Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council

4.9.3.2 If, however, a parent or young person wishes to appeal
against a decision to register, retain on the register, deregister
or not register at all, they may do so by contacting
the Principal Officer within 5 working days. This should be
in writing. The social worker can assist with this if
necessary. The Principal Officer should respond fully in
writing to the person who made the appeal within 28 days.
4.9.3.3 The Service Unit Manager should ensure that parents and
young people are aware of their right to appeal decisions
about registration.
4.9.3.4 Appeals and complaints are very different and should be
responded to in different ways.
4.9.4 Complaints
4.10 Absences
4.9.4.1 When a parent or young person has a complaint about
service during the course of the child protection
investigation process or the process around and during the
child protection conference they should be advised of the
Councils formal complaints procedure.
4.10.1 Any professional who has knowledge of the case but is unable to
attend a Case Conference must submit a written report for
consideration at the Conference. Parents not attending Case
Conferences should be advised to put their views in writing and if
necessary helped to do so. This should equally apply to all younger
children if they are able to formulate a view.
Non attendance of Professionals who have not tendered their
apologies will be recorded as, “invited but did not attend”.
4.11 Continuation of the Child Protection Conference
4.11.1 If it is not feasible to make a decision of registration or other
significant matters at the conference because further information is
required then the conference can be continued by the chairperson
who should decide the appropriate time scale within which to reconvene.
Minutes should clearly reflect why the Case Conference is
to be continued and the information to be sought in the intervening
period, who is responsible for providing and seeking this information
and the date when the Case Conference should be re-convened.
4.12 Review Child Protection Case Conference
4.13 General
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