Amendments

2024

Implementing the Child Protection Plan, Core Group and Lead Social Worker	This chapter was refreshed in November 2024.
Dangerous Dogs	This chapter was refreshed in November 2024.
Female Genital Mutilation Procedure and Pathway	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Contacts and Referrals	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.
Online Safety	This chapter was refreshed in November 2024, and additional links added in Further Information.
Harmful Sexual Behaviours	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.
Definitions and Recognition of Abuse and Neglect	This chapter was refreshed in November 2024.
Families First and Early Help	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Single Assessment	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Children with a Disability and Child Abuse	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Children Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries	This chapter was updated in November 2024.
Local Contacts	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.

Domestic Abuse	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.

Information Sharing and Confidentiality	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.
Child Abuse Linked to Spiritual or Religious Belief	This chapter has been refreshed in March 2024.
The HSCP Structure Chart	In March 2024 this structure chart was updated.
Policy and Procedures	This chapter was refreshed in March 2024
Prevent Guidance	This chapter was refreshed in March 2024 and links added to additional guidance in Further Information.
Agency Roles and Responsibilities	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.
Children with a Disability and Child Abuse	This chapter was updated in March 2024.
The HSCP Groups	This chapter was updated in March 2024 to reflect changes in the groups, which support the HSCP system.