Page Amendments

Completely new policy approved by the SSCP Executive and uploaded in May 2020.

All Health Contacts revised May 2020.

Added Designated Doctors for Chiled Death Reviews

Added National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

 Added CMO report

Updated WT2018

Changed Board to Partnership

Updated WT2018

Updated WT2018

Updated WT2018

Updated Board to Partnership

Added myth-busting guide from WT2018

Under British Transport Police, added 'or who are being exploited by criminal gangs to move drugs and money.'

Updated in line with WT2018

Updated in line with WT2018

Updated Board to Partnership

Updated WT2018

Added section on what schools and colleges should do in response to sexting (in line with UK Council for Child Internet Safety guidance).

Added link to Department for Education guidance on sexual harassment and violence between children (December 2017).

Added Children's Commissioner report to section 5, Responsing to CSE.

Added link to government's 'Educate against hate' website.

Added link to Children's Commisioner's guidance on advocacy.

Added College of Policing guidance/link.

Added CPS recommendations on sexting and whether to prosecute.

Added 'gaming' to list of media that can be used as a means of contacting children with a view to grooming them.

Revised DfE definition of CSE added.

Content updated May 2017

Added contact details for MASH

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Updated with current legislation

Updated links

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Added link to DBS website

Added link to E-learning

Updated links

Added link to legislation

Added link to YJB

Added link to MOJ

Updated links to other web sites

Updated to inlcude link to new EYFS guidance published 3 April 2017

Sdded hyperlink to SSCB structure doc

Edited to include signs of safety terminology AQ/CH

Updating to include Safer Surrey AQ / CH

Updated named nurse at Epsom & St Helier from Sarah Harmna to Sarah Galvin

Remove the sentence:  These cases must then be referred by the Conference Chair to the Surrey Safeguarding Children Board Audit Group.

Minor change to para 6.5 to include Services after Area head of Children's and to remove reference to the Notification form.

Edited link to Updated MARF

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Edited Link to updated MARF

Removed the word "LINK"

Removed the work "LINK"

Removed final sentence from para 6.3 (See apeendix 3) at the request of Liz Henessy

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Updated Procedure as per email from Kathryn Brooks

Change in referral procedures

Replaced the following:

'

Where professional dissent occurs at a Child Protection Conference (CP Conference), the Independent CP Conference Chair will make a referral to SSCB Child Protection  Dissents (CP Dissents) Group for review. CP Dissents Group is a multi-agency audit group which reviews the conference reports, considers the nature of the dissent and evaluates the decision of the Chair.

The group meets on a monthly basis. The audit enables review of the individual agency’s contribution to the CP Meeting and the professional decision making. Feedback and  recommendations are made to the Chair and dissenting professional this includes the identification of key issues, themes and if appropriate recommends where changes are required to policies and procedures.

Where a dissent is upheld feedback is provided to the dissenting professional on the next steps and the decision making referred back to Surrey Children’s Service to investigate. The report and recommendations from this investigation are reviewed by the Head of Safeguarding and actions identified to hold a further Strategy Meeting.

CP Conference Dissents reports into the SSCB Quality Assurance and Evaluation Sub Group as well as the SSCB Operations Group.'

With:

'

In any situation where it becomes apparent that professionals disagree about the need or otherwise for Child Protection Plan, the relevant professionals, where possible, will discuss this before the conference.

When a conference does not reach a unanimous decision, the chair offers professionals the chance to debrief after the conference.

Where there is a strong difference of opinion, the chair would offer to meet with colleagues dissenting and a manager to explore the differences of opinion and seek a resolution.

Only where this discussion leaves professionals with major unease that they feel the conference decision MUST be revisited should they appeal to external parties to take an independent view. In this case, a request will be made to the Head of Safeguarding in Children's Services to convene a multi-agency group to which the Conference Chair and dissenting professionals will be invited in order to explore the disagreement further.'

Changed the wording of the introductory sentence. Also, the word 'over' (5th bullet point) was replaced by the word 'inappropriate'

Changed named doctor for SABP to Dr. Chris Roberts