Transcript Lead Practitioner (Safeguarding) Briefings Autumn 2013 Bruising protocol • This being revised and we are advised to inform social care of all bruising.

Lead Practitioner (Safeguarding)
Briefings Autumn 2013
Bruising protocol
• This being revised and we are advised
to inform social care of all bruising on
‘Not independently mobile’ (NIM)
children.
Referrals to Social Care
• There are many appropriate referrals being made by
providers to Social Care via Professional Line, R&A
and Out of Hours teams
• Feedback from the above teams is that professionals
struggling to get through with a referral are leaving
messages. We are advised that we should try the
other lines if it is an urgent referral and NOT wait for
someone from the professional line to respond
• If you don’t hear anymore after the referral has been
made…follow it up and to confirm what action has
been taken
Fixed Thinking .1
• Supervision – effective supervision will help
managers and practitioners to avoid fixed
thinking and critically analyse possible signs
and symptoms of abuse
• Without effective supervision practitioners
and managers can get used to the things they
see and not recognise signs of abuse
Fixed thinking .2
• Early Years practitioners are valued and have
a unique perspective. This presents vital
information at case conferences, during
planning meetings or on referral froms and
may help others to avoid ‘fixed thinking’
• Be confident in sharing your analysis and
views
OFSTED registered person
• This person/company/committee
is responsible for knowing what
safeguarding measures should be in
place and ensuring all safeguarding
measures are in place
• How do they do this? How does this
work for committees?
• Would this be a useful future focus for
these support groups?
No anonymous referrals
• Professionals are not allowed to refer
anonymously to social care – You are a
professional even when you are not on duty so
you can never refer anonymously
• EYFS requires registered childcare providers to
have regard for the LSCB polices in response
to SCR’s. Social Care may have further
questions for the professional that may be vital
to protecting a child. SCR’s have shown that
when professionals do not share information
well, children are more at risk
Important points to Remember:
• Never leave a referral to social Care until
after the week end
• Maintain professional boundaries with
parents even if they are friends outside the
setting which sometimes happens in smaller
settings and communities. Still make the
referral to Social Care as the child’s safety
and welfare is paramount, always
• Follow your policies and procedures
Interpreting training message
• SfYC have received a number of
communications regarding the different
interpretations between
practitioners/managers and the trainer
• Please continue to feed these back at
Safeguarding Support Groups as they will be
followed up
Learning Lessons from Serious
Case Reviews
This series of multi-agency practical half day workshops will
explore how agencies can work effectively together to
safeguard children from lessons learned by Serious Case
Reviews. FOR ALL FRONT LINE PRACTITIONERS
Date
15 October 2013
14 November 2013
4 December 2013
8 January
14 January 2013
28 January 2014
12 February 2014
19 March 2014
Time
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
09:00 till 12:30
Location
Fleet
Alton
Winchester
Havant
Winchester
Fareham
Romsey
Winchester
Our aims of this briefing
• To increase attendance from Early
Years Practitioners at all Child
Protection Conferences (CPCs)
• To increase the confidence of
Practitioners to attend CPCs
• To help practitioners make an effective
contribution at a Child Protection
Conference
Session will include
• How to prepare for a Child Protection
Conference
• How to present at a Child Protection
Conference
• How to decide whether a child should be
subject to a CP (Child protection) plan
• How to contribute to effective planning
Introduction
• How many of you have already had
experience of attending a CPC?
• How did it feel?
• How do you currently feel about attending
CPC?
At a child Protection Conference the
expectation is that:
• You will ‘share relevant information’
• You will make an ‘assessment of risk’
• You will be required to ‘make a decision’
regarding whether or not a Child protection
plan is needed
• You will be involved in ‘effective planning’ and
‘service delivery’ designed to safeguard the
child/ren
Helpful reminder
• Guidance framework (Remember the
4LSCB Website is full of very useful up
to date information)
http://www.hampshiresafeguarding
childrenboard.org.uk/
What is a child Protection conference
for?
• Think about which practitioner will need to attend
the Conference (avoid a team member who lives
next door to this child and family, etc.)
• Who you will need to present your information in
front of
• Remember your information about this child and
parent/s is really important as you may be the
professional who has had the
most regular contact with them
Stage 1 Preparation
• The key to contributing effectively to a child
protection conference is PREPARATION
• NB. Parents must see and sign your report
preferably prior to the day of the conference,
unless it puts someone at risk. No surprises.
• Consider the length of time the CP
Conference could take and plan alternative
childcare for yourself ‘just in case’
Stage 2. How to present your
information at the CPC
• Having prepared thoroughly for the
conference you will be in the best position to
make an effective ‘presentation’ of the
information you bring
• How you present your information is
important
• Always talk , facing the parent in response to
any question from the chair
Stage 3 Decision Making
• Having prepared well, listened and presented
effectively at the conference, you will be in
the best position to arrive at a decision
• Let the ‘chair’ know if it your first CP
Conference, and they may ask for your
decision after the other professionals
• Do not be afraid to give a different opinion to
everyone else
Stage 4 Planning
• Having prepared well, presented
effectively and contributed to sound
decision making you will be in the best
position to play an active role in the
planning process
• Be mindful and realistic about what you
can provide from your setting
Activity: Risk Assessment Case Study
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Read the Case study on your own or quietly in
small groups and decide:
What are the protective factors in this case?
What are the risks in this case?
What is the threshold for a Child protection Plan
and is it met in this case? If so why?
Is the child is at risk of harm, what category of
harm applies and why?
What might be included in a child protection
Plan?
Group Discussion:
• Group feed back from case study
• Any queries or questions about the case
study
• Questions around issues of Child
Protection Case Conferences
• General safeguarding issues
To Consider:
• How will you share this information and make
available for your setting’s use?
• We hope this session has been useful and
helped you to feel more confident when
attending child protection conferences.
• Is there anything you feel you would like to
cover as a future session?