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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 practitioners 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

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 provides national policies and practice guidance that are relevant to practice in North Yorkshire that can be accessed here:

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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, and current guidance in the local context in North Yorkshire.

All pactitioners 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
  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
  5. Child Protection Medical Assessments
  6. Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment
  7. Child Sexual Abuse Medical Assessments
  8. Child Sexual Exploitation
  9. Children and Custodial Settings
  10. Children and Families that go Missing (Including Unborn Children) See Also: Missing from Home and Care Protocol
  11. Children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviours
  12. Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Exploitation
  13. Children Living Away From Home
  14. Children Missing Education
  15. Children of Parents with Learning Disabilities
  16. Children of Parents with Mental Health Problems
  17. Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Facilities
  18. Concealed, Denied or Late Presentation of Pregnancy
  19. Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
  20. Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children
  21. Death of a Care Leaver Process for North Yorkshire and City of York
  22. Disabled Children
  23. Domestic Abuse – Including Domestic Abuse Strategy
  24. Escalation Pathway – Access to CAMHS Inpatient Unit
  25. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Practice Guidance
  26. Forced Marriage
  27. Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the Child
  28. Home Environment Assessment Tool Guidance & HEAT Toolkit
  29. Honour Based Violence
  30. LADO – Managing Allegations Against Those Who Work or Volunteer with Children
  31. Let’s talk about language: Tools for prompting discussion about our use of language around child exploitation.
  32. Managing Different Professional Perspectives and Mutual Challenges (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
  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
  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
  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
  50. Safeguarding Unborn Babies
  51. Safe Sleep for Babies Practice Guidance – Day or Night Sleep Right Practice Guidance
  52. Safer Recruitment
  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
  57. Stronger Relationships – (Reducing Parental Conflict)
  58. Substance Use in Parents and Carers
  59. Supporting the Voice of the Child
  60. Underage Sexual Activity
  61. Whistleblowing
  62. Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills
  63. Writing Child Protection Policy
  64. 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.

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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 expectations 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. Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (also known as Clare’s Law)
  11. Drug Alert Escalation Process
  12. Early Help
  13. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
  14. Forced Marriage
  15. Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service (ICTG)
  16. Information Sharing
  17. Intelligence Sharing
  18. Leaving a Child at Home
  19. MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 1
  20. MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 2
  21. MACE Persons who pose a risk by Exploitation Process
  22. Making a referral
  23. Managing Allegations against staff – LADO Notification
  24. MARAC and MATAC Domestic Abuse meetings
  25. MAST – Multi Agency Screening Team
  26. MATE Crime
  27. Missing Child/Young Person
  28. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
  29. No Wrong Door – RAISE Approach
  30. North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP)
  31. Notification of Private Fostering Arrangements
  32. Operation Choice – Drugs Early Intervention and Prevention for Children and Young People in North Yorkshire
  33. Operation Divan
  34. Operation Divan School Guidance
  35. Operation Encompass
  36. Parental Conflict – A Guide for Professionals
  37. Parental Conflict – A Guide for Parents
  38. Parental Mental Ill Health on Children
  39. Prevent: Extremism & Radicalisation
  40. Rapid Review Process
  41. Safeguarding Children and Adults when Volunteering in North Yorkshire
  42. Safeguarding Practice Review Group (SPRG)
  43. Safer Recruitment
  44. Snapchat
  45. Stalking Protection Orders
  46. Strength in Relationships Practice Model
  47. Submitting a Referral to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a child
  48. SUDI Prevention
  49. Trusted Relationships Service
  50. Using the Children and Families Universal Referral Form

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