Local authorities have a duty to investigate if a child is suspected to be at risk of significant harm. Safeguarding aims to protect children's wellbeing and development by ensuring their safety, stability, and care. It also aims to prevent maltreatment, neglect, violence, and impairment that could affect a child's life chances. Child protection refers specifically to protecting children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. Child protection conferences bring together family and professionals to assess risk and create plans for children deemed at risk of harm.

1. Child protection

2. Childprotection
Section 47 of the Children
Act 1989 places a duty on
local authorities to make
enquiries if there is
“reasonable cause to
suspect that a child who
lives, or is found, in their
area is suffering, or is
likely to suffer, significant
harm.”

3. Safeguarding is much more than ChildProtection
Stay safe from
maltreatment,
neglect, violence
and sexual
exploitation
Safe from
accidental injury
and death
Safe from bullying
and discrimination
Have security,
stability, and are
cared for
Wellbeing of the
Child

4. Safeguarding andChildProtection
Safeguarding’ is:
Protecting children from maltreatment
Preventing impairment of health or development
Ensuring children grow up in circumstances consistent
with the provision of safe and effective care
Enabling children to have optimum life chances in
adulthood
‘Child Protection’ is:
A part of safeguarding and promoting welfare
Refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect
specific children who are suffering, or are likely to
suffer, significant harm

5. Childprotection
 The types of injuries occurring due to improper manual
handling.
 1. Neck region
 2. Shoulder region
 3. Spinal region
 4. Joint
 5. Muscles and Ligaments

7. Childprotection conference
1. The purpose of the Child Protection Conference is to
assess the risk and to come up with a plan
2. Attendees: child, parents, social worker, extended family
GP, Paediatrician, HV, school nurse, teacher, police,
NSPCC, local authority legal services
3. The minimum of agencies needed to be present to make
the conference quorate is 3
4. Prior to the conference written report should be shared
with the parents and child is age appropriate by yourself

8. Childprotection conference 2
 The majority vote of professional persons there decide if
child should be subject to a Child Protection Plan, chair
has casting vote
 You cannot abstain from giving a vote/opinion but can
make a statement if you disagree with the decision
 Plan then needs to be made
 Following conference a Core Group meets 10 days later to
discuss how the plan is to be implemented
 Review from initial conference is 3 months, 6 months from
review to review