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CHILD PROTECTION SEMINAR WELCOME. CHILD PROTECTION SEMINAR WELCOME. Tony Rodgers Assistant Director Social Services SHSSB Southern Area Child Protection Committee Chairman. CHILD PROTECTION IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS. LEGISLATIVE REMIT GUIDANCE/ PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
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Tony Rodgers Assistant Director Social Services SHSSB Southern Area Child Protection Committee Chairman
CHILD PROTECTION IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS
LEGISLATIVE REMIT • GUIDANCE/ PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS • RELEVANT STATISTICS • TYPES OF ABUSE • THE REALITY/ DILEMMAS • CONCLUSION
LEGISLATIVE REMIT Children (N.I) Order 1995 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Order (N.I) 2005 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill
Guidance/ Procedural requirements • Co-operating to Safeguard Children - May 2003 • Regional Area Child Protection Committee’s Policy and Procedure
ACPC Policy & ProcedureRole and Responsibilities • To develop, agree and review policies and procedures for inter-agency work to protect children. • To communicate clearly to individuals services and professional groups their shared responsibility for protecting children, and to explain how that responsibility can be fulfilled.
Co-operating to Safeguard Children Para 3.88 “Staff employed by local councils and those contracted for work with children may become involved in child protection cases either because of suspicions or allegations in respect of their own conduct with children or because, during their duties, they become aware of the possibility of abuse having been perpetrated by others”
Types of Abuse • Physical • Emotional • Sexual • Neglect
CHILD PROTECTION IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS