Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council

4.13.1 Once a child’s name has been placed on the Child Protection
Register and a Child Protection Plan has been formulated, the
implementation of this plan and its effectiveness in protecting the
child should be reviewed within three months and at six monthly
intervals thereafter while the child’s name remains on the register.
The Local Authority should also consider the need for a Review Case
Conference when there are significant changes in the child’s or
family’s circumstances.
4.14 Purpose of Review Case Conference
4.14.1 Child Protection Review Case Conferences are essentially Reviews
of progress in dealing with the case. Attention should be paid to the
following in all Child Protection Review Case Conferences:
(a) Assessing and monitoring the continuing
appropriateness and efficiency of the Child Protection
Plan;
(b)
Identifying any significant event which has occurred or is
envisaged in the life of the child which might effect the
Child Protection Plan; this should be brought immediately
to the attention of the Child Protection Case Conference
members.
4.14.2 Examples of such events are:
4.15 Reports
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Return home of a child is being considered or there is
a possibility of resumption of contact with someone
who is known or thought to have abused a child in the
past, or who is known or thought to have a history of
violence to any person;
Whenever a further episode of abuse is suspected
(whether or not of the same nature as previously);
If any significant new information of any sort emerges
which may influence the appropriateness of the Protection
Plan.
If any member of the Case Conference requests a Review
Case Conference.
4.15.1 The key worker and other staff with tasks relevant to the Child
Protection Plan will prepare written reports for distribution to other
members of the Review Child Protection Case Conference. These
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