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1.1Multi-Agency Threshold Descriptors
- 1.1.1Rotherham Multi-Agency Continuum of Need GuidanceJanuary 18, 2024
- 1.1.2Multi-Agency Threshold DescriptorsJanuary 18, 2024
- 1.1.3Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)
1.2Referring Safeguarding Concerns about Children
- 1.2.1Recognising Abuse and NeglectUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 1.2.2Referring Safeguarding Concerns about ChildrenDecember 13, 2024
- 1.2.3Action Following Referral of Safeguarding Children ConcernsDecember 13, 2024
- 1.2.4Practice Guidance: Significant Harm - The Impact of Abuse and NeglectJanuary 18, 2024
1.3Assessment
- 1.3.1AssessmentUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 1.3.2Children's Assessment ProtocolDecember 13, 2024
1.4Early Help
1.5Child Protection - Investigation and Conferences
- 1.5.1Strategy Discussions/MeetingsDecember 13, 2024
- 1.5.2ReferralsUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 1.5.3Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989UpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 1.5.4Paediatric Assessment for Section 47 Enquiry (Child Protection Medical)January 18, 2024
- 1.5.5Child Protection ConferencesUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 1.5.6Implementation of a Child Protection Plan - Lead Social Worker and the Core Group ResponsibilitiesDecember 13, 2024
- 1.5.7Complaints and Appeals in Relation to Child Protection ConferencesDecember 13, 2024
- 1.5.8Protocol and Good Practice Model Disclosure of information in cases of alleged child abuse and linked criminal and care directions hearings (October 2013)
- 1.5.9Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings Guidance on interviewing victims and witnesses, and guidance on using special measures (Ministry of Justice)
2.1Safeguarding Children At Risk Due to Their Behaviour or Vulnerability
- 2.1.1Child Sexual Abuse in the Family EnvironmentJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.2Child Sexual ExploitationJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.3Child Criminal ExploitationUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 2.1.4Child Exploitation PathwayUpdatedDecember 17, 2024
- 2.1.5Abuse by Children and Young PeopleJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.6Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA)August 15, 2023
- 2.1.7Safeguarding Disabled ChildrenJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.8BullyingDecember 13, 2024
- 2.1.9Online SafetyUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 2.1.10Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist IdeologyUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 2.1.11Rotherham Multi-Agency Guidance for Preventing and Responding to Behaviours Which May Indicate Potential Suicide or Self Harm ClustersJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.12Supporting Children and Young People who Self-HarmJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.13Safeguarding Children and Young People with Suicidal BehaviourJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.14Care Pathway for Children & Young People Bereaved by Sudden Traumatic DeathUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 2.1.15Bereavement Support for FamiliesJune 26, 2024
- 2.1.16Gang Activity and Serious Youth ViolenceDecember 13, 2024
- 2.1.17Harmful Sexual BehaviourJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.1.18Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children at SchoolDecember 13, 2024
2.2Safeguarding Children At Risk because of Concern About a Parent or Carer
- 2.2.1Safeguarding Unborn and Newborn BabiesDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.2Pre-BirthDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.3Concealment and Denial of PregnancyJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.4NeglectJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.5Safeguarding Children of Alcohol Misusing ParentsJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.6Safeguarding Children of Drug Misusing ParentsJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.7Children of Parents with Learning DisabilitiesUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.8Safeguarding Children at Risk where a Parent has a Mental Health ProblemJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.9Safeguarding Children at Risk because of Domestic AbuseUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.10Child Abuse Linked to Faith or BeliefJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.11Harm to Animals and Possible Implications for ChildrenJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.12Safeguarding Girls and Young Women at Risk of Abuse through Female Genital Mutilation or Breast IroningDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.13Safeguarding Children and Young People from Forced MarriageJune 26, 2024
- 2.2.14Safeguarding Children and Young People from Honour Based AbuseJune 26, 2024
- 2.2.15Safeguarding Children in the Presence of DogsJune 26, 2024
- 2.2.16Management and Safeguarding Children Where there are Perplexing Presentations (including Fabricated and Induced Illness/FII)December 13, 2024
- 2.2.17Safeguarding Children at Risk Due to Faltering GrowthJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.2.18Bruising or injury in Non-Independently Mobile Babies and ChildrenDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.19Visits to Psychiatric Wards and Facilities by ChildrenDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.20Visits to Prisons by ChildrenDecember 13, 2024
- 2.2.21National FGM Centre, FGM Assessment Tool
2.3Safeguarding Children at Risk because of Living Away From Home or Missing or Moving Across Boundaries
- 2.3.1South Yorkshire Children Missing from Home and Care ProtocolJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.3.2Children Missing from Education PolicyJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.3.3Children and Families who go MissingJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.3.4Children Moving Across BoundariesDecember 13, 2024
- 2.3.5Notification by Other Local Authorities of Looked After Children Placed in RotherhamDecember 13, 2024
- 2.3.6Children Living Away from Home (including Children and Families Living in Temporary Accommodation)January 18, 2024
- 2.3.7Safeguarding Children Subject to Private Fostering ArrangementsJanuary 18, 2024
2.4Safeguarding Children from Abroad
- 2.4.1Safeguarding Children from Abroad Who Go MissingJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.4.2Cross-Border Child Protection Cases Under the 1996 Hague ConventionJanuary 18, 2024
- 2.4.3Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and ExploitationUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
3.Policy Framework and Protocols
- 3.0.1Underlying Policy, Principles and ValuesJanuary 18, 2024
- 3.0.2Case RecordingJanuary 18, 2024
- 3.0.3Information SharingUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 3.0.4Practice Resolution Protocol: Resolving Professional Differences of Opinion in Multi-Agency Working with Children and their FamiliesDecember 13, 2024
- 3.0.5Statutory Framework
4.Practice Guidance
- 4.0.1Reluctant and Hostile FamiliesJanuary 18, 2024
- 4.0.2Safeguarding Children and Young People Involved in Organised or Multiple Abuse, and other Complex InvestigationsJanuary 18, 2024
- 4.0.3Contact between Parents and their Children in Hospital where there are Safeguarding ConcernsJanuary 18, 2024
- 4.0.4Working with Interpreters and Others with Special Communication SkillsJanuary 18, 2024
- 4.0.5Discharge Planning from Hospital when there are Safeguarding Concerns about a ChildJanuary 18, 2024
- 4.0.6Persons who Pose a Risk to ChildrenJanuary 18, 2024
- 4.0.7Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)January 18, 2024
- 4.0.8Prevention of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy Multi Agency GuidanceDecember 13, 2024
- 4.0.9Supporting the Voice of the ChildUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 4.0.10Transitional SafeguardingJanuary 18, 2024
5.Safe Workforce
- 5.0.1Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and VolunteersUpdatedDecember 13, 2024
- 5.0.2Allegations Against Staff, Carers and VolunteersJanuary 18, 2024
- 5.0.3LADO Referral Process and ThresholdJanuary 18, 2024
- 5.0.4Whistleblowing or Raising Concerns at WorkJanuary 18, 2024
7.Child Death
- 7.0.1Child Death ReviewsJanuary 18, 2024
8.Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements
- 8.0.1Agency Roles and ResponsibilitiesDecember 13, 2024
- 8.0.2Rotherham Multi-Agency Arrangements for Safeguarding Children (June 2019) - under review
Last Updated: December 17, 2024
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