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
• 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 provides 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, 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. Home Environment Assessment Tool Guidance & HEAT Toolkit
28. Honour Based Violence
29. LADO – Managing Allegations Against Those Who Work or Volunteer with Children
30. Let’s talk about language: Tools for prompting discussion about our use of language around child exploitation.
31. Managing Different Professional Perspectives and Mutual Challenges (Including Professional Resolutions)
32. Managing Injuries to Non-Independently Mobile Children
33. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Toolkit
34. Multi-Agency Child Exploitation and Contextual Safeguarding
35. Neglect
36. Online Safety
37. Out of Area Looked After Children Protocol
38. Out of Area, Young People Arrested Who Appear at Risk of Criminal Exploitation
39. Perplexing Presentations, Fabricated and Induced Illness in Children Practice Guidance
40. Pre-Birth
41. Prevent Duty Self-Assessment Tool: Further Education – gov.uk
42. Prevent: Working with Individuals Vulnerable to Extremism
43. Preventing Sudden or Unexpected Death in Infancy
44. Private Fostering
45. Professional Curiosity
46. Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist Ideology
47. Referrals to Children and Families Service using the updated Universal Referral Form
48. Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Children in Care and Children Previously in Care at School
49. Safeguarding Unborn Babies
50. Safe Sleep for Babies Practice Guidance – Day or Night Sleep Right Practice Guidance
51. Safer Recruitment
52. Schools Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Template 2024 – 2025
53. Self-Harming and Suicidal Ideation Pathway
54. Slang Dictionary and Emoji Dictionary
55. Spiritual, Cultural and Religious Beliefs
56. Stronger Relationships – (Reducing Parental Conflict)
57. Substance Use in Parents and Carers
58. Underage Sexual Activity
59. Whistleblowing
60. Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills
61. Writing Child Protection Policy
62. 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 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. Drug Alert Escalation Process
11. Early Help
12. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
13. Forced Marriage
14. Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service (ICTG)
15. Information Sharing
16. Intelligence Sharing
17. Leaving a Child at Home
18. MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 1
19. MACE & Contextual Safeguarding Lv. 2
20. MACE Persons who pose a risk by Exploitation Process
21. Making a referral
22. Managing Allegations against staff – LADO Notification
23. MAST – Multi Agency Screening Team
24. MATE Crime
25. Missing Child/Young Person
26. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
27. No Wrong Door – RAISE Approach
28. North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP)
29. Notification of Private Fostering Arrangements
30. Operation Choice – Drugs Early Intervention and Prevention for Children and Young People in North Yorkshire
31. Operation Divan
32. Operation Divan School Guidance
33. Parental Conflict – A Guide for Professionals
34. Parental Conflict – A Guide for Parents
35. Parental Mental Ill Health on Children
36. Prevent: Extremism & Radicalisation
37. Rapid Review Process
38. Safeguarding Children and Adults when Volunteering in North Yorkshire
39. Safeguarding Practice Review Group (SPRG)
40. Safer Recruitment
41. Snapchat
42. Stalking Protection Orders
43. Strength in Relationships Practice Model
44. Submitting a Referral to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a child
45. SUDI Prevention
46. Trusted Relationships Service
47. Using the Children and Families Universal Referral Form

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