Glossary

• Academies
• Adoption Order
• Adult with care and support needs
• Care Quality Commission
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are services that work with children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional or behavioural well-being. These services may be statutory, voluntary or school-based sector, such as an NHS trust, local authority, school or charitable organisation.

• Child Death Overview Panel
• Child in need
• Child Protection Conference
• Child Protection Plan
• Child sexual exploitation
• Clinical Commissioning Group
• Core Group
• CPS
• Domestic abuse
• Early help
• emergency protection order
• Emotional abuse
• Fabricated or induced illness
• Free Schools
• General Medical Council
• Grooming
• IRO
• LADO
• Lead social worker
• Looked After Child
• LSCB
• Medical assessment
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
• Neglect
• NSPCC
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Ofsted
• Physical abuse
• Pre-birth assessment
• Section 47
• Serious case review
• Sexual abuse
• Significant harm
• Unexpected child death