Working Together to Safeguard Children Kirklees Safeguarding Children

Working Together to Safeguard Children Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

GOV. UK GUIDANCE CLOSING CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND VENUES On 23 March 2020 the UK government stepped up measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus and save lives. Businesses and workplaces should encourage their employees to work at home, wherever possible. people must not meet in groups of more than 2 in public places unless they live together or their job means that they have to. Events have been stopped including Kirklees safeguarding children classroom courses. Kirklees is now offering online training that will help you to continue to do your day to day role and offer you opportunities for further reading. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Aim To improve our ability to work together to safeguard children Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Learning Outcomes By the end of the presentation the participants will be able to: � Define what safeguarding is and why they need to work together � Cite at least 2 pieces of legislation � Know when information can be shared in order to safeguard children � Summarise the different levels of intervention that may be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children � Describe the impact of key parental issues on children � Describe what happens following a referral to Social care � Locate Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Safeguarding is Everyone’s Responsibility Everyone who works with children has a responsibility for keeping them safe. No single practitioner can have a full picture of a child’s needs and circumstances and, if children and families are to receive the right help at the right time, everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt action. (Working Together 2018) It’s a child with behavioural problems It’s a baby who’s missed their immunisations It’s a dad with alcohol issues It’s a single mum who’s struggling

Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children Means… � Protecting children from maltreatment � Preventing impairment of children’s health or development � Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and � Taking action to enable all children to have the best life chances. (Working Together, 2018) Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The Children Act 1989 � General duty on every local authority to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need (s 17) � Investigation (s 47) where children at risk of ‘significant harm’ ◦ Where LA suspects child suffering or likely to suffer ‘significant harm’, duty to investigate ◦ Must make enquiries necessary to decide whether to take action to safeguard/promote child’s welfare � Duty on other agencies to provide information in the line of those enquiries Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

National Context Children with Child Protection Plans 52, 300 Looked after Children 78, 150 Children in Need 399, 500 All children 11 million Df. E 2018 Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

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What good practice looks like Attending Multi–agency meetings • • Children's voices are heard • • Working together • • Looking at the whole picture Good communication between workers Completing work in agreed timescales Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020 • Valuing each partners perspective Early intervention and making timely referrals Coordinating work between professionals to support a holistic plan • Management oversight • Challenging poor practice

What do we mean by NOT Working Together? Not making appropriate / timely referrals Not attending multi-agency meetings / appointments Not working to co -ordinate services Not valuing some professional perspectives Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020 Not sharing information Not completing agreed work Not understanding each others roles / pathways Poor communication between adults and children's services Not thinking about how another agency might be impacted by your decisions Believing the stereotypes Not addressing poor practice Agency bashing Not inviting / including certain agencies

Factors which impact on parenting tal n e r Pa M al t n e alth e H e nc a t bs u l. S a t ren e a P us ing s n i r M ea L l nta y e r Pa abilit ce n e s iol Di V c sti e m Do Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

We are all part of the jigsaw All the information in one place helps to give the full picture of the family Information sharing is key to ensure a more efficient service for the family Prevents duplication of support from other services Support that is coordinated around the needs of the individual. Information sharing is a vital element in improving outcomes for all Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Level of Need Families can move up and down the levels of need. Children can come in at any level and even be born into acute services. We therefore need to be constantly assessing whether the child is receiving the right level of intervention Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 The GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 do not prevent, or limit, the sharing of information for the purposes of keeping children and young people safe. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The 7 golden rules of information sharing 1. Remember that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Protection Act 2018 and human rights law are not barriers to justified information sharing, but provide a framework to ensure that personal information about living individuals is shared appropriately. 2. Be open and honest with the individual (and/or their family where appropriate) from the outset about why, what, how and with whom information will, or could be shared, and seek their agreement, unless it is unsafe or inappropriate to do so. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The 7 golden rules of information sharing continued 3. Seek advice from other practitioners, or your information governance lead, if you are in any doubt about sharing the information concerned, without disclosing the identity of the individual where possible. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The 7 golden rules of information sharing continued 4. Where possible, share information with consent, and where possible, respect the wishes of those who do not consent to having their information shared. Under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 you may share information without consent if, in your judgement, there is a lawful basis to do so, such as where safety may be at risk. You will need to base your judgement on the facts of the case. When you are sharing or requesting personal information from someone, be clear of the basis upon which you are doing so. Where you do not have consent, be mindful that an individual might not expect information to be shared. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The 7 golden rules of information sharing continued 5. Consider safety and well-being: base your information sharing decisions on considerations of the safety and well-being of the individual and others who may be affected by their actions. 6. Necessary, proportionate, relevant, adequate, accurate, timely and secure: ensure that the information you share is necessary for the purpose for which you are sharing it, is shared only with those individuals who need to have it, is accurate and up to -date, is shared in a timely fashion, and is shared securely. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The 7 golden rules of information sharing continued 7. Keep a record of your decision and the reasons for it – whether it is to share information or not. If you decide to share, then record what you have shared, with whom and for what purpose. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The contact call Business support officer takes details of child / family and brief over view. Asks if family know that caller is making the call Business support officer checks records (is the family already known? Allocated? ) Social Worker asks specifically about the child/children/other children Social worker goes back over your concerns asking for detail Social Worker asks about your relationship with / knowledge of the family Clarification of next step and what to do if further concerns Social worker asks for reason for the call, makes notes of your concerns, checks case history (if there is one) Clarification of consent Summary action plan Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

What to expect after a referral to Duty and Advice Decision taken within 24 hours of the referral (Contact) No Further Action Recommend /Refer to Early Support Strategy Discussion Emergency Protection Order / Police Protection Order Refer to Assessment and Intervention team for allocation and assessment Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Procedures

Making Safe Decisions Follow policy and procedures on Kirklees Safeguarding website A framework for making safeguarding decisions in kirklees Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

The process once a referral has been made to Social Care Strategy Discussion Assessment Initial child protection conference Child protection plan Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

After a Child is made subject to a Child Protection Plan Initial Conference Child Protection Plan Core Group meets within 10 working days Key worker appointed Assessment continues & completed within 45 working days of the referral 1 st review 3 months Reviews Every 6 months Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020 Is the child still at risk of significant harm? Does the child still need a child protection plan? What else might be needed?

LADO - Local Authority Designated Officer � All allegations about people who work with children, in statutory or voluntary organizations, must be referred to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO). A referral to the LADO must be made within 24 hours � if there is information about a person indicating they have: � Behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child; � Possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child; or � Behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates they may pose a risk of harm to children. Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Contact Numbers � Children’s Social Care - Front Door 01484 456848 � Emergency � Local Duty Team 01484 414933 Authority Designated Officer – Concerns about professional abuse / behaviour of staff 01484 221000 Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Schools Safeguarding contact numbers Safeguarding Officers for Schools & Learning Michelle Wilkinson Michelle. Wilkinson@kirklees. gov. uk 01484 221919 07966 993606 Maxine Wood Maxine. Wood@Kirklees. gov. uk 01924 324734 07929 033369 Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Test yourself � 1. Cite two pieces of legislation that underpin Safeguarding. � 2. Name 5 of the golden rules around information sharing. � 3. Give 3 examples of good practice. � 4. Name 3 factors that can impact on parenting � 5. What does LADO stand for? Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Answers � 1. Working Together 2018 and Children Act 1989. � 2. Be open and honest, working together, shared plan, Information sharing, accurate, timely � 3. Attending MAST meetings, working together, sharing information, holistic plans � 4. Parental Mental Health, Parental Substance Misuse, Parental Learning Disability, Domestic Abuse � 5. Local Authority Designated Officer Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020

Further reading � Information � Kirklees � Child Sharing Dept of Education (Df. E) Safeguarding Children Partnership Act 1989 � Working Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020 Together 2018

Key additional courses Safeguarding Skills Protection Conferences and Core Groups Assessment and Analysis Copyright Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership April 2020