Table of Contents Managing Allegations against People in a Position of Trust (PiPoT) 1.31 MB 0 Downloads 11 September 2023 Download Allegation Management Flowchart Introduction The Care Act 2014 formalised the expectations on local Safeguarding Adults Boards to establish and agree a framework and process for how allegations against people working with adults with care…
Table of Contents This chapter provides information about dealing with allegations against people who work with children and volunteers who have contact with children and young people in their work or activities. They are addressed to employers and organisations responsible for providing services to children, young people and adults who are parents or carers. It…
Allegations Against People in a Position of Trust Allegations or concerns that an adult who works with children, whether in a paid or unpaid capacity including foster carers, approved adopters and child minders, has: Behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child; Possibly committed a criminal offence against…
Table of Contents Child Sexual Abuse Strategy 1.47 MB 0 Downloads 13 December 2023 Download 1. Introduction Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (CPSCP) recognises that Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is prevalent in the UK and that for many victims, the impact of this abuse can be devastating and endure into adulthood. The adverse consequences…
A report investigating the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson is calling for every local area to have an expert child protection unit. The national child safeguarding practice review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, 6, and Star Hobson, 16-months, has recommended that experts in police, health and social work should form dedicated multi-agency teams to…
Duty to Conduct Section 47 Enquiries Obligations and Responsibilities of all Agencies All agencies have a duty to assist and provide information in support of Section 47 Enquiries. Responsibility of Children’s Social Care Where a baby has been harmed, has died or has been abandoned then a Section 47 investigation must be completed in collaboration with the…
Strategy Discussion or Meeting If there is reasonable cause to suspect a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer Significant Harm, Children’s Social Care should convene a Strategy Discussion. Depending on the nature of the concerns and the urgency of the situation, this may be undertaken via an actual meeting and / or through…
Initial Action by Children’s Social Care on Receipt of a Referral All referrals to Children’s Social Care should initially be regarded as children in potential need, and the referral should be evaluated on the day of receipt (and no later than within one working day), and a decision made and recorded (by the locally defined…
This protocol was developed and agreed by Safeguarding Children Boards/Safeguarding Partnerships and Children’s Social Care in Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton and Peterborough and should seek to apply this guidance in all situations where responsibilities need to be transferred across a Local Authority boundary Table of Contents Transfer of Responsibility for Children…