Procedures, Practice Guidance and One Minute Guides

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

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:

• https://www.proceduresonline.com/northyorkshire/scb/index.html

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

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NYSCP Practice Guidance

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.

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

• Standards & Criteria

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One Minute Guides

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:

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

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