Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council

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5.3.4 It will be the responsibility of the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) to convene the Review Case Conference. Any professional is entitled to request a Review Case Conference 5.4 General 5.5 Purpose of Child Protection Register 5.5.1 The Child Protection Register provides a central point of rapid enquiry for professional staff who are concerned about a child’s safety, development or welfare. 5.5.2 The objectives of maintaining such a Child Protection Register are as follows: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) To make essential basic information readily available to professionals involved in child protection work; To facilitate the collation, recording and appropriate passing on of enquiries to the register; To facilitate the collection of statistical data; To ensure regular review of children on the register To ensure that all those, but only those, who need to know are in possession of details on the Register; To help keep track of children and families who change address; To ensure that criteria for registration are uniformly applied Each and every child on the Child Protection Register must at all times be subject to a formal Child Protection Plan. 5.6 Location of the Child Protection Register 5.6.1 For operational purposes East Ayrshire’s Council’s Child Protection Register is held by the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families). The register is also held by the Keeper of the Register at the Children and Families Section, Civic Centre, John Dickie Street, Kilmarnock KA1 1BY, Telephone: (01563) 576901. 5.6.2 In addition outwith office hours a copy of the Register is held by the Emergency Stand Service at 35, Church Street, Glasgow, Telephone: 0141 305 6930. 5.7 Checking the Child Protection Register 84
5.7.1 There are two Child Protection Registers which must be checked: (1) East Ayrshire’s Child Protection Register – Telephone (01563) 576901 (2) Central Child Protection Register – Telephone 0141 305 6930 (or 0800 811 505 out with office hours). The Central Child Protection Register holds all relevant data on child protection cases throughout the West of Scotland. 5.7.2 On receiving an enquiry about the Register, the name and telephone number should be noted to which a call back can be made to the enquirer. 5.7.3 The register will be checked and the enquirer informed accordingly. 5.7.4 Where a child’s name is not on the Register, it should be ascertained if the enquirer is referring the child and if so he/she should be requested to make a referral in writing. 5.7.5 A record should be kept of all enquiries to the Register and it is the responsibility of the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) to pass on information to the relevant Social Work Office. The Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) must also undertake a review of this record at least once a month. 5.8 Custodian of the Register 5.8.1 Any comments regarding the Child Protection Register should be made to the Custodian of the Register at Children and Families, Civic Centre, John Dickie Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1BY Tel No: 01563 576901. 5.9 Access to Child Protection Register 5.9.1 Access to the Child Protection Register is restricted to professionals who have a ‘need to know’ in order to protect the child. A careful call-back system should be operated. Those professionals are identified as follows: • General Practitioners • Community Medical Staff • Hospital Medical Staff • Community Nursing Staff on the grade of Health Visitor or Nursing Officer and above • Hospital Nursing Staff on the rank of Sister and above • Social Workers internal to the Council • Police Officer • Head Teacher • Authority Reporter 85
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CHILD PROTECTION PROCEDURES The Eas
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CONTENTS Foreword Section 1: Defini
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Section 5: The Child Protection Reg
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APPENDICES Appendix 1: The Main Tas
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1.0.4.1 If it is agreed that a join
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1.3 Sexual Abuse 1.3.1 “Any child
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SECTION 2 Investigation of Suspecte
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Team Leader will liaise with the Se
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interviews by a Police Officer and
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2.8 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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properly investigating them can als
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person with whom the child shares h
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(i) (j) (k) (l) Once a referral has
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for formal intervention in this par
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public interest to prosecute. It is
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Page 41 and 42: 3.12 Children with a disability or
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Page 45 and 46: 3.14.8 Deciding on How the Matter s
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Page 81 and 82: 4.18 Key worker 4.18.1 A key worker
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Appendix 5 HIV and other blood-born
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APPENDIX 6 List of Sign Language In
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APPENDIX 8 East Ayrshire Council Ch
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Risk Assessment Risk Assessment is
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Assessment and Supervision of Sex O
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Help To: The Director of Social Wor
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APPENDIX 11 EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL E
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