Contents
1.
Introduction
1.1
Aims of the document
1.2
Values and principles
1.3
Child protection and family support – getting the balance right
1.4
Who is a child?
2.
Definition of Abuse
2.1
General definition of abuse
2.2
The threshold of risk concept
2.3
Category of registration
2.4
Physical injury
2.5
Physical neglect
2.6
Children left unattended
2.7
Parents drunk in charge of a child
2.8
Substance abusing parents
2.9
Parents’ mental capacity and child abuse and neglect
2.10
Sexual abuse
2.11
Sexual abuse disclosure in residency or divorce disputes
2.12
Non-organic failure to thrive
2.13
Emotional abuse
2.14
Domestic Abuse
3.
Recognition and Signs of Abuse
3.1
Physical Injury
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4.
Roles and Responsibilities of Agencies
4.1
Social Work Services
4.2
Police
4.3
Health
4.4
Education
4.5
Reporter to children’s panel
4.6
Procurator Fiscal
4.7
Private and voluntary sector
5.
Discovering and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse
5.1
How to respond when a child talks about suspected abuse
5.2
Different types of concern
5.3
Making a referral
5.4
Initial checks
5.5
Child protection investigations
6.
Medical Examination and Assessment
6.1
Consent to medical treatment
6.2
Medical reports
7.
Involvement of Children and Their Carers
8.
Legal Measures
8.1
Child protection orders
8.2
Child assessment order
8.3
Exclusion orders
9.
Child Protection Conferences
9.1
Timing
9.2
Responsibility to convene a child protection conference
9.3
Particpation of agencies
9.4
Involvement of children and families
9.5
Provison of reports
10.
The Child Protection Register
10.1
Access to the register
10.2
Placing a child’s name on the child protection register
10.3
Removing a child’s name from the child protection register
10.4
Dissent
10.5
Appeals against registration by a child/young person or parent
11.
Child Protection Plans
12.
Core Groups
13.
Confindentiality
14.
Child Protection Committees
15.
Armed Forces
16.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
17.
Joint Inter Agency Child Protection Training
Appendix 1: Glossary of Social Work Services Terms
Appendix 2: Glossary of Medical Terms and Conditions
Child Protection Agency Contact List
Bibliography
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