The National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2021, updated 2023) provides the overarching framework for all of our child protection policies and procedures.
Within Forth Valley our Inter-Agency Child Protection Guidelines reflect the national guidance.
Forth Valley Resources:
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- Forth Valley Inter Agency Child Protection Guidance 2023
- Forth Valley Interagency Referral Discussion (IRD) Guidance
- Forth Valley Multi-agency Guidance Female Genital Mutilation
- Forth Valley Multi-agency Guidance Honour-Based Abuse and Forced Marriage
- Forth Valley Child Trafficking and Child Criminal Exploitation Guidance
- Forth Valley CSE Guidance Version 2
- Forth Valley CSE Vulnerability Checklist and Risk Factors Matrix
- Joint Assessment Tool for Practitioners to use with Children and Young People
- Guidelines for Schools – Preventing and Addressing Child Sexual Exploitation in Forth Valley (updated July 2020)
- Forth Valley Unseen Child Guidance V2.0
- Forth Valley Multi Agency Guidance for Escalation
- Forth Valley Working with Resistance Guidance
- Forth Valley Transitions Guidance
- Coronavirus supplementary national violence against women guidance
- Forth Valley Multi-agency Child’s Plan Transfer Guidance
- Forth Valley Professional Curiosity Guidance 2020
- Getting Our Priorities Right Guidance 2019 (for Children and Families affected by Parental Alcohol/Drug use)
- Preventing and Managing Harmful Sexual Behaviour
- Forth Valley Bruising Guidance for Non-Mobile Infants
- Forth Valley Multi-Agency Guidance Child Protection and Domestic Abuse
- Forth Valley Multi-Agency Guidance The Unseen Child
- Forth Valley Multi-Agency Guidance When Services Find It Hard To Engage
- Forth Valley Multi-Agency Guidance Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Act 2019
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Child Death Reviews:
- Child Death Review Process Map
- Child Death Reviews – Learning from the experience of bereaved families and carers
- National Guidance when a child or young person dies (2021)
- Child Death Reviews – 7 minute briefing
- COPFS parallel process guidance
National Resources:
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- National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2021, updated 2023)
- Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
- National Guidance – Child Protection and Disability (2014)
- Scottish Government: Forced Marriage Statutory Guidance 2014
- Multi-agency practice guidance for preventing and responding to forced marriage- update 2014
- Scot Gov. Trafficking & Exploitation Strategy (2017)
- National Guidance on Underage Sexual Activity 2014
- National Guidance Child Protection Committees Undertaking Learning Reviews
- Scottish Government Forced Marriage Support
- Inter-Agency National Reference Mechanism for Child Trafficking
- Statutory Guidance on Missing Children
- Ethical Decision making with young people involved in serious offending 2016
- PREVENT Overview presentation
- Revised PREVENT duty guidance for Scotland
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Falkirk Council Resources:
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- Falkirk Council Care and Risk Management Procedure
- Falkirk Child Protection Committee leaflet
- Child Protection Planning meeting leaflet
- Taking care of children – Information for families in Scotland
- Safe & Together Overview & Practice Example
- Falkirk Council 2020 Education CP Presentation
- Falkirk Council Parenting Capacity Assessment Framework Doc.
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