New Children Board Procedures

This manual contains the inter-agency policies, procedures, protocols and guidance for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board. To clarify:

• Procedures and protocols are sets of rules – they are MUST DO’s;
• Practice guidance is a tool for reflective practice, and identifies the best of current practice using current research.

In each Part, you’ll find individual Chapters/Procedures e.g. ‘ Child Protection Conferences’.

1. Assessing and Providing Help

	Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
1.1	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Threshold Documents
1.2	Responding to Abuse and Neglect
1.3	Early Help - Under review
1.4	Making Referrals to Peterborough Children's Social Care	Making Referrals to the MASH
1.5		Cambridgeshire Practice Note: Making a Referral and Seeking Consent
1.6	Child Protection Enquiries – Section 47 Children Act 1989
1.7	Action to be taken where a Child is suffering or likely to suffer Significant Harm
1.8	Urgent or Emergency Situations where a Section 47 Enquiry has or will commence (Both Cross Border and Inter Hospital)
1.9	Action to be taken following a Referral to Children's Social Care
1.10	Child and Family Assessment	Child and Family Single Assessment Framework (Cambs)
1.11		Cambridgeshire Local Protocol for Assessment
1.12	Child Protection Conferences	Child Protection Conferences
1.13		Responding to Complaints About a Child Protection Conference
1.14	Working with Foreign Authorities: Child Protection Cases and Care Orders
1.15	Implementing Child Protection Plans	Implementing Child Protection Plans
1.16		Guidance for Core Group Members
1.17	Children Who Move Across Local Authority Boundaries
1.18	East of England Region Joint Protocol on Children Subject to a Child Protection Plan Moving Between Local Authority Boundaries

2. Children in specific circumstances

	Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
2.1	Breast Ironing
2.2	Child Abuse Linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession
2.3	Bruising in pre-mobile Babies: A protocol for Assessment, Management and Referral by Health and Professionals
2.4	Bullying
2.5	Child Witnesses: Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse, Crown Prosecution Service
2.6	Advice Relating to Police Investigations
2.7	Provision of Therapy for Child Witnesses Prior to a Criminal Trial
2.8	Children Visiting Prisons
2.9	Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Special Hospitals
2.10	Supporting Children and Young People Vulnerable to Violent Extremism
2.12	Children from Abroad
2.13		Policy and Procedure in respect of Private Fostering and Language Schools using Host Families within Cambridgeshire
2.14	Children who live in Cambridgeshire and whose Parents are Members of the US Visiting Forces in the United Kingdom
2.15	Organised and Complex Abuse
2.16	Concealed Pregnancies
2.18	Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After Children
2.19	Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children
2.20	Safeguarding Disabled Children
2.21		Cambridgeshire Multi-agency Domestic Abuse Guidance
2.22	Fabricated or Induced Illness
2.23	Practice Guidance on Female Genital Mutilation
2.24	Forming a Belief (FAB)
2.25	Forced Marriage
2.27	Honour Based Violence
2.32	Looked After Children
2.33	Managing Individuals who Pose a Risk of Harm to Children (Including MAPPA)
2.34	Peterborough Children and Young People Missing from Home and Care Protocol	Cambridgeshire Protocol - Children who go Missing from Home Care and Education
2.35	Neglect
2.37	Safeguarding Children who have a Parent or Carer with Mental Health Problems - Guidance for Effective Joint Working V5 (pdf)
2.38	Children of Parents who Misuse Substances
2.39	Pre-Birth Assessment Guidance and Flowchart	Pre-Birth Procedures and Practice Guidance
2.40	Safeguarding children and young people at events
2.41	Safeguarding Children and Young People who may be affected by Gang Activity
2.42	Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviour
2.43	Supporting Schools in responding to Suicides in Teenagers: A multi-agency guide for Practitioners
2.44	Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation	Cambridgeshire LSCB Child Sexual Exploitation Operating Protocol
2.45	Guidance for Professionals Working with Sexually Active Young People Under the Age of 18
2.46	Children & Young People Displaying Sexually Harmful Behaviour	Harmful Sexual Behaviour
2.47	Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked
2.48	Modern Slavery
2.49	Working with Hostile, Non-Compliant Clients and those who use Disguised Compliance
2.50	Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills
2.51	E-Safety: Children Exposed to Abuse Through the Digital Media
2.52	East of England Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) Safeguarding Protocol
2.53	East of England Region Joint Protocol on Supervision Orders
2.54	Practice Guidance for the Effective Safeguarding of Children from Minority Ethnic, Cultural and Faith Communities, Groups and Families
2.55	Safeguarding children and young people within faith settings (NSPCC)

3. Children Workforce

Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Key employment standards	Safer Recruitment, Selection and Supervision of Staff
Guidance for safer working practice for those working with children and young people in education settings
Managing Allegations or Serious Concerns in Respect of any Adult who Works or Volunteers with Children	Managing Allegation or Serious Concerns in respect of any Adult who Works or Volunteers with Children

4. LSCB Responsibilities

Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Working Together to Safeguard Children Chapter 3: Multi-agency safeguarding arrangements
Working Together to Safeguard Children Chapter 2: Organisational Responsibilities

LSCB Strategies

Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Child Sexual Abuse Strategy 2018-20
Criminal Exploitation Strategy and Procedures
Child Sexual Exploitation Strategy Feb 2018
Peterborough LSCB Neglect Strategy	Cambridgeshire LSCB Neglect Strategy
Online Safeguarding Strategy 2018-20

5. Learning and Improvement

Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015) Chapter 4: Learning and Improvement Framework
Learning and Improvement Framework	Learning and Improvement Framework
Performance Management Framework
Serious Case Reviews
Consideration of case for Serious Case Review or Partnership Case Review Referral Form:
Liaison and information exchange when criminal proceedings coincide with Chapter Four Serious Case Reviews or Welsh Child Practice Reviews
Child Death Overview Panel Protocol
Guidance for Coroners: supply information about the death of a child
Multi-agency Safeguarding Children Training	Training

6. Guidance

Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Resolving Professional Differences (Escalation) Policy
Information Sharing Framework
Multi Agency Protocol for the Management of Unexpected Childhood Deaths
	Protocol for Dealing with Children Not Collected From School at the End of the School Day / Activity
Policy for the Education of Children with a Parent or Close Relative in Prison or at Risk of a Custodial Sentence
Whistleblowing
Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the Child

7. Appendices

Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018
What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused
Information Sharing: Advice for Practitioners Providing Safeguarding Services to Children, Young People, Parents and Carers 2018
Supporting the Voice of the Child
Keeping children safe in education, DfE
NICE Guidelines: Child Maltreatment (2009)
Preventing unintentional injuries among the under-15s in the home
NICE Guidance: Domestic violence and abuse in adults and young people aged 16 years and over
Postnatal Care NICE Clinical Guideline 37 (January 2015)
Transition from Children’s to Adults’ Services for Young People using Health or Social Care Services
Protecting Children and Young People - the Responsibility of all Doctors, General Medical Council, (2012)
Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat- Improving Outcomes for People Experiencing Mental Health Crisis, HM Government (2014)
Preventing and Tackling Bullying - Advice for Headteachers, Staff and Governing Bodies
Protecting children from radicalisation: the prevent duty
Revised Prevent Duty Guidance for England and Wales
Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
Care of unaccompanied and trafficked children: Statutory guidance for local authorities on the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children (2017)
Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges

Updates and Amendments

This manual is regularly updated at six monthly intervals. If you are involved in writing new or editing existing chapters for this manual or would like to make a contribution, please contact the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board Business Manager, safeguardingboardscomms@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

When the manual is updated and a chapter has been significantly amended or is new, it will be indicated in the Contents List and at the top of the relevant Chapter.

Where chapters have been changed solely to reflect terminology changes they have not been marked as updated.