Safeguarding children advice for professionals
Conference report formats
- Child Protection conference – GP report (Word, 70KB)
- Child Protection Initial Agency Report (Word, 103KB)
- Child Protection Review Agency Report (Word, 98KB)
- Initial Child Protection Conference – Parents and Carers Review (Word, 64KB)
- Review Child Protection Conference – Parents and Carers Views (Word, 64KB)
Voice of the child tools
The North East Lincolnshire voice of the Child Tools and guidance will enable a consistent approach to capturing the voice of the child. It is a unitary wide tool for capturing the voice of children/young people from 0 to 18.
- Guidance For Professionals (PDF, 191KB)
- Learning disabilities (PDF, 322KB)
- Tell us we’re listening – 0-2 years (PDF, 151KB)
- Tell us we’re listening – 3-5 years (PDF, 167KB)
- Tell us we’re listening – 6-11 years (PDF, 182KB)
- Tell us we’re listening – 12-14 years (PDF, 165KB)
- Tell us we’re listening – 15-18 years (PDF, 184KB)
Criminal Exploitation
This guidance is primarily aimed at frontline staff who work with children, young people and potentially vulnerable adults.
Criminal exploitation – County lines guidance (PDF, 189KB)
Child Sexual Exploitation
Contextual Safeguarding Strategy 2020-2023 (PDF, 396KB)
Young Minds Matter (YMM)
YMM provide specialist services for children and young people up to the age of 18.
Consent and information sharing
Practitioners have advised that there is some ambiguity around when it is appropriate to gain consent. Information sharing is vital to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. These guides give an understanding as to when consent is required and information sharing is appropriate.
- Guide to Gaining Consent and Information Sharing (PDF, 125KB)
- GOV.UK – National guidance for information sharing
- Information sharing advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services (PDF, 271KB)
- Police partnership information form (Word, 415KB)
- Information about Child Sexual or Criminal Exploitation
- Information about recreational drugs young people are using, names of people who are exploiting young people
Escalation Procedure
When a range of professionals and agencies are undertaking assessments and providing services for people, there will inevitably be times when perspectives differ and conflicts of opinion or views give rise to challenge and or disagreement. This is particularly likely to occur when assessing need and risk and making decisions about the best ways forward to achieve the best or safest outcome for individuals. Occasionally there will also be conflict over who is best placed to provide interventions and how to make the best use of resources available to achieve the desired outcomes.
North East Lincolnshire aspires to be a place in which healthy and constructive challenge is seen as a positive not a threat; where we learn from one another and respect others views and opinions; and where we always strive to resolve differences in the best interest of the people we serve.
For more information please view the NEL SCP and SAB Escalation Procedure (PDF, 350KB) or the Recording template for escalation (Word, 102KB) .
Consultation line
To build on the work of the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), a consultation line was introduced for a trial period from Tuesday 1st October 2019 which will be for professionals.
The purpose of the professional consultation line is to support practitioners to identify the next steps in a timely way through quality conversations. The consultation line is not replacing the current safeguarding process and usual safeguarding processes must be followed.
The professionals consultation line is 01472 323145. This call will be answered by a Senior Social Worker in the MASH where your query will be discussed. The children’s and family details will remain anonymous. If information is shared that is a clear safeguarding concern then confidentiality may cease and consent may be overridden. If information is shared which can identify the child or family then information will be recorded.
Safety in sports
In North East Lincolnshire we want all children to be safe whilst having opportunities to take part in healthy activities they enjoy. In recent reports it has shown that children can be vulnerable when involved with sport and leisure activities. As an organisation we have a responsibility to safeguard children and to inform families about staying safe whilst their child is participating in sporting and leisure activities.
Domestic Abuse – Coercive Control
Research in Practice for Adults and Women’s Aid have developed a coercive control website for social workers and other health and social care practitioners to develop their knowledge and skills in working with situations of coercive control.
Safe Sleeping and Managing Crying
For more information please go to our Safe Sleeping and Managing Crying page.
Related content
Related documents
Education safeguarding audits
NEL LSCB Education Establishment Safeguarding Audit 2017-2018 Report (PDF, 861KB)
NEL LSCB Education Establishments Safeguarding Audit 2018- 2019 Report (PDF, 937KB)
Pro-Formas
Example – Child protection handover confirmation record (PDF, 26KB)
Example – Safeguarding Policy for Education Establishments (PDF, 1MB)
Example – Prevent appendix for Education Establishment Safeguarding Policy (PDF, 22KB)
Example-Discrimination incident reporting form (PDF, 121KB)
Example – Child protection file front sheet (PDF, 29KB)
Example – Child protection education transition (PDF, 32KB)
Example – Keeping records of child protection and welfare concerns (PDF, 84KB)
Example – Prevent audit and action plan format for education establishments (PDF, 38KB)
Strategy Discussion Protocol (PDF, 74KB)
Strategy Discussion Checklist (PDF, 200KB)
Other Documents
Runaway and Missing from Care Protocol 2019-21 (PDF, 3MB)
Working with Child Neglect during the Covid 19 Pandemic (PDF, 413KB)