Safeguarding Disabled Children on the Isle of Wight - Working Group Action Plan 2015/16 Objective Actions Lead Expected Date due Rag rating Outcomes/Impact and updates To ensure effective Police and Social Care Chris Parry, Professionals will Sept 2016 planning prior to to develop a flow chart Kim Fry, Rob have face to face Interviews or which builds in a Winfield meetings when ‘break’ Examinations with mechanism when undertaking disabled children to undertaking child investigations and enable them to protection investigations interviews to participate fully in to enable key staff to ensure that the process and have a face to face communication with achieve better strategy meeting to the child is both outcomes consider how best to appropriate and communicate with the effective. child. DCIT Staff will be Ensure training for staff trained to offer from the disabled basic advice on children’s Intervention communicating with team (DCIT) as disabled children appropriate adults ( during investigation PACE) so that they can interviews or provide advice for any medical child with a disability assessments and and more active more active support participation in for staff where processes for disabled children are open children open to Social to Social Care care as an appropriate There will be a list adult available of key
Safeguarding Disabled Children on the Isle of Wight - Working Group Action Plan 2015/16 Objective Actions Lead Expected Outcomes/Impact Date due Rag rating and updates To ensure effective planning prior to Interviews or Examinations with disabled children to enable them to participate fully in the process and achieve better outcomes Police and Social Care to develop a flow chart which builds in a ‘break’ mechanism when undertaking child protection investigations to enable key staff to have a face to face strategy meeting to consider how best to communicate with the child. Ensure training for staff from the disabled children’s Intervention team (DCIT) as appropriate adults ( PACE) so that they can provide advice for any child with a disability and more active participation in processes for disabled children open to Social care as an appropriate adult Chris Parry, Kim Fry, Rob Winfield Professionals will have face to face meetings when undertaking investigations and interviews to ensure that communication with the child is both appropriate and effective. DCIT Staff will be trained to offer basic advice on communicating with disabled children during investigation interviews or medical assessments and more active support for staff where children are open to Social Care There will be a list available of key Sept 2016