Children’s Increased awareness (both in C&F teams, Follow child protection Ensuring that Young People have Ongoing staff Services Residential Children's Homes and Family protocol, all instances access to appropriate level of training Social Placement teams/foster carers) of risk indicators, reported to police. support qualified social work – Work, AC through training. staff, counselling, signposting to Missing Persons protocol more specialist services. Use of CSE Checklist within IRD document gives in place for Residential additional awareness/consideration of CSE as Children's Homes. standard part of any CP enquiry. Looked Children Children’s Information located – Rights Officer on Arcadia Assessment of young people taking account of (Intranet) as well risk indicators, and clearly identifying risk. Challenging behaviours can be as Aberdeenshire Having a robust risk assessment with clear action addressed through Youth Strategy GIRFEC website plans and regular review with multi Team. partners and families. Within Residential establishments, a risk assessment profile is completed, which highlights; Ongoing Risk Indicators, Factors contributing to risks, Plans to minimise risk, by whom, by when and Outcome. CSE added to management Recording Tool ‘Risk and Plan for Looked After Children in Foster Care’. NHS Mandatory Protection Awareness Training is Health staff will share Health staff including school nurses, Review of CSE Grampian offered to All NHS Grampian staff and this information with police GPs, and CAMHS will provide Action plans from training includes a section on child exploitation Scotland regarding support to children and young throughout including sexual exploitation. suspected cases of CSE. people subject to CSE where this is Scotland. NHS Health will appropriate. Grampian The Aberdeenshire CSE strategy group health with police consultant nurse member and NHS Grampian CP training Scotland as requested child protection developed a CSE training plan. This including involvement in requested this plan is based on the Barnardo’s training for the IRD process. information from trainers. The 1-4 modules will be delivered to the national child NHS Grampian staff based on staff’s involvement protection NMAHPS with CSE. Four CSE training sessions will be Scotland group delivered to Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City (lead nurses, school nurses between September and December midwives and allied 2015. health professionals).
Children’s Services Social Work, AC Increased awareness (both in C&F teams, Residential Children's Homes and Family Placement teams/foster carers) of risk indicators, through training. Use of CSE Checklist within IRD document gives additional awareness/consideration of CSE as standard part of any CP enquiry. Assessment of young people taking account of risk indicators, and clearly identifying risk. Having a robust risk assessment with clear action plans and regular review with multi partners and families. Within Residential establishments, a risk assessment profile is completed, which highlights; Ongoing Risk Indicators, Factors contributing to risks, Plans to minimise risk, by whom, by when and Outcome. CSE added to ‘Risk management Recording Tool and Plan for Looked After Children in Foster Care’. Follow child protection protocol, all instances reported to police. Missing Persons protocol in place for Residential Children's Homes. Ensuring that Young People have access to appropriate level of support – qualified social work staff, counselling, signposting to more specialist services. Looked Children – Children’s Rights Officer Challenging behaviours can be addressed through Youth Strategy Team. Ongoing staff training Information located on Arcadia (Intranet) as well as Aberdeenshire GIRFEC website NHS Grampian Mandatory Protection Awareness Training is offered to All NHS Grampian staff and this training includes a section on child exploitation including sexual exploitation. The Aberdeenshire CSE strategy group health member and NHS Grampian CP training developed a CSE training plan. This plan is based on the Barnardo’s training for trainers. The 1-4 modules will be delivered to NHS Grampian staff based on staff’s involvement with CSE. Four CSE training sessions will be delivered to Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City school nurses between September and December 2015. Health staff will share information with police Scotland regarding suspected cases of CSE. Health will with police Scotland as requested including involvement in the IRD process. Health staff including school nurses, GPs, and CAMHS will provide support to children and young people subject to CSE where this is appropriate. Review of CSE Action plans from throughout Scotland. NHS Grampian consultant nurse child protection requested this information from the national child protection NMAHPS Scotland group (lead nurses, midwives and allied health professionals).
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