Child and Young People Safeguarding

Guidance

Somerset ICB Safeguarding Children Policy

Somerset Referral Pathway for Child Protection Medical for Children and Young People

Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk)

Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP)

Other useful resources:

Working together to safeguard children; Statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children

NHS Prevent training and competencies framework

Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children – Statutory Guidance

CQC GP mythbuster 33: Safeguarding children

SSCP multi-agency safeguarding children training offer 

SSCP Podcast: The P Pod

Contacts

Children:  Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership – contact the Family Front Door if you are a Designated Safeguarding Lead or GP and you require real time advice about a child/ren/family you are supporting, or if you are considering making a referral to Children Services but are unsure and want guidance, or to sound out your thinking in a safe space. To contact the Family Front Door call: 0300 123 3078 Contact Us – Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership

Additional support for Somerset GP practices can be found by contacting the Somerset ICB strategic safeguarding team – call 01935 385182 or email somicb.safeguardingandcla@nhs.net.

To the best of our knowledge these contact details are correct, however we would urge practices to contact their local teams for up-to-date information and named contacts and leads.

MDU Storage and disclosure of child protection documents

Serious case reviews have been replaced with Child Safeguarding Practice reviews (CSPR). Useful links below:
CSPR process
CSPR process in Somerset
Most recent published CSPRs in Somerset

The child death process general guidance is outlined here.