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1.Policy Framework

  1. 1.0.1Preface and IntroductionOctober 25, 2023
  2. 1.0.2Underlying Policy, Principles and ValuesFebruary 24, 2025
  3. 1.0.3Recognition of Significant HarmOctober 25, 2023
  4. 1.0.4Recognising Abuse and NeglectFebruary 24, 2025
  5. 1.0.5Information SharingFebruary 24, 2025
  6. 1.0.6Family Help AssessmentFebruary 24, 2025
  7. 1.0.7Multi-Agency WorkingFebruary 24, 2025
  8. 1.0.8LSCP Responding to NeedFebruary 24, 2025
  9. 1.0.9Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their FamiliesOctober 25, 2023
  10. 1.0.10Family Group ConferencesOctober 25, 2023
  11. 1.0.11Legal Framework for Child ProtectionSeptember 24, 2024
  12. 1.0.12Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the ChildSeptember 24, 2024
  13. 1.0.13Race, Ethnicity and CultureOctober 25, 2023
  14. 1.0.14Use of Interpreters, Signers or Others with Communication SkillsOctober 25, 2023
  15. 1.0.15 Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

2.Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership

  1. 2.0.1Liverpool Safeguarding and Partnership and CommitteesOctober 25, 2023
  2. 2.0.2Organisational ResponsibilitiesSeptember 24, 2024
  3. 2.0.3Multiagency Safeguarding ArrangementsSeptember 24, 2024
  4. 2.0.4Safeguarding Partnership PrinciplesSeptember 24, 2024

3.Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare - Procedures

  1. 3.0.1ReferralsFebruary 24, 2025
  2. 3.0.2AssessmentsFebruary 24, 2025
  3. 3.0.3FHAT Practitioner GuidanceFebruary 24, 2025
  4. 3.0.4Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989February 24, 2025
  5. 3.0.5Single Assessments (including Section 47 Enquiries)February 24, 2025
  6. 3.0.6Child Protection ConferencesFebruary 24, 2025
  7. 3.0.7Implementation of the Child Protection Plan - Lead Social Worker and Core Group ResponsibilitiesOctober 25, 2023
  8. 3.0.8Child Protection Review ConferencesSeptember 24, 2024
  9. 3.0.9Child Protection Conference AppealOctober 25, 2023

4.Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare - Flowcharts

  1. 4.0.1Careline Children's Services: 'Missing/Absent Away from Care' and 'Found' - Notification Processes (Local Flowcharts)October 25, 2023
  2. 4.0.2Careline Children's Referral Process (Local Flowchart)
  3. 4.0.3Careline Children's Services - Referral Process for Pre-Birth Assessment (Local Flowchart)
  4. 4.0.4Merseyside Concealed Pregnancy Protocol
  5. 4.0.5Merseyside Pre-Birth Protocol

5.Children in Specific Circumstances

  1. 5.0.1Abuse Linked to Spiritual and Religious BeliefsFebruary 20, 2024
  2. 5.0.2Abuse of Disabled ChildrenSeptember 24, 2024
  3. 5.0.3Safeguarding Disabled Children: Practice GuidanceSeptember 24, 2024
  4. 5.0.4Children who Abuse OthersSeptember 24, 2024
  5. 5.0.5Child Sexual Abuse in the Family EnvironmentSeptember 24, 2024
  6. 5.0.6Harmful Sexual BehaviourSeptember 24, 2024
  7. 5.0.7BullyingSeptember 24, 2024
  8. 5.0.8Child Abuse and the InternetSeptember 24, 2024
  9. 5.0.9Children and Families who go MissingOctober 25, 2023
  10. 5.0.10Children in CustodySeptember 24, 2024
  11. 5.0.11Children Who Self-HarmSeptember 24, 2024
  12. 5.0.12Children Living Away from HomeSeptember 24, 2024
  13. 5.0.13Children Moving Across BoundariesOctober 25, 2023
  14. 5.0.14Complex (Organised or Multiple) AbuseOctober 25, 2023
  15. 5.0.15Domestic AbuseFebruary 24, 2025
  16. 5.0.16Fabricated or Induced Illness/Perplexing PresentationsSeptember 24, 2024
  17. 5.0.17Female Genital MutilationSeptember 24, 2024
  18. 5.0.18Forced MarriageSeptember 24, 2024
  19. 5.0.19So Called 'Honour-Based' AbuseFebruary 24, 2025
  20. 5.0.20Race and RacismOctober 25, 2023
  21. 5.0.21Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and ExploitationFebruary 24, 2025
  22. 5.0.22PAN Merseyside Multi-Agency Child Exploitation ProtocolOctober 25, 2023
  23. 5.0.23Child Criminal ExploitationSeptember 24, 2024
  24. 5.0.24Children of Drug/Alcohol Misusing ParentsFebruary 24, 2025
  25. 5.0.25Mental Illness of a Parent or CarerFebruary 24, 2025
  26. 5.0.26Working with Sexually Active Young People under the Age of 18February 24, 2025
  27. 5.0.27Safeguarding Children Affected by Gang Activity and/or Serious Youth ViolenceFebruary 24, 2025
  28. 5.0.28Protection of Children from Harm on Licensed PremisesOctober 25, 2023
  29. 5.0.29Young CarersFebruary 24, 2025
  30. 5.0.30Abandoned BabiesSeptember 24, 2024
  31. 5.0.31Children whose Behaviour Indicates a Lack of Parental ControlOctober 25, 2023
  32. 5.0.32BeggingOctober 25, 2023
  33. 5.0.33Licensing, Employment, Performance and EntertainmentOctober 25, 2023
  34. 5.0.34Safeguarding Children from Dangerous DogsSeptember 24, 2024
  35. 5.0.35Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist IdeologyFebruary 24, 2025
  36. 5.0.36Cross Border Child Protection Cases under the Hague ConventionSeptember 24, 2024
  37. 5.0.37Children Missing EducationSeptember 24, 2024
  38. 5.0.38Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children at SchoolFebruary 24, 2025
  39. 5.0.39Transitional SafeguardingOctober 25, 2023
  40. 5.0.40Bruising in Babies and ChildrenFebruary 24, 2025
  41. 5.0.41Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (cPVA)February 24, 2025
  42. 5.0.42Serious Violence DutySeptember 24, 2024
  43. 5.0.43Syria Returnees Considerations & Guidance

6.Safe Workforce

  1. 6.0.1Safe Recruitment, Selection and Supervision of StaffFebruary 24, 2025
  2. 6.0.2Allegations Against Persons who Work with ChildrenSeptember 24, 2024

7.Individuals Who Pose a Risk to Children

  1. 7.0.1Persons Identified as Posing a Risk to ChildrenOctober 25, 2023
  2. 7.0.2List of Relevant OffencesOctober 25, 2023
  3. 7.0.3Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)September 24, 2024
  4. 7.0.4Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)February 20, 2024
  5. 7.0.5Visiting of Psychiatric Patients by ChildrenOctober 25, 2023
  6. 7.0.6Visits to Prisons by ChildrenSeptember 24, 2024

8.Complaints and Resolving Professional Differences

  1. 8.0.1LSCP Escalation ProcedureOctober 25, 2023

9.Child Death

  1. 9.0.1Child Death Overview PanelSeptember 24, 2024
  2. 9.0.2Child Death ReviewSeptember 24, 2024
  3. 9.0.3Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Childhood Protocol
  4. 9.0.4DfE, Child death reviews: forms for reporting child deaths

10.Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews

  1. 10.0.1Safeguarding Children Practice ReviewsSeptember 24, 2024
  2. 10.0.2Serious Case Reviews: Features and LearningFebruary 24, 2025

11.Learning and Improvement

  1. 11.0.1Learning and Improvement Framework (LIF)February 24, 2025

12.Regional Protocols

  1. 12.0.1Forced MarriageSeptember 24, 2024

13.Local Protocols

  1. 13.0.1Liverpool Missing Children PolicyFebruary 24, 2025
  2. 13.0.2Private Fostering (Liverpool Children's Services Procedures)

14.Appendices

  1. 14.0.1Local ContactsOctober 17, 2023
  2. 14.0.2Working Together to Safeguard Children
  3. 14.0.3NICE Guidelines 'When to Suspect Child Maltreatment'
  4. 14.0.4GMC Guidance for Doctors 'Protecting children and young people - the responsibilities of all doctors' (GMC 2018)
  5. 14.0.5Amendments

Last Updated: September 24, 2024

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