CHILD PROTECTION SEMINAR WELCOME

Tony Rodgers Assistant Director Social Services SHSSB Southern Area Child Protection Committee Chairman

CHILD PROTECTION ISEVERYBODY’SBUSINESS

 LEGISLATIVE REMIT  GUIDANCE/ PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS  RELEVANT STATISTICS  TYPES OF ABUSE  THE REALITY/ DILEMMAS  CONCLUSION

LEGISLATIVE REMIT Children (N.I) Order 1995 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Order (N.I) 2005 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill

Guidance/ Procedural requirements  Co-operating to Safeguard Children - May 2003  Regional Area Child Protection Committee’s Policy and Procedure

ACPC Policy & Procedure Role and Responsibilities  To develop, agree and review policies and procedures for inter-agency work to protect children.  To communicate clearly to individuals services and professional groups their shared responsibility for protecting children, and to explain how that responsibility can be fulfilled.

Co-operating to Safeguard Children Para 3.88 “Staff employed by local councils and those contracted for work with children may become involved in child protection cases either because of suspicions or allegations in respect of their own conduct with children or because, during their duties, they become aware of the possibility of abuse having been perpetrated by others”

Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March ( ) Investigation Categories No.% % % % % % Joint Protocol Social Workers1, , , , , , Police Total2, , , , , ,

Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March ) Category of Abuse No% % % % % Neglect, Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse Main Category - Neglect Main Category - Physical Abuse Main Category - Sexual Abuse Neglect and Physical Abuse Main Category - Neglect Main Category - Physical Abuse Neglect and Sexual Abuse Main Category - Neglect Main Category - Sexual Abuse Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse Main Category - Physical Abuse Main Category - Sexual Abuse Neglect (only) Physical Abuse (only) Sexual Abuse (only) Emotional Abuse (only) Total1, , , , ,

Types of Abuse  Physical  Emotional  Sexual  Neglect

The Reality/ Dilemmas

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