Below is a list of commonly used acronym and abbreviations which can also be downloaded here
| AAR | Adult at Risk |
| ACE | Adverse Childhood Experiences |
| ADASS | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services |
| ASC | Adult Social Care |
| BTP | British Transport Police |
| CAFCASS | Children and Family Court Advisory Service |
| CAIO | Child Assessment Information Officer |
| CALFB | Child abuse linked to faith and beliefs |
| CAMH | Children’s Adolescent Mental Health |
| CCC | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| CCE | Child criminal exploitation |
| CCS | Cambridgeshire Community Services |
| CDOP | Child Death Overview Panel |
| CDR | Child death review |
| CE | Criminal Exploitation |
| CEOP | Child Exploitation Online Protection |
| CGL | Change Grow Lives (Substance Misuse agency) |
| CHISVA | Children Independent Sexual Violence Adviser |
| CIC | Children In Care |
| CIN | Child in Need |
| CKH | Cross Keys Housing |
| CME | Children Missing from Education |
| CP | Child Protection |
| CPFT | Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation (NHS)Trust |
| CQC | Quality Care Commission |
| CSA | Child Sexual Abuse |
| CSAB | Cambridgeshire Safeguarding Adult Board |
| CSC | Children Social Care |
| CSCPB | Cambridgeshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Board |
| CSE | Child Sexual Exploitation |
| CSP | Community Safety Partnership |
| CSPR | Child safeguarding practice review (LCSPR is a local child safeguarding practice review) |
| CUH | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| DA | Domestic Abuse |
| DAISU | Domestic Abuse Investigating Safeguarding Unit |
| DARDR | Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (replaces DHRs) |
| DASH | Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence |
| DHR | Domestic Homicide Review |
| DNA | Did not attend |
| DSL | Designated Safeguarding Lead |
| DSP | Delegated Safeguarding Partner |
| DV | Domestic Violence |
| DVRIM | Domestic Violence Risk Identification Matrix |
| DWP | Department of Work and Pensions |
| ED | Emergency department |
| EDT | Emergency Duty Team |
| EEAST | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| EH | Early Help |
| EHA | Early help assessment |
| EHCP | Education Health and Care Plan |
| EHE | Elective Home Education |
| ESPB | Executive Safeguarding Partnership Board |
| FFPP | Family’s First Partnership Programme |
| FGC | Family Group Conference |
| FGM | Female Genital Mutilation |
| FME | Forensic medical examiner |
| FMU | Forced Marriage Unit |
| GCP | Graded Care Profile |
| GDPR | General data protection regulation |
| GMC | General medical council |
| GPs | General practitioners |
| HBA | Honour based abuse |
| HBV | Honour Based Violence |
| HMI | His Majesty’s Inspection |
| HV | Health visitor |
| ICASH | Integrated Contraception and Sexual Health Service |
| ICB | Integrated Care Board |
| ICPC | Initial child protection conference |
| IDVA | Independent Domestic Violence Advisor |
| ILACS | Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services |
| IMCA | Independent Mental Capacity Advocate |
| IMHA | Independent Mental Health Advocate |
| IMR | Individual Management Report |
| IRO | Independent Reviewing Officer |
| ISPT | Independent Safeguarding Partnership Team |
| ISVA | Independent Sexual Violence Advisor |
| JSEB | Joint Safeguarding Executive Board |
| JTAI | Joint targeted area inspection |
| KLOE | Key Lines of Enquiry |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicators |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LADO | Local Authority Designated Officer |
| LCPP | Lead Child Protection Practitioner |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| LDG | Learning and Development Group |
| LeDeR | Learning Disability Mortality Review |
| LEOC and VOTC | Lived Experience of the Child / Voice of the Child |
| LEOTA | Lived Experience of the Adult |
| LPA | Lasting Power of Attorney |
| LSP | Lead Safeguarding Partner |
| MACE | Missing and Child Exploitation |
| MACPT | Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams |
| MAPPA | Multi- Agency Public Protection Arrangements |
| MARAC | Multi- Agency Risk Assessment Conference |
| MARM | Multi-Agency Risk Management |
| MASA | Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements |
| MASH | Multi- Agency Safeguarding Hub |
| MCA | Mental Capacity Act or Mental Capacity Assessment |
| MET | Missing Exploited Trafficked |
| MH | Mental Health |
| MSP | Making Safeguarding Personal |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NMC | Nursing and midwifery council |
| NPS | National Probation Service |
| NRM | National Referral Mechanism |
| NRPF | No Recourse to Public Funds |
| NWAFT | North West Anglia Foundation (NHS) Trust |
| OfSTED | Office for standards in education, children’s services and skills |
| OPCC | Office of Police and Crime Commissioner |
| OPG | Office of Public Guardian |
| PCC | Peterborough City Council |
| PFA | Preparation for Adulthood |
| PH | Public Health |
| PiPoT | People in a Position of Trust |
| PPG | Policies and Procedures Group |
| PSAB | Peterborough Safeguarding Adult Board |
| PSCPB | Peterborough Safeguarding Children’s Board |
| PTSD | Post-traumatic stress disorder |
| PVPD | Protecting Vulnerable People Department |
| QA | Quality Assurance` |
| QEG | Quality Effectiveness Group |
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| RCN | Royal College of Nursing |
| RCPC | Review child protection conference |
| RCPCH | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health |
| ROTH | Risk Outside The Home |
| RR | Rapid Review |
| SAR | Safeguarding Adult Review |
| SARAC | Sexual Abuse Risk Assessment Conference |
| SARC | Sexual assault referral centre |
| SEND | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities |
| SI | Serious Incident |
| SPOC | Single Point of Contact |
| STI | Sexually transmitted infection |
| SUDIC | Sudden unexpected death in childhood |
| SW | Social worker |
| TAC | Team Around the Child |
| TAF | Team Around the Family |
| TF | Think Family |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| TYSS | Targeted Youth Support Service |
| UASC | Unaccompanied asylum-seeking child |
| VCSE | Voluntary, Charity, Social Enterprise |
| WNB | was not brought |
| WT | Working Together |
| YJS | Youth Justice Service |
| YOS | Youth Offending Service |