Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board

Manual Version: 2 (03/07/2008)

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1		Policy Framework, Principles and Values
2		Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board
3		Managing Individual Cases - Procedures
4		Procedures and Guidance for Children in Specific Circumstances
5		Managing Individuals who Pose a Risk of Harm to Children
6		Complaints and Professional Disagreements
7		Serious Case Reviews
8		Child Deaths
9		Protocols
10		Appendices

1 Policy Framework, Principles and Values

1.1		Policy Framework, Principles and Values
1.1.1		Foreword and Introduction
1.1.2		Policy, Principles and Values
1.1.3		Recognition of Significant Harm - Definitions and Signs of Abuse
1.1.4		Oxfordshire Thresholds of Needs Matrix and Common Assessment Framework
1.1.5		Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
1.1.6		Legal Framework for Safeguarding Children in Individual Cases
1.1.7		Information Sharing Protocol
1.1.8		General Medical Council Guidance to Doctors regarding 0-18s

2 Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board

2.1		Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board
2.1.1		Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board - Role, Functions and Membership
2.1.2		Agency Roles and Responsibilities
2.1.3		A Guide to Making Safe and Appropriate Appointments in Schools and all Services for Children and Vulnerable Adults

3 Managing Individual Cases - Procedures

3.1		Managing Individual Cases - Procedures
3.1.1		Referrals
3.1.2		Initial Assessment
3.1.3		Strategy Discussions
3.1.4		Child Protection Assessments and Core Assessments
3.1.5		Initial Child Protection Conferences
3.1.6		Record of Children with a Child Protection Plan
3.1.7		Implementation of Child Protection Plan - Key Worker and Core Group Responsibilities
3.1.8		Child Protection Review Conferences

4 Procedures and Guidance for Children in Specific Circumstances

4.1		Procedures and Guidance for Children in Specific Circumstances
4.1.1		Allegations against Staff, Carers and Volunteers
4.1.2		Assessment of Risk in the Ante-natal and Peri-natal Period
4.1.3		Bullying
4.1.4		Child Abuse and Information Communication Technology
4.1.5		Child Abuse Linked to Spiritual and Religious Beliefs
4.1.6		Children Involved in Commercial Sexual Exploitation including Prostitution
4.1.7		Children Living Away From Home
4.1.8		Children Missing Education
4.1.9		Children Missing from Home
4.1.10		Children Moving Across Boundaries
4.1.11		Children of Alcohol Misusing Parents
4.1.12		Children of Drug Misusing Parents
4.1.13		Children who Exhibit Harmful Sexual Behaviour
4.1.14		Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse
4.1.15		Disabled Children
4.1.16		Domestic Abuse
4.1.17		Fabricated or Induced Illness
4.1.18		Female Genital Mutilation
4.1.19		Forced Marriages (including honour based violence)
4.1.20		Male Circumcision
4.1.21		Safeguarding Children from Abroad
4.1.22		Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked
4.1.23		Working with Sexually Active Young People under the age of 18 in Oxfordshire

5 Managing Individuals who Pose a Risk of Harm to Children

5.1		Managing Individuals who Pose a Risk of Harm to Children
5.1.1		MAPPA - Local Working Requirements

6 Complaints and Professional Disagreements

6.1		Complaints and Professional Disagreements
6.1.1		Complaints
6.1.2		Resolving Professional Disagreement in Individual Cases

7 Serious Case Reviews

7.1		Serious Case Reviews
7.1.1		Serious Case Reviews

8 Child Deaths

8.1		Child Death Reviews
8.1.1		Child Death Review Process (including Rapid Response Process and Child Death Overview Panel Process)

9 Protocols

9.1		Protocols
9.1.1		Thames Valley Police and Children, Young People and Families - Joint Protocol for the Investigation of Child Abuse - to follow
9.1.2		Thames Valley Police and Children, Young People and Families - Joint Protocol RE: Young People Missing From Care

10 Appendices

10.1.1		Help
10.1.2		Contact Details
10.1.3		Keywords Index
10.1.4		Display Options

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