children, young people, parents and main carers	April 2001
6	Protocol for information sharing and risk assessment for sex offenders in South Yorkshire	April 2001
7	Rotherham Safeguarding Children Board Sub committees: terms of reference	May 2006
8	Key contacts	October 2007
9	Case Conference Report Guidelines	April 2001
10	Protocol for joint Child Protection enquiries/investigations	October 2007
11	Safeguarding children in whom illness is fabricated or inducted	April 2001
12	Abuse and children with a disability	June 2003
13	Protection of young people facing forced marriage	September 2003
14	Interagency Guidelines for Gathering Information when working with Parents with Mental Health Problems	May 2006
15	Safeguarding Children from Abroad	September 2005
16	S Yorkshire Runaways Joint Protocol Procedure - ‘Running Away from Care and Home’	May 2006

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