Making a Referral to Social Care
Child Protection Section 47 Enquiries
March 14, 2025 - ... with the local authority Children's Social Care in whose area the child lives or is found. 'Found' means the physical location where the child suffers the incident of harm or neglect (or is identified to be suffering or likely to suffer harm or neglect), For the purposes of these procedures...
Children who Present a Risk of Harm to Others
March 14, 2025 - ... outcomes, including referral to Children's Social Care, and their response, in such cases. Criminal Exploitation is child abuse where children and young people are manipulated and coerced into committing crimes. Increasingly young people are put in positions to recruit other young people to...
Providing Early Help
March 14, 2025 - ... services may be accessed; and When Children's Social Care need to become involved and how this transition should be made. It also sets out how practitioners and managers can assess and identify children's needs in partnership with them and their families, and how to work together to obtain...
Allegations Against Staff, Carers and Volunteers
March 14, 2025 - ... children or family, the Police and/or Children's Social Care need to consider informing the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) (also known as Designated Officer for the Local Authority) and the person's employer in order to assess whether there are implications for children or...
Child Protection Conferences
March 14, 2025 - ... Social Worker from Local Authority Children's Social Care for the child, or any child in the same family who requires a Child Protection Plan. The Social Worker is responsible for ensuring that the Child Protection Plan is developed, co-ordinated and fully implemented to timescale; Identify...
Agency Roles and Responsibilities
May 10, 2024 - ... authorities with responsibilities for children's social care have a number of specific duties to organise and plan services for children. Where a child is suspected of, or likely to be, suffering significant harm children's social care will work in conjunction with the police and other...
Managing Individuals who Pose a Risk of Harm to Children
May 10, 2024 - ... services will inform Children's Social Care through Derbyshire Starting Point and Derby Initial Response Team using the online referral systems (it is not necessary to complete the whole form – the RtCN1 Form should be completed in full and attached to a referral, please also follow...
Children with Perplexing Presentations (PP) in whom Illness is Fabricated or Induced (FII)
May 10, 2024 - ... and how to make a referral to Children's Social Care where there are concerns about a child. This is particularly likely when there has been frank deception, particularly illness induction or interfering with specimen, poisoning or concerns that an open discussion with a carer may lead them...
