Under Review The Child Sexual Abuse Strategy is currently being updated and will be launched December 2023 Click here to download the Child Sexual Abuse Strategy as a pdf We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear Nelson Mandela Table of Contents Section One Introduction…
Table of Contents Click here to download the Online Safeguarding Strategy 2021/23 as a PDF Section One 1. Introduction “I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of…
Table of Contents Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adult Procedures 911.12 KB 153 downloads … Download 1. Introduction This manual contains the multi-agency safeguarding adult procedures and guidance for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and these procedures are your guide as to what you must do. These procedures are for all voluntary…
Table of Contents The Concept of Significant Harm The Children Act 1989 provides the legal framework for defining the situations in which a local authority has a duty to make enquiries about what, if any, action to take to safeguard or promote a child’s welfare. Section 47 of the Act requires that if a local…
Table of Contents A range of individual organisations and agencies working with children and families have specific statutory duties to promote the welfare of children and ensure they are protected from harm. These duties apply to individual organisations and agencies and are set out below. Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 places duties on…
Table of Contents RELATED GUIDANCE Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) For The 21st Century Statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education. SRE – The Evidence (Sex Education Forum publication, March 2015) 1. Flowchart for Professionals Working With Sexually Active Under 18’s Click here to view the Flowchart for Professionals…
Welcome to the Interagency Safeguarding Children Procedures of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnership Board (CPSCPB) For the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Procedures click here This contents list is sub divided into the following sections, each Section contains relevant Chapters/Procedures: (Click on the title to jump, or scroll down to the Section…
Table of Contents 1. Introduction The term ‘looked after’ refers to children and young people who are provided with accommodation by the Local Authority or which is commissioned by the Local Authority for more than 24 hours. It places specific responsibilities on the local authority to safeguard and promote the child’s / young person’s welfare.…
Table of Contents Responding to concerns about a child Anyone who has concerns about a child’s welfare should make a referral to local authority children’s social care and should do so immediately if there is a concern that the child is suffering significant harm or is likely to do so. This includes professionals who work…
Safer recruitment means thinking about the safeguarding of adults, and promoting their welfare, at every stage of the recruitment process – to minimise the risk of employing unsuitable staff to work and care for adults with care and support needs by having robust selection and recruitment procedures in place. There should also be processes in…