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Contents NEW!! Safeguarding Procedures Work of the Board Multi-Agency Training Inter-agency Practice Guidance and Reports Managing Allegations Against people Who Work With Children Safeguarding in Schools Useful Forms Further Information

NEW!!!Safeguarding Children Procedures Warrington Safeguarding Children Board has revised and updated its procedures to support practitioners across all agencies working to support children and young people. . Let us know what you think!!Each page includes a direct link to the WSCB inbox through which you can alert us to any errors or omissions so that we can correct them. Producing these updated procedures has been a big task, so we'd welcome you help in finishing them off properly.

Further guidance corresponding to the Safeguarding Procedures can be found below: Section 1 · Escalation Policy (Reviewed in August 2010) (1.12) Section 6 · Working With Young People Who May Display Sexually Inappropriate or Harmful Behaviour (May 2010) · Female Genital Mutilation (Review by June 2009)(6.7) · Forced Marriages (Currently under review by the Policy & Practice Sub-group)(6.12) · Children Missing Education in Warrington (6.32) · WSCB E-Safety Strategy (Reviewed in May 2010) (6.34) Section 7 · Sudden Unexpected Death in Infants and Children (SUDIC) protocol (March 2010) (7.10) *currently being reviewed following the new statutory guidance ‘Working Together’ 2010
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	Work of the Board · WSCB Annual Report 2011 · WSCB Strategic Plan 2010/2011 · Sub-Group Work plans 2010/2011 Further information relating to interagency work to safeguard children can be found in the Children and Young People’s Plan 2009-2011 WSCBe-newsletter Please look out for our e-newsletters which consist of up to date news from the Board, and other topics impacting on safeguarding children. If you would like to be included on our distribution list, please send your details to the WSCB Core Team. Alternatively check our website for the latest edition. · Issue No.1 (December 2010) · Issue No.2 (March 2011) · Issue No.3 (August 2011) Practitioner’s Conference (December 2011) Following the success of the Practitioner's Conference in December 2010 the Warrington Safeguarding Children Board would like to hold another one on Monday 19th December 2011 and would like you to come and join us. The topic for the session will be 'Think Family' - strengthening links between adults and children's services. Please see the Flyer and Application Form for more details and how to apply Practitioner’s Conference (December 2010) In December the Warrington Safeguarding Children Board hosted a Practitioner’s Conference. This was a chance for colleagues to meet the Board and more importantly for the Board to hear back from front line practitioners, such as yourself. View the summary feedback The Board has been busy generating an action plan following the feedback received at the conferences. In addition to this a small working group is being formed to take forward your suggestions on how the Board can engage more with children and young people.
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	Multi-Agency Training The Warrington Safeguarding Children Board provides a programme of multi-agency safeguarding children training each year. Please view our training programme for more details of what courses we provide and who is eligible to attend. ¨Training Programme 2011 - 2012 ¨Course Application Form word doc
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	Inter-agency Practice Guidance and Reports Family Support Model Common Assessment Framework Allegations Against Those People who Work with Children (Review by June 2010) Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) 2010 Private Fostering Annual Report 2010 Missing from Home and Care Pan Cheshire joint protocol briefing Over three thousand missing person reports are made every year in Cheshire, of which approximately 75% of investigations involve children and young people under the age of 18 years. Over three hundred children in Cheshire go missing on at least three occasions a year. Many of these children are children in care; these include children’s care homes operated by Local Authorities as well as by private care providers. It is also important to note that the majority of looked after children do not experience missing episodes. It is well recognised that children and young people who go missing from care and home are highly vulnerable and at risk of significant harm. They can often include children who are missing education and asylum seeking children. The most effective assessment and support comes through good information sharing, joint assessments of need, joint planning, and professional trust within the interagency network and joint action in partnership with families. For this reason Halton, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester and Warrington Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB’S), have collaborated to produce a single protocol that seeks to identify and manage the risks and ensure a consistency in approach across borders and agencies. The participating LSCB’s expect all agencies and care providers working with children and young people who are missing from home or care to implement this protocol and ensure that all relevant staff are aware of it and how to use it. It should be used in all new contacts with children and young people. A significant change in the implementation of this protocol is in the completion of a risk assessment for every young person which is regularly reviewed and updated. There is also a need to distinguish between an incident when a young person is absent (for example has not returned from a friend’s house at the agreed time) and when they are missing, (for example when their whereabouts are unknown and the behaviour is out of character). Through working collaboratively in this way we should ensure that we are enhancing our capacity to safeguard the most vulnerable young people in our area. The protocol was implemented on 12^th September 2011 WSCB Guidance Notes The Warrington Safeguarding Children Board have designed a template to use when alerting practitioners to new guidance notes or to draw their attention to useful information. We hope these provide useful in supporting busy practitioners keep abreast of developments relavent to their work to safeguard children. Guidance Note 1 - New Safeguarding Procedures Guidance Note 2 - Vetting and Barring Guidance Note 3 - Children's Referrals
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	Managing Allegations Against People Who Work with Children If you have any concerns regarding a professional and would like to speak to a Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) you can contact the Conference and Review Unit on 01925 442079. You may be required to complete a LADO referral form. What is the role of a LADO? LADO's are involved in the management and oversight of individual cases where it is alleged that a person working with children (including a volunteer) has: ¨ behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child; or ¨ possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child: or ¨ behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates s/he is unsuitable to work with children These officers provide advice and guidance to employers and voluntary organisations, in addition to liaising with the police and other agencies, and monitoring the progress of cases to ensure that they are dealt with as quickly as possible consistent with a thorough and fair process. More information can be found: ¨ Section 9 of the Safeguarding Children Procedures ¨ Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults Who Work With Children and Young People
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	Safeguarding in Schools Safeguarding information for schools can be found on the Warrington Grid for Learning Website Additional guidance can be found below: ¨ Anti-Bullying Policy (Joint CYPT/WSCB Protocol)
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	Useful Forms in relation to: ¨ Child Deaths Form A (local to Warrington) Form B (local to Warrington) ¨ Inter-Agency Working Multi Agency Referral Form ¨ Serious Case Reviews Undertaking Serious Case Reviews Practice Guidance and Standard Template ¨ Managing Allegations LADO referral form FURTHER INFORMATION Munro Review The Final Report of the Munro Review of Child Protection, A child-centred system has been published. Professor Munro’s analysis finds that local areas should have more freedom to design their own child protection services and that ‘one-size-fits-all approach’ to child protection is preventing local areas from focusing on the needs of the child. The report signals a radical shift from previous reforms that, while well-intentioned, resulted in too much bureaucracy and a loss of focus on the needs of the child. Professor Munro says that the Government and local authorities should operate in an open culture, continually learn from what has happened in the past, trust professionals and give them the best possible training. Professor Munro’sRecommendationsare aimed at creating long-term change to the system and should not be taken forward in isolation, as there is no one quick fix. What is needed is a fundamental shift in the way the system works, to enable professionals to focus on the needs of children, young people and families and how to give them the best possible help. Summary Report – Munro Review The Government’s response to the Munro Review of Child Protection was informed by an Implementation Working Group (IWG) drawing on expertise from local authority children’s services, the social work profession, education, police and health services. This response is the first step on the journey to create the conditions for sustained long term reform of the child protection system to deliver improved outcomes for our most vulnerable children and young people. The response is in two parts: an overarching narrative and a grid with specific responses to each of Professor Munro’s recommendation. Children In Care Council response to the term 'LAC' The Children in Care Council have written to the director of Children’s Services and asked her to tell everybody who works with children and young people in care that they do not want to be referred to as ‘LAC’ or ‘Looked After Children’ as they find the term offensive. Please make sure that if you have any forms or leaflets using this term that it is changed and please ensurel your staff are aware of this request. Letter from Kelli Hill (Chair of the Children in Care Council) Care Planning Regulations This summary provides key changes in practice from the Care Planning Placements and Case Review regulations 2010. They will have an impact on frontline practitioners and place a higher expectation on the role of the Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) in the oversight of the care planning process for children and young people. Policy Reviews Tickell - Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Review 2 years on Norgrove - Interim Family Justice Review Allen - Early Intervention Moseley - Improving Services for Young People
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