Amendments
2025
May 2025
This chapter was updated in May 2025 with new guidance from Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 around purpose and function of Child Protection Conferences and the role of the Lead Practitioner. See Children’s Social Care National Framework: Page 16: Local authorities, police, health, and other relevant agencies, including early years, education settings, and voluntary organisations have responsibilities to work together so that children and young people can be supported for their safety and wellbeing. | |
In May 2025 amendments were made to the definition of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in line with further revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children. | |
This chapter was updated in May 2025 to include information on Stalking Protection Orders. | |
Best Practice Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers | This chapter was updated in May 2025 to include a link to Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets - GOV.UK in Section 9, Further Information. |
Pre-Birth Protocol, Procedure and Guidance for Pre-Birth Assessment | This chapter was updated in May 2025. |
Resolution of Professional Differences including Escalations | This chapter was updated in May 2025. |
This chapter was updated in May 2025 to include links to the Related Guidance section. | |
In May 2025 this chapter was updated in line with the Online Safety Act 2023 Information was added into Section 1, Definition in relation to sexually coerced extortion. | |
This chapter was refreshed in May 2025. | |
Children and Young People Who Go Missing form Home or Care, or Who are Vulnerable to Exploitation | This document was updated in May 2025. |
Children Who Go Missing from Home or Care, or who are Vulnerable to Exploitation | This chapter was updated in May 2025 to bring it into line with Children Missing Education (August 2024). The changes are technical updates only to bring the guidance in line with the Working together to improve attendance statutory guidance and the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024. It also highlights pending legislation: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and brings to the attention of readers Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) Thematic Reviews of Children Not in School in Local Areas which will be undertaken in 2025. |
This chapter was refreshed in May 2025. | |
Children and Young People of Parents with Learning Disabilities | In May 2025 this chapter was refreshed. |
This chapter was updated in May 2025. | |
This chapter was updated in May 2025. |
2024
November 2024
Implementing the Child Protection Plan, Core Group and Lead Social Worker | This chapter was refreshed in November 2024. |
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This chapter was refreshed in November 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in November 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in November 2024. | |
Management of Suspicious Bruises/Marks in Infants Under 6 Months Old | This chapter was updated in November 2024. |
This chapter was refreshed in November 2024, and additional links added in Further Information. | |
This chapter was updated in November 2024. | |
Best Practice Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers | In November 2024 a link was added to Education Supply Chains – A Better Hiring Toolkit. |
This chapter was refreshed in November 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in November 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in November 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in November 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in November 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in November 2024. | |
Multi-Agency So-Called ‘Honour’ Based Abuse and Forced Marriage Policy and Procedure | This chapter was refreshed in November 2024. |
August 2024
This chapter was further updated in August 2024 to reflect the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. | |
Pre-Birth Protocol, Procedure and Guidance for Pre-Birth Assessment | In August 2024, information around Safe Sleeping and working with Fathers/Partners was added. |
March 2024
In March 2024 this chapter was updated. | |
Best Practice Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers | In March 2024 this chapter was amended in line with revised Keeping Children Safe in Education. |
This chapter has been refreshed in March 2024. | |
In March 2024 this structure chart was updated. | |
This chapter was refreshed in March 2024 | |
This chapter was refreshed in March 2024 and links added to additional guidance in Further Information. | |
In March 2024, a new section, Principles was added into Section 2, Serious Violence Duty, to include information from the Ofsted Framework Joint Targeted Area Inspections of the Multi-agency Response to Serious Youth Violence. | |
Managing Allegations Against Adults who work with Children and Young People | In March 2024 this chapter was amended in line with revised Keeping Children Safe in Education. New Section 6, The Difference Between an Allegation of Harm and a Concern was added. |
This chapter was updated in March 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in March 2024 to reflect changes in the groups, which support the HSCP system. |