Procedures, Practice Guidance and One Minute Guides

Procedures, Practice Guidance and One Minute Guides

Welcome to the section of the NYSCP website that contains links to key multi-agency safeguarding procedures, practice guidance and one minute guides. They have been designed to support all practitioner who are working with children , young people and their families across North Yorkshire.

If you are unable to access a document, or would like guidance around a particular safeguarding theme that is not covered below, please contact us on: nyscp@northyorks.gov.uk

• Procedures
• Practice Guidance
• Framework for Decision Making: Right help, at the right time by the right person
• National multi-agency practice standards for child protection
• One Minute Guides

Procedures

You will find a comprehensive list of North Yorkshire specific procedures and practice guidance on this page. The NYSCP also work in partnership with Tri.X who provide national policies and practice guidance that are relevant to practice in North Yorkshire that can be accessed here:

• Welcome to the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children… (trixonline.co.uk)

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NYSCP Practice Guidance

The NYSCP Practice Guidance has been agreed as a framework for multi-agency working in safeguarding across North Yorkshire. The documents reflect relevant national legislation, current guidance in the local context in North Yorkshire.

Practitioners that are involved in the safeguarding of children need to have a working knowledge of these documents and to refer to relevant sections as needed.

Some of these Practice Guidance Documents are links to National resources or developed in partnership with TriX. Below is an A-Z list of all the documents available.

1. Bullying – Tri.X
2. Challenging victim blaming language and behaviours when dealing with the online experiences of children and young people. UK Council for Internet Safety.
3. Child Abuse linked to Faith or Belief including Witchcraft
4. Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse – Tri.X
5. Child Protection Medical Assessments
6. Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment – Tri.X
7. Child Sexual Abuse Medical Assessments
8. Child Sexual Exploitation – Tri.X
9. Children and Custodial Settings
10. Children and Families that go Missing (Including Unborn Chilren) – see also Missing from Home and Care – Tri.X
11. Children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviours
12. Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Exploitation – Tri.X
13. Children Living Away From Home – Tri.X
14. Children Missing Education
15. Children Missing from Home and Care
16. Children of Parents with Learning Disabilities – Tri.X
17. Children of Parents with Mental Health Problems – Tri.X
18. Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Facilities – Tri.X
19. Concealed, Denied or Late Presentation of Pregnancy
20. Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
21. Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children – Tri.x
22. Death of a Care Leaver Process for North Yorkshire and City of York
23. Disabled Children – Tri.X
24. Domestic Abuse – Including Domestic Abuse Strategy
25. Escalation Pathway – Access to CAMHS Inpatient Unit
26. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Practice Guidance
27. Forced Marriage – Tri.X
28. Home Environment Assessment Tool Guidance & HEAT Toolkit
29. Honour Based Violence – Tri.X
30. LADO – Managing Allegations Against Those Who Work or Volunteer with Children
31. Let’s talk about language: Tools for prompting discussion about out use of language around child exploitation.
32. Managing Different Professional Perspectives and Mutual Challenge (Including Professional Resolutions)
33. Managing Injuries to Non-Independently Mobile Children
34. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Toolkit
35. Multi Agency Child Exploitation and Contextual Safeguarding
36. Neglect
37. Online Safety – Tri.X
38. Out of Area Looked After Children Protocol
39. Out of Area Young People Arrested Who Appear at Risk of Criminal Exploitation
40. Perplexing Presentations, Fabricated and Induced Illness in Children Practice Guidance
41. Pre-Birth – Tri.X
42. Prevent Duty Self-Assessment Tool: Further Education – gov.uk
43. Prevent: Working with Individuals Vulnerable to Extremism
44. Preventing Sudden or Unexpected Death in Infancy
45. Private Fostering
46. Professional Curiosity
47. Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist Ideology – Tri.X
48. Referrals to Children and Families Service using the updated Universal Referral Form
49. Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Children in Care and Children Previously in Care at School Tri.X
50. Safeguarding Unborn Babies
51. Safe Sleep for Babies Practice Guidance – Day or Night Sleep Right Practice Guidance
52. Safer Recruitment – Tri.X
53. Schools Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Template 2024 – 2025
54. Self Harming and Suicidal Ideation Pathway
55. Slang Dictionary and Emoji Dictionary
56. Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs – Tri.X
57. Stronger Relationships – (Reducing Parental Conflict)
58. Substance Use in Parents and Carers
59. Underage Sexual Activity – Tri.X
60. Whistleblowing
61. Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills – Tri.X
62. Writing Child Protection Policy
63. Writing Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures for Early Years Providers

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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.

• Framework for decision-making: Right help, at the right time by the right person

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National multi-agency practice standards for child protection

Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) references National Multi Agency practice standards for child protection (p80). These are for all practitioners working in services and settings who come into contact with children who may be suffering or have suffered significant harm within or outside the home.

Working Together also references expectation for practice for senior leaders, practice supervisors and practitioners in all local authorities as set out in the Children’s Social Care National Framework

The following national multi-agency practice standards for child protection are for
all practitioners working in services and settings who come into contact with children who
may be suffering or have suffered significant harm within or outside the home. The term
practitioner is used throughout the guidance to refer to individuals who work with children
and their families in any capacity, including a range of professionals, such as qualified
social workers and those who work for the statutory safeguarding partners or in education
settings.

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One Minute Guides

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:

1. Child Adolescence to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA)
2. Child Death Review Process
3. CDOP Joint Agency Response
4. Child Safeguarding Rapid Review Process
5. Consultation Line
6. County Lines, Cross Border Gangs and Cuckooing
7. Dangerous Dogs
8. Death of a Care Leaver
9. Deep Dive Multi Agency Audits
10. Drug Alert Escalation Process
11. Early Help
12. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
13. Forced Marriage
14. Information Sharing
15. Intelligence Sharing
16. Leaving a Child at Home
17. MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 1
18. MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 2
19. MACE Persons who pose a risk by Exploitation Process
20. Making a referral
21. Managing Allegations against staff – LADO Notification
22. MAST – Multi Agency Screening Team
23. MATE Crime
24. Missing Child/Young Person
25. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
26. No Wrong Door – RAISE Approach
27. North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP)
28. Notification of Private Fostering Arrangements
29. Operation Choice – Drugs Early Intervention and Prevention for Children and Young People in North Yorkshire
30. Operation Divan
31. Operation Divan School Guidance
32. Parental Conflict – A Guide for Professionals
33. Parental Conflict – A Guide for Parents
34. Parental Mental Ill Health on Children
35. Prevent: Extremism & Radicalisation
36. Safeguarding Children and Adults when Volunteering in North Yorkshire
37. Safeguarding Practice Review Group (SPRG)
38. Safer Recruitment
39. Snapchat
40. Stalking Protection Orders
41. Strength in Relationships Practice Model
42. Submitting a Referral to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a child
43. SUDI Prevention
44. Trusted Relationships
45. Using the Children and Families Universal Referral Form

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