Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council

Keeping relevant parties informed
3.15.7.30 Efforts must be made to keep all relevant parties informed
timeously of progress and outcomes.
Communicating the outcome to relevant parties
3.15.7.31 Any actions decided upon as a result of the investigation
must be communicated, at the earliest possible
opportunity, to the young persons and their families/carers.
Maintaining records
3.15.7.32 A record of the investigation must be maintained in the
victim's file and in the file of the young perpetrator.
Case discussion on the young perpetrator
3.15.7.33 With regard to sexual abuse a case discussion on the
young alleged perpetrator should be arranged by the
Service Unit Manager /Team Leader, of the placing
authority for the young perpetrator to address the following:
• his/her needs
• whether the young perpetrator has been abused in
the past or currently and, if so, the implications of
this for other children who may have been abused
or are at risk of abuse from any adult perpetrators
• risk to the young perpetrator from other adults
• risk the young perpetrator may pose to other
children
• possible risk in the community resulting from
potential "vigilante" mentality
• supervision arrangements
• the need for third party disclosures to share
information with the wider community in terms of
protection, e.g. schools . It should be noted that
unless the child goes through the court system it is
the responsibility of social work whether third party
disclosures should be made, unlike with adult sex
offenders where it is the responsibility of the police.
3.15.7.34 A referral should be made to the Reporter to assess the
need for compulsory measures of supervision. It is
essential that an initial assessment of risk be made prior to
a comprehensive assessment. As a comprehensive
assessment can take several weeks to compile, it is
essential that vulnerable children are not left in high risk
situations while this is being completed. An assessment of
the likelihood of self harm must be undertaken and if this is
established support and supervisory measures decided.
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