NSCB - Child Protection Policies,Procedures and Practice Guidance

The Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Board and the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board have jointly produced Child Protection Procedures to provide consistency for those workers who cross boundaries between the two authorities.

The Child Protection Procedures reflect the changes in ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006' and were issued in Feb 2007.

Agencies who have the previous procedures entitled ‘Inter-agency Guidance on the Assessment of Children in Need’ and ‘ACPC Child Protection Procedures’ should replace Section 5 only. The remaining sections of the previous procedures remain the same and are under review.

• Section 1 [PDF 203KB]
  Core principle and broad context: Legal framework / Assessment / Inclusive practice consent confidentiality and information sharing
• Section 2 [PDF 263KB]
  Roles and responsibilities (of agencies and personnel)
• Section 3 [PDF 301KB]
  Children in need
• Section 4 [PDF 137KB]
  Children looked after
• Section 5 [PDF 1.69MB]
  Child protection procedures
• Section 6 [PDF 650KB]
  Appendices (including body maps)

*NEW* Escalation procedure [PDF 57.62KB]

The following practice guidance's have been produced jointly by the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Boards:

• Child Neglect - Practice Guidance for all agencies. [PDF 514KB]
• Nottinghamshire Child Sexual Exploitation Guidance and Information Pack. [PDF 299KB]
• Practice Guidance For All Agencies on Drug and Alcohol Using Parents October 2008 [PDF 1626KB]
• Emotional Abuse: Practice Guidance for all agencies. [PDF 1.5MB]
• Safeguarding Disabled Children and Young People: Practice Guidance for all agencies. [PDF 500KB]
• Safer Working Practices: Preventing Unsuitable People from Working with Children and Young People: Inter-agency Practice Guidance [PDF 201KB]
• Sexual Abuse Practice Guidance [PDF 348KB]
• AMA guidance for safer working [PDF 412KB]
• Licensing NSCB Policy Statement [PDF 114KB]
• *NEW* Inter-agency practice guidance in relation to children and domestic violence [PDF 707KB]
• *NEW* Inter-agency guidance for responding to missing children [PDF 98KB]  

National practice guidance documents can be found under useful resources.