Inter-agency Guidance
The Inter-Agency Child Protection Procedures for Safeguarding Children
WSCB’s electronic Inter-Agency Procedures, which are
shared with Shropshire and Herefordshire LSCBs, are
regularly reviewed.
The latest update includes
Chapter 1:
Legal Framework For Child Protection — The Public Law Outline
(Addition)
Chapter 9:
The West Mercia Protocol for the Management of sudden and
unexpected deaths in infants and children (Revised)
Documents relating to the Child Death Overview Panel (New)
Chapter 11:
WSCB Guidance for Individual Management Reviews (New)
WSCB and the Integrated Working Programme’s Threshold Guidance
for Practitioners (New)
Chapter 12:
NSPCC leaflets: Bruises, Fractures, Thermal Injuries and Oral Injuries
and Bites on children (New)
Please take some time to have a look at the Procedures and the changes.
Maybe you could do this at a team meeting. You might be surprised
what you find!
The Procedures have links to key government documents.
They can be accessed on WSCB’s website:
www.worcestershiresafeguarding.org.uk