Children and young people policies and guidance
Child protection and safeguarding procedures provide standards for agencies and a framework to promote children's welfare and protect them from abuse and neglect.
Swindon Safeguarding Partnership is signed up to the South West Child Protection Procedures (SWCPP).
Swindon Safeguarding Partnership has developed local multi-agency procedures and guidance to address specific issues in Swindon. These procedures can be found below.
Swindon Children and Families Service has developed a procedure manual, which is a collation of all procedures relating to internal (Swindon Borough Council) staff: Swindon Children, Families and Community Health Procedure Manual
Please note some of these documents are currently being revised or an update is planned. Revised versions will appear here as soon as they become available. In the meantime, if you have any queries regarding these documents please contact the Swindon Safeguarding Partnership Business Unit: safeguardingpartnership@swindon.gov.uk.
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- Allegation management guidance - May 2022
- Allegations – Guidance on handling allegations in a charity
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- Pan BSW Policy on Unsuspected Bruising or Injuries in Children who are not Independently Mobile - November 2022
- Bruising in non-mobile infants leaflet - November 2022
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- Pan BSW JAR and Child Death Protocol for Unexpected Deaths
- Child exploitation risk assessment framework - August 2024
- Swindon and Wiltshire Children Missing From Home and Care - March 2022
- Chronology guidance - September 2020
- Cross border protocol - August 2023
- Child protection conference induction pack
- CYP support referral form - Swindon Domestic Abuse Support Service - March 2022
- CYP Putreach Referral Pathway July 2021
- SDASS CYP Outreach Service Letter 2021
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- DASH risk checklist (used to inform MARAC referral) - March 2022
- Disabled children: Additional child protection procedures for disabled children - August 2022
- Disabled children: Intimate care guidance - March 2014
- DSL handbook - November 2021
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- Early help strategy - July 2018
- Early intervention youth and community strategy 2023-2027
- Education safeguarding policy template - December 2021
- Example child protection policy for community organisations - May 2022
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- Female genital mutilation (FGM): Multi-agency guidance - September 2022
- Forced marriage
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- Harm outside the home multi-agency practice guidance - May 2024
- Harm outside the home pathway (information, presentation and indicators) - August 2024
- Health attendance at Strategy Discussions - November 2022
- Health professionals attendance at child protection conferences protocol - June 2024
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- MARAC referral - March 2022
- Multi-agency standards for children in need - April 2022
- Multi-agency process for the resolution of professional disagreements relating to safeguarding protection of children - February 2024
- Multi-agency standards for safeguarding children - August 2021
- Multi-agency Safeguarding Supervision Framework and Principles - June 2024
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- Neglect Framework & Practice Guidance
- Neglect Strategy 2024-2027
- NSPCC working with child neglect during COVID-19
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- Online safety - social media policy - July 2018
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- Pre-birth protocol - October 2024
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- The Right Help at the Right Time guidance - February 2024
- ROTH - Safety mapping and planning with young people in Swindon - Janaury 2022
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- Safeguarding discharge planning protocol - February 2023
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) Policy – BSW, October 2024
- Sudden unexplained death in infancy (SUDI) prevention guidance and pathway – BSW, October 2024
- Swindon safety mapping exercise - January 2022
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- 'Think Family' Practice Guidance - November 2023