Procedures, Practice Guidance and One Minute Guides
- Procedures
- Practice Guidance
- Framework for Decision Making: Right help, at the right time by the right person
- Standards and Criteria
- One Minute Guides
Procedures
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The NYSCP multi-agency procedures and practice guidance have been developed to support all practitioners working with children, young people and their families across North Yorkshire.
You will find a comprehensive list of North Yorkshire specific procedures and practice guidance on our website www.proceduresonline.com/northyorkshire/scb/index.html. The NYSCP also work in partnership with Tri.X who provide national policies and practice guidance that can be accessed here:
To access all NYSCP procedures, please click on the drop down menu below.
If practitioners are unable to locate guidance on a particular topic please contact nyscp@northyorks.gov.uk
NYSCP Practice Guidance
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The NYSCP Practice Guidance has been agreed as a framework for multi-agency working in child protection across North Yorkshire. They reflect the relevant national legislation, current guidance and local context in North Yorkshire. Professionals that are or may be involved in the safeguarding of children need to have a working knowledge of these documents and to refer to relevant sections as needed.
- Bullying – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Challenging victim blaming language and behaviours when dealing with the online experiences of children and young people. UK Council for Internet Safety.
- Child Abuse linked to Faith or Belief including Witchcraft – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Child Protection Medical Assessments
- Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Child Sexual Abuse Medical Assessments
- Child Sexual Exploitation – Link to revised practice guidance on Tri.X
- Children and Custodial Settings
- Children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviours
- Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Exploitation – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Children Living Away From Home – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Children Missing Education – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Children of Parents with Learning Disabilities – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Children of Parents with Mental Health Problems – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Facilities – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Concealed, Denied or Late Presentation of Pregnancy
- Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
- Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children – Link to Tri.x procedures
- Disabled Children – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Domestic Abuse
- Escalation Pathway – Access to CAMHS Inpatient Unit
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Practice Guidance
- Forced Marriage – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Home Environment Assessment Tool Guidance & HEAT Toolkit
- Honour Based Violence – Link to Tri.X procedures
- LADO – Managing Allegations Against Those Who Work or Volunteer with Children
- Let’s talk about language: Tools for prompting discussion about out use of language around child exploitation.
- Managing Injuries to Non-Independently Mobile Children
- Missing from Home and Care
– See also Tri.X guidance Children and Families that go Missing (Including Unborn Children) - Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking Toolkit
- Multi Agency Child Exploitation and Contextual Safeguarding
- Neglect
- Non-Recent, Organised/Complex Abuse Procedures
- Online Safety – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Out of Area Looked After Children Protocol
- Out of Area Young People Arrested Who Appear at Risk of Criminal Exploitation
- Perplexing Presentations, Fabricated and Induced Illness in Children Practice Guidance
- Pre-Birth – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Prevent: Working with Individuals Vulnerable to Extremism
- Preventing Sudden or Unexpected Death in Infancy
- Private Fostering
- Professional Curiosity
- Professional Resolutions
- Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist Ideology – Link to Tri.X procedures
See also Guidance – Prevent Duty Self-assessment Tool: Further Education - Referrals to Children and Families Service using the updated Universal Referral Form
- Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Children in Care and Children Previously in Care at School Link to Tri.X procedures
- Safeguarding Unborn Babies
- Safe Sleep for Babies Practice Guidance – Day or Night Sleep Right Practice Guidance
- Safer Sleep from Day One: A Professionals’ Guide
- Safer Recruitment – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Schools Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Template 2024 – 2025
- Self Harming and Suicidal Ideation Pathway
- Slang Dictionary and Emoji Dictionary
- Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Stronger Relationships
- Substance Use in Parents and Carers
- Underage Sexual Activity – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Whistleblowing
- Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills – Link to Tri.X procedures
- Writing Child Protection Policy
- Writing Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures for Early Years Providers
Framework for decision-making: Right help, at the right time by the right person
The “Framework for decision-making: Right help, at the right time by the right person” has been developed to help and support practitioners working with children across all agencies and organisations, when faced with a decision about the safety and wellbeing of a child or young person. It is a collaborative approach to support and drive our shared ambition of the right help, at the right time from the right service and, importantly, from the right person.
Standards & Criteria
NYSCP’s Standards and Criteria document lays out the multi-agency expectations in respect of:
- Strategy Discussions
- Child Protection Conferences
- Reports to Child Protection Conferences
- Child Protection Conference Documents and Minutes
- Child Protection Plans
- Core Groups
- Child in Need Meetings
- Assessment Standards
- Notifiable Incidents Involving Children
- Private Fostering
The standards reflect the requirements set out in Working Together to Safeguarding Children (2018) and are relevant to quality assurance. This document can also be of use for practitioners working with children and their families as a framework.
One Minute Guides
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Our One Minute Guides (OMGs) are designed to provide professionals with bite sized briefings on key issues to support frontline practice. An A-Z list can be found below, click on the text to open the guide:
- Child Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief including Witchcraft (CALFBW)
- Child Adolescence to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) – new
- Child Death Review Process
- CDOP Joint Agency Response
- Child Safeguarding Rapid Review Process
- County Lines, Cross Border Gangs and Cuckooing
- Deep Dive Multi Agency Audits
- Drug Alert Escalation Process
- Early Help
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Forced Marriage
- Information Sharing
- Intelligence Sharing
- Leaving a Child at Home
- MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 1
- MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 2
- MACE Persons who pose a risk by Exploitation Process
- Making a referral
- Managing Allegations against staff – LADO Notification
- MAST – Multi Agency Screening Team
- MATE Crime
- Missing Child/Young Person
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- No Wrong Door – RAISE Approach
- North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP)
- Notification of Private Fostering Arrangements
- Operation Choice – Drugs Early Intervention and Prevention for Children and Young People in North Yorkshire
- Operation Divan
- Operation Divan School Guidance
- Parental Mental Ill Health on Children
- Prevent: Extremism & Radicalisation
- Professionals Consultation Line
- Safeguarding Children and Adults when Volunteering in North Yorkshire
- Safeguarding Practice Review Group (SPRG)
- Safer Recruitment
- Signs of Safety
- Snapchat – new
- Social Media: Guidance for Professional Use
- Stalking Protection Orders
- Submitting a Referral to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a child
- SUDI Prevention
- Trusted Relationships
- Using the Children and Families Universal Referral Form