Updated guidance – Working Together to Safeguard Children

Latest edition of Working Together to Safeguard Children has just been published – the statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. [Updated: Minor amendment to the guidance to add the definition of child sexual exploitation.]

This guidance is for:

local authority chief executives
directors of children’s services
chairs of local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs)
teachers and education staff
social workers
health service professionals
adult services
police officers
voluntary and community sector workers in contact with children and families

It applies to:

local authorities
all schools

Statutory guidance - Working together to safeguard children

New GPP – Working with victims and survivors of Forced Marriage

We are delighted to share these new Good Practice Points on Working with victims and survivors of Forced Marriage.

GPP – Forced Marriage

These Good Practice Points, authored by Asma Ashraf, Research Nurse, Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, support health visitors working with parents and children who may be at risk of, or have experienced a forced marriage. Forced marriage is a safeguarding issue and should be treated as a serious problem which can cause major harm to individuals.

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Two new iHV practice guidance documents on safeguarding

We are delighted to share two new practice guidance documents around safeguarding with our members.

These documents can be found in the members-only A-Z Resource Library under Safeguarding and also the members-only Professional Guidance section.

Safeguarding (1): Serious Case Reviews: messages for health visiting practice

This iHV practice guidance draws on the action plans that were generated by the participants of the iHV Safeguarding and Child Protection experts’ programme and outlines the top 20 messages for health visiting practice.

Safeguarding (2): Information sharing in safeguarding children

This practice guidance will help to support health visitors in the timely, appropriate and proportionate sharing of information in safeguarding children in line with legislation, government guidance and professional regulation. Good practice in information sharing is fundamental to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of, or suffering from, significant harm.

Go to Safeguarding resources page

Please note that these guidance documents are available to iHV members only.

If you’re not a member, please join us to get access to all of our resources.

So do join us now!