1. Introduction

• 1.1

  Introduction to the Manual
  

2. Policy and Strategic Framework

• 2.1

  Policy, Principles and Values
  
• 2.2

  Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership
  
• 2.3

  Agency Roles and Responsibilities
  
• 2.4

  Information Sharing
  

3. Safer Workforce and Managing Allegations Against Staff, Carers and Volunteers

• 3.1

  Recruitment, Supervision and Training of Staff
  
• 3.2

  Managing allegations against people that work or volunteer with children
  

4. Managing Individual Cases

• 4.1

  Statutory Framework for Working with Children in Need and their Families
  
• 4.2

  Continuum of Support for children and families living in Surrey
  - 4. The Continuum of Support Indicators
  - 4.1 Universal or Community support – Thriving
  - 4.2 Emerging Needs – Getting advice and signposting
  - 4.3 Targeted Support – Getting help
  - 4.4 Intensive Support – Getting more help
  - 4.5 Statutory Services – Getting risk support
  
• 4.3

  Recognition of Significant Harm
  
• 4.4

  Parental Responsibility
  
• 4.5

  Contacts and Referrals
  
• 4.6

  Assessment
  
• 4.7

  Strategy Discussions and Section 47 Enquiries
  
• 4.8

  Initial Child Protection Conferences
  
• 4.9

  Deciding and Recording that a Child Should be Subject to a Child Protection Plan
  
• 4.10

  Implementing the Child Protection Plan, Core Group and Allocated Social Worker Role
  
• 4.11

  Children on Child Protection Plans who Move Abroad
  
• 4.12

  Child Protection Review Conferences
  
• 4.13

  Safeguarding Disabled Children
  
• 4.14

  Use of Interpreters, Signers and Others with Communication Skills
  
• 4.15

  Achieving Best Evidence: Interviews of Children
  
• 4.16

  Child Protection Medical Guidance for Medical Professionals, Children's Services and Police
  
• 4.17

  A professional’s guide to online and proxy access to medical records for children and young people.
  

5. Procedures for Specific Circumstances

• 5.1

  The Internet and the Abuse of Children
  
• 5.2

  Begging
  
• 5.3

  A Multi-agency Protocol for the Management of Actual or Suspected bruising in Infants who are Not Independently Mobile
  
• 5.4

  Children and Families in Need Moving Across Safeguarding Children Partnership Boundaries
  
• 5.5

  Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation
  
• 5.6

  Working with sexually active young people
  
• 5.7

  Children Displaying Harmful Sexual Behaviour
  
• 5.8

  Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse
  
• 5.9

  Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Claims for Looked After Children
  
• 5.10

  Diplomats' Families
  
• 5.11

  Domestic Abuse
  
• 5.12

  Practice guidance: Working with Hostile, Non-Compliant Clients who use Disguised Compliance within the Context of Safeguarding Children
  
• 5.13

  Perplexing Presentations (PP)/Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) in children
  
• 5.14

  Female Genital Mutilation
  
• 5.15

  Forced Marriage
  
• 5.16

  Honour Based Violence
  
• 5.17

  Historical Abuse Allegations
  
• 5.18

  Children Missing from Care and Home (under review)
  
• 5.19

  Children Missing from Education
  
• 5.20

  Pre-birth Child Protection Procedure
  
• 5.21

  Trafficked and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
  
• 5.22

  Racial and Religious Harassment
  
• 5.23

  Families where a Parent has a Learning Difficulty
  
• 5.24

  Parental Substance Misuse
  
• 5.25

  Enduring and/or Severe Parental Mental Illness
  
• 5.26

  Young Carers
  
• 5.27

  Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviour
  
• 5.28

  Pregnancy of a Child
  
• 5.29

  Foreign Exchange Visits
  
• 5.30

  Surrogacy
  
• 5.31

  Children and Blood Borne Viruses
  
• 5.32

  Supporting Children and Young People Vulnerable to Violent Extremism
  
• 5.33

  Self-Taken Indecent Images
  
• 5.34

  Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs
  
• 5.35

  Online Safety
  
• 5.36

  Reasonable punishment and smacking
  
• 5.37

  Child Criminal Exploitation
  
• 5.38

  Preventing Homelessness in Surrey - Joint Protocol for 16 and 17 year-olds
  
• 5.39

  Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children
  

6. Risk Management of Individuals Who Pose a Risk to Children

• 6.1

  Risk Management of Individuals Who Pose a Risk of Harm to Children
  
• 6.2

  Children Visiting Custodial Settings
  
• 6.3

  Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Special Hospitals
  

7. Complaints and Disagreements

• 7.1

  Complaints about Child Protection Conferences
  
• 7.2

  The Surrey FaST Resolution Process
  

8. Child Deaths

• 8.1

  Link to Child Death Review Policy
  

9. SSCB Learning and Improvement

• 9.1

  Learning and Improvement Framework
  

10. Appendices

• 10.1

  Local Contact Details
  
• 10.2

  Amendments