Practitioner Guidance

This guidance is aimed at LSCB partners and other practitioners working with children and young people and their families.

 Working Together to Protect Children (March 2010) 
A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

 What to do if your worried a child is being abused 
Full guidance on what to do if your worried a child is being abused.

 What to do if your worried a child is being abused (Summary) 
A summary booklet of the what to do if your worried a child is being abused guidance.

 Information Sharing 
A guidance for Practioners and Managers (Full document).

 Information Sharing (Pocket Guide) 
A guidance for practitioners and managers.

 Framework for the assessment of children in need and their families 
Guidance issued by the Department of Health.

 Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education 
Guidance to Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education.

 Safeguarding Children: Safer Recruitment and Selection in Education Setting 
Suppliment Guidance to Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education.

 Equality Act 2010: Public Sector Equality Duty 
What do i need to know? A quick start guide for Public Sector Organisations.

 Adoption: National Minimum Standards 
This document contains national minimum standards applicable to the provision of adoption services. A Department for Education Publication.

 Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities 
This guidance sets out the framework for the provision of support to family and friends carers. A Department for Education Publication.

 IRO Handbook
Statutory guidance for independent reviewing officers and local authoriites on thier function in realtion to care management and review for looked after children.

 Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation 
Supplementry guidance to Working Together to Protect Children.

 Statutory Guidance on Promoting the Health and Well-being of Looked After Children 
Statutory Guidance issued by the Department for Education and the Department of Health.

 Safeguarding Disabled Children 
Practice Guidance issued bt the Department for Education.

 The Child Health Promotion Programme 
Pregnancy and the first five years of life. Issued by the Department of Health.

 NHS Services and Children's Centres 
How to share information appropriately with children's centre staff.

Good Practice Guidance

A brief scoping review to indentify vulnerable groups

An Employers Pocket guide