Regional Support Programme

The Care Services Improvement Partnership has developed a support programme and information pack designed to assist SHA Children’s Safeguarding Leads and CSIP Regional Change Agents to deliver workshops with a regional focus on leadership, commissioning, governance arrangements and assurance frameworks, (identifying the risks and controls).

The programme is designed to:

  • Enable newly re-configured NHS organisations to meet their statutory responsibility in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
  • Help NHS organisations to be competent to contribute fully to their Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).
  • Support SHAs specifically, to consider their statutory role in engaging with LSCBs but also their leadership and performance role in relation to NHS Trusts.

Information Pack

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Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession

This guidance provides advice to practitioners and managers to help them identify and deal with abuse that may be linked to a belief in spirit possession. The guidance is aimed at all agencies working with children.

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Working Together to Safeguard Children

Working Together to Safeguard Children sets out how individuals and organisations should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The guidance has been updated since the previous version which was published in 1999. The new version reflects developments in legislation, policy and practice.

 

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What to do if You're Worried a Child is Being Abused

This document provides best practice guidance for those who work with children in order to safeguard their welfare. It also contains an appendix to help practitioners with the legal issues affecting the sharing of information.

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Statutory Guidance

This guidance sets out these key arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. It applies to all those key local people and bodies named under section 11(1) of the Children Act 2004. Part 1 of the guidance sets out the arrangements that are likely to be common to all or most of the agencies to which the duty applies. There will, however, be differences in how they are applied depending on the functions of each agency. Part 2 deals with implementation in each particular agency to which the section 11 duty applies.

 

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Last updated: 28 Jan 08