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1.Introduction

  1. 1.0.1Procedure for Updating this ManualMarch 19, 2025
  2. 1.0.2IntroductionMarch 19, 2025
  3. 1.0.3The Concept of SafeguardingMarch 19, 2025

2.Key Principles

  1. 2.0.1An Integrated ApproachMarch 19, 2025
  2. 2.0.2A Shared ResponsibilityMarch 19, 2025
  3. 2.0.3Working in Partnership with Children and FamiliesMarch 19, 2025
  4. 2.0.4Race, Ethnicity and CultureMarch 19, 2025
  5. 2.0.5Record KeepingMarch 19, 2025
  6. 2.0.6Supervision and Staff DevelopmentMarch 19, 2025
  7. 2.0.7Knowsley Helping Children ThriveJune 3, 2025
  8. 2.0.8Information SharingMay 21, 2024
  9. 2.0.9Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the ChildUnder Review
  10. 2.0.10Organisational ResponsibilitiesMarch 19, 2025
  11. 2.0.11Multi-Agency Safeguarding ArrangementsMarch 19, 2025
  12. 2.0.12Serious Violence DutyMarch 19, 2025

3.Significant Harm and Sources of Stress

  1. 3.0.1The Concept of Significant HarmUnder Review
  2. 3.0.2What is Abuse and Neglect?Under Review
  3. 3.0.3Physical AbuseUnder Review
  4. 3.0.4Emotional AbuseUnder Review
  5. 3.0.5Sexual AbuseUnder Review
  6. 3.0.6NeglectUnder Review
  7. 3.0.7Sources of Stress for Children and FamiliesMarch 19, 2025
  8. 3.0.8Past AbuseMarch 19, 2025
  9. 3.0.9Assessments to Understand HarmMarch 19, 2025
  10. 3.0.10Responding to Child Neglect in Knowsley - Practitioner GuidanceJune 3, 2025

4.Managing Individual Cases where there are Concerns about a Child's Safety and Welfare

  1. 4.0.1Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)Under Review
  2. 4.0.2Knowsley MASH (Multi-Agency Referral Form)Under Review
  3. 4.0.3Early Help Assessment Framework in KnowsleyMarch 19, 2025
  4. 4.0.4Knowsley Engaging Families ToolkitUnder Review
  5. 4.0.5Child Protection – Information Sharing ProjectUnder Review
  6. 4.0.6AssessmentMarch 19, 2025
  7. 4.0.7Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989March 19, 2025
  8. 4.0.8The Role of the Team around the Family (TAF) and Lead PractitionerMarch 19, 2025
  9. 4.0.9Child Protection ConferencesMarch 19, 2025
  10. 4.0.10Multi-Agency Child Protection StandardsUnder Review
  11. 4.0.11Multi Agency Practice Guidance for Core GroupsMarch 19, 2025
  12. 4.0.12Pre-Birth Child Protection ConferencesMarch 19, 2025
  13. 4.0.13Recording that a Child is Subject to a Child Protection PlanMarch 19, 2025
  14. 4.0.14Guidance for Recording Child in Need and Child Protection VisitsMarch 19, 2025
  15. 4.0.15Children Moving Across BoundariesJune 3, 2025
  16. 4.0.16Cross-Border Child Protection Cases Under the 1996 Hague ConventionMarch 19, 2025
  17. 4.0.17Step Up / Step Down ProcedureMarch 19, 2025
  18. 4.0.18Pan Merseyside Procedure – Parenting Capacity and Learning DisabilityUnder Review
  19. 4.0.19North West ADCS Regional Protocols (North West Resource)

5.Specific Circumstances (Statutory Guidance)

  1. 5.0.1Allegations Against Staff, Carers and VolunteersUnder Review
  2. 5.0.2Perplexing Presentations and Fabricated or Induced IllnessUnder Review
  3. 5.0.3Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Multi-Agency ProtocolUnder Review
  4. 5.0.4Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse ProtocolUnder Review
  5. 5.0.5Honour Based ViolenceUnder Review
  6. 5.0.6Organised/Multiple AbuseMarch 19, 2025
  7. 5.0.7Care Plus - A Protocol for Joint Investigation in MerseysideUnder Review
  8. 5.0.8Child Sexual Abuse in the Family EnvironmentUnder Review
  9. 5.0.9Children who Display Inappropriate and Harmful Sexual Behaviour: Procedural GuidanceOctober 18, 2024
  10. 5.0.10Sexually Active Young People under the Age of 18 in KnowsleyMarch 19, 2025
  11. 5.0.11MAPPAMarch 19, 2025
  12. 5.0.12Abuse of Disabled ChildrenJanuary 20, 2025
  13. 5.0.13Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and ExploitationUnder Review
  14. 5.0.14Abuse Linked to Spiritual and Religious BeliefsUnder Review
  15. 5.0.15Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist IdeologyJuly 17, 2024
  16. 5.0.16Care Leavers Released from Custody Protocol - Joint Working Arrangements between Children’s Social Care (CSC), Youth Justice Service (YJS), and Probation ServiceMarch 19, 2025
  17. 5.0.17Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and VolunteersUnder Review

6.Specific Circumstances (Non Statutory Guidance)

  1. 6.0.1Knowsley Graded Care Profile 2June 3, 2025
  2. 6.0.2Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership Multi-Agency Neglect StrategyMarch 19, 2025
  3. 6.0.3Children Living Away from Home (including Private Fostering and Children Living in Temporary Accommodation)Under Review
  4. 6.0.4Abuse by Children and Young PeopleMarch 19, 2025
  5. 6.0.5Anti-Bullying StrategyUnder Review
  6. 6.0.6Domestic AbuseMarch 19, 2025
  7. 6.0.7Operation EncompassUnder Review
  8. 6.0.8Children of Drug and/or Alcohol Misusing ParentsUnder Review
  9. 6.0.9Children of Parents with Learning DisabilitiesUnder Review
  10. 6.0.10Mental Ill Health of a Parent of CarerJanuary 20, 2025
  11. 6.0.11Child Abuse and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)May 21, 2024
  12. 6.0.12Children Who Run Away or Go Missing From Home or Care PolicyUnder Review
  13. 6.0.13Children Missing Education and Pupil Mobility PolicyMarch 19, 2025
  14. 6.0.14Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and FacilitiesMarch 19, 2025
  15. 6.0.15Visits to Prisons by ChildrenAugust 19, 2024
  16. 6.0.16Children Affected by Gang Activity and Youth ViolenceUnder Review
  17. 6.0.17Concealed PregnanciesMarch 19, 2025
  18. 6.0.18Pan Merseyside Protocol: Bruising in Children who are Not Independently Mobile - A Protocol for Assessment, Management and Referral by Health PractitionersUnder Review
  19. 6.0.19Joint Homeless Prevention Protocol for Children aged 16 and 17March 19, 2025
  20. 6.0.20Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding ChildrenMarch 19, 2025
  21. 6.0.21Pre-BirthUnder Review
  22. 6.0.22Multi-Agency Safe Sleeping GuidanceUnder Review
  23. 6.0.23Knowsley Multi-Agency Child Exploitation Policy and ProcedureMarch 19, 2025
  24. 6.0.24Self Harm and Suicidal BehaviourUnder Review
  25. 6.0.25National Referral Local DocUnder Review
  26. 6.0.26Transitional SafeguardingJune 3, 2025
  27. 6.0.27Having a Child Through Surrogacy (GOV.UK)

7.Child Death

  1. 7.0.1Merseyside Child Death Overview Panel ProtocolUnder Review
  2. 7.0.2Merseyside Joint Agency Protocol: Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (SUDiC) (for Children aged 0 to under 18 yrs)March 19, 2025
  3. 7.0.3Merseyside Joint Agency Protocol: ALTE Acute Life-Threatening EventMarch 19, 2025
  4. 7.0.4Child Death ReviewsMarch 19, 2025

8.Serious Case Reviews

  1. 8.0.1Serious Incident Review Group (SIRG) ProceduresUnder Review
  2. 8.0.2Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews - Notifiable incidents Process GuidanceUnder Review
  3. 8.0.3Notifiable Incidents ProcessMarch 19, 2025
  4. 8.0.4Knowsley Safeguarding Children Board Learning and Improvement FrameworkUnder Review
  5. 8.0.5Multi-Agency Reflective Review PolicyUnder Review
  6. 8.0.6Child Safeguarding Practice ReviewsMarch 19, 2025
  7. 8.0.7Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - Guidance for Safeguarding Partners and Child Protection Professionals on What the Panel Does and How it Works

9.Complaints and Resolutions

  1. 9.0.1Complaints about the Functioning of Child Protection Conferences and Escalation Policy Resolution PathwaysMarch 19, 2025
  2. 9.0.2Multi Agency Escalation PolicyMarch 19, 2025

10.Appendices

  1. 10.0.1Legal Considerations in Relation to Immediate Protective ActionUnder Review
  2. 10.0.2Agenda for Signs of Safety Strategy Discussion - Meeting for MASH, CP and CLAMarch 19, 2025
  3. 10.0.3Child Protection Case Conference AgendaMarch 19, 2025
  4. 10.0.4Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership Information for Initial Child Protection Conference MembersMarch 19, 2025
  5. 10.0.5Information for Child Protection Review Conference MembersMarch 19, 2025
  6. 10.0.6Local Contacts
    Updated
    June 3, 2025
  7. 10.0.7Amendments

Last Updated: March 19, 2025

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