Contents

1. Managing Individual Cases Where There are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare

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1.1	Recognition of Significant Harm and Types of Abuse and Neglect
1.2	Making a Referral following the Identification of Child Safety and Welfare Concerns
1.3	Assessments
1.4	Section 47 Protocol for Responding to Concerns about Injuries or Abuse in Infants under Two Years Old
1.5	Strategy Discussions
1.6	Section 47 Enquiries and Assessments
1.7	Initial Child Protection Conferences
1.8	Developing and Implementing the Child Protection Plan
1.9	Child Protection Review Conferences
1.10	Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries
1.11	Making Enquiries of Children's Social Care
1.12	Allegations Against Persons who Work with Children (including Staff, Carers and Volunteers)
1.13	Engaging with Fathers, Male Partners or Carers
	See also: Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)
	See also: Threshold Document (Local Resources)

2. Complaints and Practitioner Disagreements; Whistleblowing

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2.1	Appeals about Child Protection Conferences
2.2	Effective Challenge and Escalation
2.3	Complaints Procedure - Managing Complaints about Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership in its Discharge of its Duties
2.4	Whistleblowing or Raising Concerns at Work

3. Children in Specific Circumstances

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3.1	Safeguarding Children and Young People - General
3.1.1	Bullying
	See also: Domestic Abuse
3.1.2	Licensed Premises
3.1.3	Online Safety	Updated
3.1.4	Transition from Young People Focussed to Adult Oriented Services
3.1.5	Gender Identity Issues
3.2	Babies and Pregnancy
3.2.1	Concealed Pregnancies
3.2.2	Pregnant Women, Partners and Babies where there is Substance Misuse (MAPLAG)
3.2.3	Pre-Birth	New
3.3	Children at Risk Because of Concern About a Parent or Carer or the Home Environment
3.3.1	Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children
3.3.2	Domestic Abuse	Updated
	See also: Guidance for Working with Cases Where Domestic Abuse if a Significant Factor
3.3.3	Safeguarding Children Living in Families with Drug and / or Alcohol Misuse Protocol
3.3.4	Working Effectively with Resistance, Obstacles and Hostility to Engagement
3.3.5	Children of Parents with Learning Difficulties
3.3.6	Parents, Carers or Family Members with Mental Ill Health
3.3.7	Sheffield Neglect Strategy
3.4	Complex/Organised Abuse
3.4.1	Organised and Complex Abuse
3.4.2	Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Exploitation	Updated
3.4.3	Children Vulnerable to or from Extremism	Updated
3.5	Contextual Safeguarding
3.5.1	Contextual Safeguarding
3.5.2	Child Exploitation
3.5.3	Criminal Exploitation County Lines and Modern Day Slavery
3.5.4	Child Sexual Exploitation
3.5.5	Gangs
3.6	Custodial Settings
3.6.1	Provision of Therapy for Child Witnesses during a Police Investigation or a Criminal Trial
3.7	Education
3.7.1	Children Missing Education
3.7.2	Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children at School	New
3.8	Harmful Practices Linked to Faith or Culture
3.8.1	Breast Ironing
3.8.2	Female Genital Mutilation	Updated
3.8.3	Forced Marriages	Updated
3.8.4	So-Called Honour-based Abuse	Updated
3.8.5	Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief
3.9	Health & Hospitals
3.9.1	Children and HIV
3.9.2	Disabled Children
3.9.3	Fabricated or Induced Illness / Perplexing Presentations
3.9.4	Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviour
3.9.5	Children and Young People who Misuse Substances
3.9.6	Bruising in Babies and Children
	See also: Sheffield Neglect Strategy
	and Childhood Obesity – a Safeguarding Issue? (Safeguarding Network)
3.10	Children Living Away from Home / Missing
3.10.1	South Yorkshire Missing from Home and Care Protocol 2020
3.10.2	Private Fostering
3.10.3	Children Living Away from Home
3.11	Sexual Abuse / Activity
3.11.1	Working with Sexually Active Young People
3.11.2	Safeguarding Children and Young People who may have been Sexually Abused by a Family Member
3.11.3	Sexual, Physical and Emotional Abuse by Children and Young People of other Children and Vulnerable Adults
3.11.4	Sheffield's Multi-Agency Response to the Assessment and Intervention of Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviour

4. Individuals who Pose a Risk to Children

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4.1	Persons, Volunteers / Carers Identified as Posing a Risk to Children
4.2	Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
4.3	Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)
	See also: Guidance for Working with Cases Where Domestic Abuse if a Significant Factor
4.4	Visits to Psychiatric Wards and Facilities by Children
4.5	Visits to Prisons by Children

5. Safe Workforce

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5.1	Safe Recruitment, Selection and Supervision of Staff
5.2	Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Checklist for Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector

6. Quality Assurance, Learning and Improvement Framework

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6.1	Quality Assurance, Learning and Improvement Framework

7. Child Death Reviews

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7.1	Child Death Reviews
	See also: MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and babies: reducing risk through audits and confidential enquiries across the UK); and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy and Childhood:  Multi-agency Guidelines for Care and Investigation (Royal College of Pathologists).

8. Policy Framework

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8.1	Preface and Introduction
8.2	Underlying Principles and Values
8.3	Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the Child
8.4	Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Sources of Information
8.5	Information Sharing

9. Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership

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9.1	Agency Roles and Responsibilities	Updated

10. Appendices and Local Contacts

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10.1	Local Contacts
10.2	Protecting Children and Young People: The Responsibilities of all Doctors
10.3	Working Together to Safeguard Children
10.4	NICE Guidelines 'When to suspect child maltreatment'
10.5	Preventing and Tackling Bullying: Advice for Headteachers, Staff and Governing Bodies
10.6	Amendments