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LADO procedure and referral form updated May 2019

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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 Further information section with NICE guidance, and included it in the Amendments list.

Updated statutory guidance from July 2014 to November 2017 version.

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 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' (September 2016) link in.

Added Ofsted guidance on responding to CSE to 10. Roles and responsibilities.

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.

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Added contact details for MASH

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Added link to DBS website

Added link to E-learning

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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

Removed reference to old updates

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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AMENDMENT

This chapter was updated in March 2015 as new links to the updated Multi Agency Referral Form were added. A new link and references to the Inter-Agency Escalation Policy and Procedure have been added in Section 1, Duty to Refer. (LINK)

Edited Link to updated MARF

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AMENDMENT

In December 2015, this chapter was added to the manual replacing the previous procedure - 'Bruising in Children who are Not Independently Mobile (NIM)'. LINK

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Edited link to updated MARF

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

Updated links for 'Early Help Assessment Practitioners Guide' and 'Early Help Assessment Form'

Change in referral procedures

Replaced the following:

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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.'

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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.'

Chapter replaced with updated chapter on 23/08/2016

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

lose LINK at end

Changed 'Safer Workforce and Managing Allegations Against Staff, Carers and Volunteers ' link to correct webpage of procedures manual.

Sample List PDF changed to new webpage address on Surreyscb website

'SSCB Website' link changed to the new Surreyscb webpage wehre the Form a and B are found

Changed 'Serious Case Review' link to link to chapter 9.1 'Learning and improvement Framework' of new Surreyscb procedures manual

Word LINK removed at end of chapter

'Sample List' - link changed to PDF on new Surreyscb webpage

Form B - New form B (revised May 2016) uploaded

Serious Case Review - Link changed to new learning and improvement framework chapter in new procedures manual

Link taken off 'Serious Case Review'

New link added to 'Learning and Improvement Framework Procedure to new chapter 9.1 on Surreyscb webpages

Changed the link on 'Serious Case Reviews' to link to section 9.1 of the procedures

Changed the 'Serious Case Review' link from the old one to the new Surreyscb case review webpage

Changed the 'Child Death Notification Form A and Agency Report Form B' link from the old SSCB CDOP webpage to the new SSCB Child Deaths webpage address.

Changed the 'SSCB Website' link from the old SSCB webpage to the new Surreyscb web page address.

Changed the 'SSCB Wesbite' link from the old SSCB webpage to new Surreyscb webpage address.

Changed named doctor for SABP to Dr. Chris Roberts