Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council
Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council
Child Protection Procedures - East Ayrshire Council
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• What the concerns are<br />
• Who will be involved in the investigation<br />
• What information will be sought, and from whom<br />
• What will be requested of parents and child during the investigation<br />
(e.g. consent to medical examination, interview)<br />
• What the powers and duties of the Local Authority are<br />
• The time-scale for the investigation<br />
• Possible sources of independent advice for family members<br />
6.4 Information about the Case Conference<br />
• What it is, and how it will be managed<br />
• Who will be invited and why<br />
• What topics will be under consideration<br />
• What decisions/recommendations could be made<br />
• Which family members will be invited, and for which part(s)<br />
• If family members attend, what their role may be<br />
• If family members prefer not to attend (or are not invited) how they<br />
can make their views known<br />
• What practical help may be available to enable family members to<br />
attend<br />
• Who may attend as support to or representative of family members<br />
6.5 Preparing Family Members for Attendance at a Case Conference<br />
6.5.1 The people who need to receive this information are likely to be<br />
feeling stressed and anxious as a result of the investigation, and may<br />
have great difficulty in absorbing and retaining all of the information.<br />
Therefore, information must be given verbally and in writing.<br />
6.5.2 Parents/carers and children who are old enough to understand, must<br />
be given the leaflet ‘<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Protection</strong> in <strong>East</strong> <strong>Ayrshire</strong>’ information for<br />
families and if they are invited to the Case Conference, a letter<br />
showing them who else has been invited. (Parents who are not<br />
invited to attend should still be given information about who will be<br />
attending). Parents and older children should be advised that they<br />
may speak to the Chairperson if they have reservations about the<br />
attendance of any person. It will be the responsibility of the<br />
Chairperson to decide whether that person should still attend, having<br />
heard the reservations.<br />
6.5.3 If the parents or other family members are invited to the Case<br />
conference, they will need to be prepared for that attendance.<br />
Having information about the purpose of the Case Conference, etc,<br />
will be part of that preparation, but some family members will need<br />
help and advice to prepare what they want to say, either verbally or<br />
in writing.<br />
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