Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council

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Team Leader/s must also have been held and a joint transfer visit to the family by the new Social Worker must have taken place. 5.17 Registered Children Who Go Missing (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) When a registered child goes missing the Team Leader must inform the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) immediately. The Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) must immediately inform the appropriate professionals who have been party to the Case Conference in an effort to trace the child. They should also immediately notify the Principal Officer (Children, Families and Criminal Justice) If the whereabouts of the child and/or family still remains unknown after 5 working days the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) should make contact with the Liaison Officer at the local Benefit Agency who will be able to instigate a search of the Benefit Agency records to see if the family can be traced. If this action fails to locate the whereabouts of the child/or family, the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) must notify all Social Work Departments, Social Services, Health and if appropriate Education Authorities in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland asking to be informed if the child and/or family comes to their attention. This should be confirmed in writing as soon as possible. A record of missing children and/or families should be maintained by the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families). A record will be kept on a similar basis of all those children and/or families at risk where notified missing by other Authorities in Great Britain and any other country. This information will be circulated on the various professional communication networks in an attempt to trace the child. If the child subsequently is traced the Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) will be responsible for notifying the originating department. Any subsequent information from the department will be circulated on the various professional networks. The Service Unit Manager (Children and Families) must convene a Review Child Protection Case conference within two working days to ensure that all information is made available and that all efforts are being made to trace the child and/or family and appropriate action taken to safeguard their welfare. 90
SECTION 6 Informing and Consulting the Family 6.1 The Principles of Openness and Honesty 6.1.1 The principles of communicating openly and honestly with parents and children must apply throughout the processes involved in child protection work and cannot be confined to Child Protection Case Conferences. 6.1.2 Child Protection investigations and further work with children and their families are most likely to be effective if parents and older children have been given information, and consulted appropriately from the outset. Parents have a right to know what concerns there are about their children and what action is to be taken. They must also have the opportunity to influence the process by which decisions involving them and their children are reached. Children who are old enough to understand, must also hear what the concerns about them are, be told what action is to be taken on their behalf and be given an appropriate opportunity to express their views. 6.2 Who Needs to be Consulted? 6.2.1 At the beginning of a Child Protection Investigation, the Social Worker in consultation with the Team Leader, must decide who in a particular family needs to be given information and to be consulted. 6.2.2 Obviously this will vary according to the circumstances of each case, but consideration will need to be given to the following people: (a) (b) (c) (d) N.B. Parents – if parents are separated, the non-custodial parent would normally be informed that an investigation is being carried out. The child – if old enough to understand. Anyone who has parental responsibility. Other carers – e.g. if a child is cared for on a full-time basis by another relative, or Foster Carers. In the remainder of this document, the term ‘parents’ is used to mean anyone who has parental responsibility for the child, or who has day-to-day care of the child. 6.3 Information to be given (Information about the investigation) 91
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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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(Article 19 of the UN Convention on
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made available. The criminal aspect
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3.7 Convicted Offenders 3.7.1 A sep
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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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APPENDIX 11 EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL E
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