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For the latest announcements, refer to the message scroller on the front page.

Procedures updated 1 June 2010 (version 4.00)


Procedures updated 12 March 2010 (version 3.88)
 


Procedures updated 23 February 2010 (version 3.87)
 


Procedures update

Updated to version 3.86 - January 22 2010 to include:

  • New Executive summaries added
  • New Government guidance on information sharing added

Procedures update

Updated to version 3.85 - November 19 2009 to include:

  • Safeguarding Disabled Children guidance added to useful resources
  • New form for use in professional disagreements added as a link in policy of the same name
  • Interim guidance on child death added to Further guidance on child protection
     

Procedures update

Updated to version 3.83 - October 21 2009


Procedures update

Updated to version 3.82 - October 12 2009


Procedures update

Minor update to contact details (Swindon) within Allegations Procedures, version 3.81.
September 16 2009


Procedures update

Procedures updated on 18 August 2009 to version 3.8.


Procedures update
Procedures updated on 14 July 2009 to version 3.7.


Procedures update
Procedures updated on 14 May 2009 to version 3.6.


Procedures update
Procedures updated on 7 May 2009 to version 3.5 (Bristol contact details link updated)


Procedures update
The procedures have been updated on 31 March 2009 to version 3.4.


Procedures update
The procedures have been updated on Friday 20 February 2009 to version 3.3. This update includes an update to the section on Public Law Outline and a link to an asylum seeking booklet under Useful Resources.


Procedures update
The procedures have been updated on Tuesday 3 February 2009 to version 3.22. This update includes a new section on Public Law Outline under Useful Resources.


Procedures update
The shared procedures have been updated to version 3.1 as of 17 October 2008.
 


New website name
As of 29 September 2008, the South West Child Protection Procedures website will now be refered to as the 'South West Safeguarding and Child Protection Group' website. The website address will remain the same as www.swcpp.org.uk.
 


Welcome
We are delighted to welcome colleagues from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who from the 1st November 2007 have joined the South West Shared Procedures Initiative. This takes the number of partner Authorities to twelve.
 


Consultations on protocols and best practice
There are currently 4 documents under review and revision with a view that following amendment they can be adopted by the steering group on behalf of SWCPP at the next proposed meeting in January 2008 these being:

Protocol Lead Authority
Working With Mothers And Their Unborn Babies Where There Are Concerns For The Welfare Of The Unborn Child Steph McQuade
Swindon
smcquade@swindon.gov.uk
Serious Case Reviews Sean Tarpey
South Gloucestershire
Sean.tarpey@southglos.gov.uk
Information Sharing Protocol Barry Raynes
Reconstruct
Barry@reconstruct.co.uk
Procedures for Unexpected Deaths of Children Graham Titheridge
Wiltshire
Graham.titheridge@wiltshire.gov.uk

Please contact either the lead or Sean Tarpey ( sean.tarpey@southglos.gov.uk ) for copies of these documents if you do not yet have them.

 


Procedures Update - October 23rd 2007
Child protection procedures version 1.4 are now available.

 


Procedures Update - June 15th 2007
Accessible versions of the procedures are now available for users unable to run active content on their computers. See links 2b and 3b on the procedure index page. The child protection procedures have also been updated.

Tutorial Update
The tutorial has been updated and includes a new audio track recorded by young people.

 


Procedures Update - May 8th 2007
Child protections procedures have been updated. A new set of procedures on "Allegations of abuse against staff" have also been added.

 


Procedures Update - April 16th 2007
A new version of the Child protection procedures are now available. These automatically replace the previous version available from this web-site. Managing individual cases is the same but we now have more supplementary guidance on:-

  • allegations of abuse against staff
  • complex cases
  • fabricated illness
  • female genital mutilation
  • forced marriage
  • private fostering
  • serious case reviews
  • sexually active young people
  • substance misuse

National Event on 13th March 2007
A national event for Local Safeguarding Children Boards and their partners was held on the 13th March at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. Local Safeguarding Children Board chairs, managers and LSCB partners and stakeholders attended. See photos from the event...


Next meeting of the Shared Procedures Steering Group
26 March in Cttee Rm 1, Kingswood Civic Centre at 1.00 - 3.00 pm


Next stage in completion of child protection procedures
The next stage in the completion of the child protection procedures will be the addition of guidance on

  • managing allegations against staff
  • children abused through prostitution
  • fabricated illness
  • investigating complex abuse
  • female genital mutilation
  • forced marriages
  • serious case reviews

This will be completed on the 31st March 2007.


SWCPP website launch
The South West Child Protection Procedures website officially launched on the 31st January 2007. A full press release from South Gloucestershire Council is available. You can also view a short 5 minute tutorial video which explains how to use the procedures.
 


CSCI Regional Child Protection Meeting
The Regional Safeguarding Group meeting was held on Wednesday 29th November 2006 between 10.30am and 2.00pm at the CSCI South West Regional Office, Bristol.
 


A New Era in Safeguarding Children?
This event was held on the 13th October 2006.
Major changes are taking place in the organisation of children's services. Practitioners, managers, policy makers and staff development officers from all agencies are looking for evidence that children most in need of safeguarding will be any better protected as a result. This event brings together some of the UK's leading academics, practitioners and commentators to explore whether this is indeed a new era or just a step into the unknown. For further information telephone 01225 787033 or e-mail conference@reconstruct.co.uk.
 








 

 

 

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