{"id":405,"date":"2015-06-04T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T15:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/GirfecFalkirk\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:07:55","slug":"child-protection-policies-procedures-and-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/child-protection\/child-protection-policies-procedures-and-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Protection Policies, Procedures and Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protecting children and young people is everyone\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This section brings together the key policies, procedures, and guidance that support practitioners across Forth Valley to recognise, respond to, and reduce risk of harm. It outlines the shared standards we follow to ensure that every child is safe, nurtured, respected, and supported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether you are a teacher, social worker, health professional, police officer or any other partner agency, these resources will help you apply national child protection guidance\u00a0in practice and understand local arrangements for inter-agency collaboration, referral, and decision-making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please check regularly for updates to reflect new legislation, policy, and best practice.<\/p>\n<p>Practitioners are encouraged to access our 7min Briefings, which provide concise guidance and practical support to help apply our Child Protection policies and procedures in day\u2011to\u2011day practice. They can be accessed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/learning-development\/7-minute-briefings\/\">7 Minute Briefings \u2013 Forth Valley Practitioner Pages<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_25\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-3 layout-4-8\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_25-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/child-protection\/child-protection-policies-procedures-and-guidelines\/forth-valley-policies-procedures-and-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150655\/01-FVPPG-300x247.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150655\/01-FVPPG.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12480 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150655\/01-FVPPG-300x247.png\" alt=\"Forth Valley Policies, Procedures and Guidelines\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150655\/01-FVPPG-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150655\/01-FVPPG-768x632.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150655\/01-FVPPG.png 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_25-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/child-protection\/child-protection-policies-procedures-and-guidelines\/national-guidance-and-resources\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/child-protection\/child-protection-policies-procedures-and-guidelines\/02-ngr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150835\/02-NGR.png\" data-orig-size=\"867,714\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"02-NGR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150835\/02-NGR-300x247.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150835\/02-NGR.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12482 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/fvpp\/uploads\/sites\/9924\/2025\/12\/09150835\/02-NGR-300x247.png\" alt=\"National Guidance and Resources\" 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This section brings together the key policies, procedures, and guidance that support practitioners across Forth Valley to recognise, respond to, and reduce risk of harm. It outlines the shared standards we follow to ensure that every child is safe, nurtured, respected, and supported. Whether you are a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12834,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions\/12834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}