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Amendments
Shared Board Amendments
Chapter | Details | Date |
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Injuries in Babies and Children under 2 years of age | Added GPs to the child healthcare practitioners title and removed the GPs section. | 30-03-2022 |
Neglect | Sandwell Childrens Safeguarding Partnership Tackling Neglect Strategy 2022 | 17-02-2022 |
Fabricated or Induced Illness | Revised procedure Jan 2022 | 20-01-2022 |
Children who abuse others including peer on peer abuse / harmful sexual behaviour | Added in line from KCSIE that staff should understand that even if there are no reports of peer-on-peer abuse in their school, this doesn’t mean it is not happening | 15-12-2021 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Added that there may be different indicators for girls and boys, as per KCSIE. | 15-12-2021 |
Honour-based abuse | Procedure updated | 07-12-2021 |
Children Missing Education (CME) | Updated link to KCSIE. | 03-12-2021 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Procedure revised | 18-11-2021 |
Information sharing and confidentiality | Procedure re-written | 18-11-2021 |
Recruitment, supervision and training | Amends made as per Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021. | 18-11-2021 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Minor revisions made to 'Protection and action to be taken' | 18-11-2021 |
Children of parents with mental health problems | Procedure reviewed and updated. | 15-06-2021 |
Forced marriage | Procedure reviewed and updated. | 15-06-2021 |
Children with disabilities | Procedure reviewed and updated. | 15-06-2021 |
Additional guidance | Statutory guidance on Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews added. | 14-06-2021 |
Domestic violence and abuse | Added paragraph under 'Police' about indirect harm, as per Working Together amends in December 2020. | 19-03-2021 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Amended title of procedure, in line with amends to Working Together in December 2020. | 19-03-2021 |
Referrals | Revisions made in light of revised Working Together December 2020 | 19-03-2021 |
Early help | Changes made in light of revised Working Together December 2020 | 19-03-2021 |
Honour-based abuse | Revised wording due to change in Keeping Children Safe in Education (honour-based violence to honour-based abuse) | 19-03-2021 |
Introduction | Added two definitions - Working Together and Keeping Children Safe in Education | 19-03-2021 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Added 'Education at home' | 07-01-2021 |
Sexual activity in children and young people (including under-age sexual activity) | Added Upskirting | 07-01-2021 |
Domestic violence and abuse | Added Operation Encompass | 07-01-2021 |
Domestic violence and abuse | KCSIE 2020 amend | 07-01-2021 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | KCSIE 2020 amend | 07-01-2021 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | KCSIE 2020 amends | 07-01-2021 |
Responding to concerns about a child | KCSIE amend | 07-01-2021 |
Introduction | KCSIE amends | 07-01-2021 |
Sexual activity in children and young people (including under-age sexual activity) | Amended procedure December 2020 | 04-12-2020 |
Children who abuse others including peer on peer abuse / harmful sexual behaviour | Revised procedure December 2020 | 04-12-2020 |
Self-harm and suicideal behaviour | Revised Further information section | 26-08-2020 |
Children Missing Education (CME) | Revised procedure | 26-08-2020 |
Children affected by Explotation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | New combined exploitation chapter. | 16-07-2020 |
Children and families moving across local authority boundaries | Transfer of responsibility arrangements during Covid-19 removed. | 13-07-2020 |
Abuse linked to faith or belief | New section added. | 17-06-2020 |
Safeguarding children and young people against radicalisation and violent extremism | The links to the resources at the end of the document have been updated. The link to support for children and their families returning from conflict zone has been removed, as local safeguarding arrangement should respond to vulnerabilities relating to returnees and their families. | 17-06-2020 |
Safeguarding children and young people against radicalisation and violent extremism | Additional websites added. | 17-06-2020 |
Safeguarding children and young people against radicalisation and violent extremism | Prevent officer and CTU WMCTU Gateway information added. | 17-06-2020 |
Children from abroad | Procedure updated | 10-06-2020 |
Bullying | Revised procedure | 11-05-2020 |
Neglect | Revised procedure | 11-05-2020 |
Children and families moving across local authority boundaries | Added Covid-19 arrangements. | 07-04-2020 |
Domestic violence and abuse | Added Domestic Abuse Bill 2019 factsheets | 17-03-2020 |
Additional guidance | Amended last paragraph to clarify that the notification should be sent to health and other partners. | 16-03-2020 |
Trafficked children | Police Partnership intelligence forms updated. | 29-01-2020 |
Children and families moving across local authority boundaries | Amended 'Children subject to a statutory order' to provide clarity. | 16-12-2019 |
Persons posing a risk to children | Removed PPRC manual from further information section. | 16-12-2019 |
Persons posing a risk to children | Revised as per Procedures group direction. | 16-12-2019 |
Female genital mutilation | Added guidance for schools | 02-12-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Added 'Reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention' | 02-12-2019 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Added 'Teaching online safety in schools' | 02-12-2019 |
Children Missing Education (CME) | Revised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019 | 02-12-2019 |
Children Missing Education (CME) | Revised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019 | 02-12-2019 |
Children who abuse others including peer on peer abuse / harmful sexual behaviour | Updated page reference for Keeping Children Safe in Education | 02-12-2019 |
Female genital mutilation | Revised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019. | 02-12-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Revised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019 | 02-12-2019 |
Recruitment, supervision and training | Revised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019 | 02-12-2019 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | Revised Keeping Children Safe in Education link | 02-12-2019 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019 | 02-12-2019 |
Child Death Reviews | Revised version uploaded, as per group's direction and Working Together 2018. | 02-12-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised as per group's direction. | 02-12-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised as per group's direction | 02-12-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised as per group's direction | 02-12-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised as per group direction | 02-12-2019 |
Sexual activity in children and young people (including under-age sexual activity) and peer on peer abuse | Title amended to include peer on peer abuse | 17-10-2019 |
Female genital mutilation | Updated mandatory reporting requirements | 17-10-2019 |
Female genital mutilation | Added related guidance | 17-10-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Taken out text 'absent' not being used in West Mercia. | 02-09-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Removed paragraph on the use of 'absent' in the different areas. | 02-09-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Corrected name of procedure | 02-09-2019 |
Fabricated or Induced Illness | Changed WT 2015 to 2018 | 02-09-2019 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Added early years online safety considerations link. | 21-08-2019 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Paragraph on live streaming added. | 21-08-2019 |
Safeguarding children and young people against radicalisation and violent extremism | WT2018. | 26-04-2019 |
Children living away from home | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Persons posing a risk to children | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Persons posing a risk to children | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Domestic violence and abuse | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Forced marriage | WT2018 amend. | 26-04-2019 |
Female genital mutilation | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Child sexual exploitation | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Recruitment, supervision and training | Removal of 'LSCB'. | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | Under review | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | Under review | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Additional guidance | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child deaths | Section under review. | 26-04-2019 |
Organised and complex abuse | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Managing professional disagreements | WT2018 amends.
| 26-04-2019 |
Implementing child protection plans | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child protection conferences | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child protection conferences | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child protection conferences | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child protection conferences | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child protection conferences | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Child protection enquiries | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Strategy meeting/discussion | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Assessment | WT2018 amends | 26-04-2019 |
Assessment | WT2018 amends.
| 26-04-2019 |
Referrals | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Responding to concerns about a child | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Sharing information | WT2018 amends. | 26-04-2019 |
Early help | WT2018 amends | 26-04-2019 |
Introduction | WT2018 amends | 26-04-2019 |
Safeguarding children and young people against radicalisation and violent extremism | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Recruitment, supervision and training | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Information sharing and confidentiality | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Information sharing and confidentiality | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Disguised compliance, coercive control and families who are hostile or resistant to change | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children of parents with mental health problems | MIND link added
| 24-04-2019 |
Children of parents with mental health problems | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children of parents with mental health problems | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children of parents with mental health problems | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Removed old Ofsted report. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children with disabilities | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Revised as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | New section. | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | New section. | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | New section | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Revised procedure as per procedures group direction. | 24-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Trafficked children | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procudure group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procedures group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children missing from care, home and education | Updated as per procuredure group request. | 08-04-2019 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Home Office guidance link added: 'Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerabe adults: county lines'. | 13-02-2019 |
Bullying | Added new definition of a bully (The Diana Award). | 08-11-2018 |
Neglect | Updated information sharing link | 08-11-2018 |
Information sharing and confidentiality | Updated government guidance on information sharing (2018) | 08-11-2018 |
Information sharing and confidentiality | Updated government guidance on information sharing (2018) | 08-11-2018 |
Sharing information | Updated 'Seven golden rules to sharing information' and links to government guidance on information sharing (updated 2018). | 08-11-2018 |
Bullying | Added Department of Education guidance: Approaches to preventing and tackling bullying | 08-11-2018 |
Children Missing Education (CME) | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 | 08-11-2018 |
Children Missing Education (CME) | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 | 08-11-2018 |
Female genital mutilation | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education (2018) | 08-11-2018 |
Recruitment, supervision and training | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 | 08-11-2018 |
Allegations against staff or volunteers | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 | 08-11-2018 |
Children who abuse others including peer on peer abuse / harmful sexual behaviour | Updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 | 08-11-2018 |
Children who abuse others including peer on peer abuse / harmful sexual behaviour | Updating Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018. | 08-11-2018 |
Child deaths | Added link to national forms / DfE website. | 29-10-2018 |
Domestic violence and abuse | Updated link to DVRIM website. | 02-08-2018 |
Recruitment, supervision and training | Updated link to current guidance in 'Protection and action to be taken' | 09-05-2018 |
Children affected by Exploitation and Trafficking (including Gangs) | Added Early Help Assessment (EHA) as an alternative to Common Assessment Framwork (CAF) | 09-05-2018 |
Responding to concerns about a child | Addition to 'Duty to co-operate and refer' Where a child or unborn baby has an allocated social worker and a professional has new or additional information this must be documented and passed without delay to the allocated social worker or case manager for consideration by children's social care. In the event the allocated scial worker and/or case manager are unavailable the person holding information should follow the arrangements for passing on information to the relevant team. As above, if it is outside of office hours the local authority children's social care emergency duty team/out of hours team should be contacted if the concern is high. In emergencies, such as if a child is in immediate danger, the Police should be called for assistance.
| 08-05-2018 |
Discontinuing a child protection plan |
| 08-05-2018 |
Strategy meeting/discussion | Added 'health' to the list of agencies that should always attend strategy meetings | 08-05-2018 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Added Yoti app for reporting explicit images into the further information section. | 27-02-2018 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Changed 'sexting' to 'youth produced sexual imagery', as per UK Council for Child Internet Safety guidance | 27-02-2018 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Changed 'sexting' to 'youth produced sexual imagery', as per UK Council for Child Internet Safety guidance | 27-02-2018 |
Child sexual exploitation | Changed 'sexting' to 'youth produced sexual imagery', as per UK Council for Child Internet Safety guidance | 27-02-2018 |
Online safety: Children exposed to abuse through digital media | Changed 'sexting' to 'youth produced sexual imagery', as per UK Council for Child Internet Safety guidance | 27-02-2018 |
Sexual activity in children and young people (including under-age sexual activity) | Added Department for Education guidance. | 27-02-2018 |
Neglect | Added NICE guidance to end of section on Indicators. | 27-02-2018 |
Additional guidance | Added NICE guidance to end of Definitions section. | 27-02-2018 |
Trafficked children | Changed 2014 statutory guidance to 2017 statutory guidance | 27-02-2018 |
Trafficked children | Changed the name and link of statutory guidance 2014 to updated guidance 2017 | 27-02-2018 |
Trafficked children | Updated statutory guidance from 2014 guidance to 2017 guidance. | 27-02-2018 |
Domestic violence and abuse | Removed Solihull reference | 04-07-2017 |
Introduction | Removed Solihull and changed 10 boards to nine | 04-07-2017 |
Child protection enquiries | Changed text regarding review of West Mercia Police and Children's Servcies Protocol in 'Summary' | 31-03-2017 |