London Child Protection Procedures
The forth edition of the London Child Protection Procedures are now available. The link below will take you to their website so that you can download a copy. A brief summary has been produced highlighting the changes from the old procedures.
External Link to London Child Protection Procedures
Changes to child protection documents
Changes to the Child Protection Procedures
Supplementary procedures
The London Child Protection Procedures are supported by a number of supplementary procedures, all of which are summarised in the main document. These supplementaries can be downloaded from the links below - please note that these have not been updated as part of the recent revision of the main procedures, which will take precedence where any contradictions arise.
- Safeguarding children affected by gang activity / serious youth violence
- Safeguarding children abused through domestic violence
- Safeguarding children missing from school
- Safeguarding children at risk of abuse through female genital mutilation
- Safeguarding children policy for licensed premises
- Safeguarding sexually active children
- Safeguarding sexually exploited children
- Safeguarding trafficked and exploited children
- Safeguarding children missing from care and home
The supplementary procedures can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
http://www.londonscb.gov.uk/procedures/supplementary_procedures.html
The Munro Review of Child Protection
In June 2010 the Secretary of State for Education commissioned a review of the Child Protection System in England from Professor Eileen Munro. The review was designed to address some fundamental questions about the current system:
- Why well-intentioned reforms by previous governments had not led to the expected improvements in front line practice?
- What helps professionals make the best judgements they can to protect a vulnerable child?
Following extensive consultation over almost a year, Professor Munro published her final report in May 2011. The report sets out proposals for reform which, taken together, are intended to create the conditions that enable professionals to make the best judgments about the help to give children, young people and families. This involves moving from a system that has become over-bureaucratised and focused on compliance to one that values and develops professional expertise and is focused on the safety and welfare of children and young people.
The Munro Review of Child Protection: Final Report - A child-centred system
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/Munro-Review.pdf
The government’s response to the Munro Review was published in July 2011.
A child-centred system - The Government's response to the Munro review of child protection
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/Munro-Government-Response.pdf
External Links
- NSPCC
- Online Contact Form
