Key Documents
Accidents
Accident Prevention Amongst Children[pdf - 1003kb]
Better Safe Than Sorry - preventing unintentional injury to children (2007)[pdf - 629kb]
Scoping Review re Child Injury (2010)[pdf - 659kb]
Child Deaths
Analysing Child Deaths (2003-05)[pdf - 476kb]
Children/Children's Views
Young Persons Guide to Safeguarding (2008)[pdf - 2Mb]
Tell Us 4 Summary 2010[pdf - 176kb]
Disabled Children
Aiming High for Disabled Children (2007)[pdf - 648kb]
Safeguarding Disabled Children - practice guidance (2009)[pdf - 474kb]
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence and Parental Substance Misuse (2008)[pdf - 725kb]
Drug and Alcohol
Drugs - Protecting Families and Communities (2008)[pdf - 1Mb]
Drugs - Public Information Leaflet (2008)[pdf - 331kb]
Drugs Action Plan (2008-11)[pdf - 1Mb]
Community Safety Partnership Plan (2011-14)[pdf - 613kb]
E-Safety
Safeguarding in a digital world (2008)[pdf - 4Mb]
Click Clever Click Safe[pdf - 2Mb]
Every Child Matters
ECM Guidance Section 10 (2005)[pdf - 558kb]
ECM Guidance Section 11 (2007)[pdf - 771kb]
Roles and Responsibilities of Lead Member and Director for Children's Services (2009)[pdf - 525kb]
Fabricated and Induced Illness
Fabricated and Induced Illness[pdf - 488kb]
Fabricatd and Induced Illness - supplementary information (2008)[pdf - 1Mb]
Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation - Practice Guidelines[pdf - 1Mb]
Female Genital Mutilation - Factsheet[pdf - 1Mb]
Forced Marriage
Forced Marriage - multi agency guidance - the right to choose (2008)[pdf - 809kb]
Forced Marriage - practice guidance (2009)[pdf - 503kb]
General Guidance
Aiming High for Young People - 10 year strategy (2007)[pdf - 769kb]
Children of Offenders Review (2007)[pdf - 507kb]
Early Intervention - Securing good outcomes for all children and young people (2010)[pdf - 798kb]
Gang Activity (2010)[pdf - 1Mb]
Staying Safe Action Plan 2008[pdf - 689kb]
Staying Safe Summary (2007)[pdf - 308kb]
The Protection of Chidlren in England (2009)[pdf - 1Mb]
The Protection of Children in England - Action Plan (2009)[pdf - 567kb]
UK Border Agency code of practice for keeping children safe from harm (2008)[pdf - 138kb]
Research Brief - Child Maltreatment Messages for Adult Services (Oct 2011)[pdf - 84kb]
Research Brief - Child Maltreatment Messages for Children's Social Care (Oct 2011)[pdf - 89kb]
Research Brief - Child Maltreatment Messages for Health Professionals (Oct 2011)[pdf - 84kb]
Research Brief - Child Maltreatment Messages for the Family Justice System (Oct 2011)[pdf - 109kb]
Safeguarding Briefing 3 - Responding to Information (2009)[pdf - 213kb]
Health
Fabricated and Induced Illness[pdf - 488kb]
Review of Arrangements in the NHS for Safeguarding Children (2009)[pdf - 436kb]
When to suspect child maltreatment (2009)[pdf - 1Mb]
Information Sharing
Information Sharing - guidance for practitioners and managers (2008)[pdf - 625kb]
Keeping Children Safe - information disclosure about child sexual offenders (2008)[pdf - 625kb]
Joint Chief Inspectors Reports
3rd JCI Report - the government's response (2008)[pdf - 1Mb]
3rd JCI Report on Safeguarding Children (2009)[pdf - 4Mb]
Laming
Legislation
Protection of Vulnerable Groups Act (2006)[pdf - 338kb]
LSCBs
Effective Operation of the New LSCBs in England - executive summary (2009)[word - 41kb]
Effectiveness of LSCBs (2009)[pdf - 375kb]
LSCBs - a review of progress (2007)[pdf - 659kb]
Review of LSCBs (2008)[pdf - 704kb]
Survey of LSCBs (2007)[word - 171kb]
the Evaluation of Arrangements for Effective Operation of LSCBs 2010[pdf - 1Mb]
Minority, Ethnic Communities
Local Mosque Guidance (2010)[pdf - 667kb]
Missing Children
Statutory guidance on children who run away and go missing from home or care (2009)[pdf - 520kb]
Missing Adults and Children - A Cross Government Strategy (Dec 2011)[pdf - 227kb]
Missing Persons Factsheets (2011)
Munro
Munro 1 - A CP Systems Analysis[pdf - 2Mb]
Munro 2 - The Child's Journey[pdf - 721kb]
Munro 3 - A Child Centred System[pdf - 2Mb]
Munro - the governments response[pdf - 216kb]
National Service Framework for Children
NSF Core Standards (2004)[pdf - 1Mb]
NSF Executive Summary (2004)[pdf - 510kb]
Road Safety
Road Safety Policy Framework (2006-11)[pdf - 1Mb]
Road Safety Strategy - achieving the 2010 target (2010)[pdf - 422kb]
Safeguarding
Making Safeguarding Everybody's Business[pdf - 117kb]
Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation (2009)[pdf - 941kb]
what to do if you're worried a child is being abused - summary (2003)[pdf - 357kb]
what to do if you're worried a child is being abused (2003)[pdf - 439kb]
Safer Employment
Guidance on the Employment of Children (2009)[pdf - 297kb]
Schools
Safer Recruitment in Education (2007)[pdf - 1Mb]
Serious Case Reviews
SCRs - a biennial analysis (2005-07)[pdf - 503kb]
SCRs - improving safeguarding practice (2001-03)[pdf - 1Mb]
The Voice of the Child (2010)[word - 727kb]
The Voice of the Child - summary (2010)[word - 375kb]
Ages of Concern - Learning Lessions from Serious Case Reviews (Mar 2011)[word - 848kb]
Ages of Concern - Learning Lessons from Serious Case Reviews Summary (Mar 2011)[word - 387kb]
Sexual Exploitation
Puppet on a String (2011)[pdf - 636kb]
CEOP - Out of Mind Out of Sight (2011)[pdf - 946kb]
Social Work Reform
Spirit Possession
Safeguarding Children from Abuse linked to Spirit Possession (2007)[pdf - 331kb]
Child Abuse Linked to Accusations of Possession and Witchcraft (2006)[pdf - 812kb]
Statutory Guidance
Think Family
Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs (2008)[pdf - 814kb]
Working with Parents with a Learning Disability (2007)[pdf - 688kb]
Trafficking and Asylum Seekers
Traficking Guidance (October 2011)[pdf - 2Mb]
Trafficking Action Plan (2007)[pdf - 407kb]
Trafficking Guidance (2007)[pdf - 667kb]
NCB Briefing - Better Outcomes (2008)[pdf - 63kb]
Working Together
Working Together (2010)[pdf - 2Mb]
Working Together - faith communities (2005)[pdf - 184kb]
