Amendments

• Procedure for Updating this Manual.

• Homeless 16 and 17 Year Olds;
• Privately Fostered Children.

• Rochdale Safeguarding Children Partnership.

• Salford Safeguarding Children Partnership.

A link has been added in Section 3.1, Further National Information to the Statutory Guidance Modern Slavery: How to Identify and Support Victims 2020.

This guidance replaces:

• Duty to Notify the Home Office of potential victims of modern slavery;
• Victims of modern slavery: frontline staff guidance;
• Victims of modern slavery: competent authority guidance.

• Children Moving into Local Authority - Notifications (Stockport);
• Safeguarding Unit (Stockport);
• Stockport Safeguarding Children Partnership.

This chapter has been updated. The chapter has been given a general refresh throughout and gender-neutral terminology adopted. Information has been added in relation to Upskirting which is a specific example of abusive behaviour which has been linked to on-line bullying and grooming. Upskirting is a criminal offence and, as such, should be reported to the Police.

In the Further Information Section, a link has been added to Statutory Guidance: Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.

The following sections have also been updated:

• Section 4.9, Interview Panel;
• Section 4.13, Conditional Offer of Appointment;
• Section 4.14, Disclosure and Barring Service Checks;
• Section 4.16, Childcare Disqualification; and
• Section 4.17, Checks on Overseas Staff.

The following details has been added:

• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements/Partnership Contact Details (Salford).

The following details have been updated:

• Children's Social Care Team Receiving Referrals (Rochdale);
• Children's Social Care (Out of Hours) (Rochdale).

• The Greater Manchester Safeguarding Partnership (GMSP).

The following has been updated:

Local Authority Designated Officers (LADOs) (Stockport; Salford)

Safeguarding Unit (Trafford)

A link has been added to Law Society guidance 'Attendance of Solicitors at local authority Children Act Meetings' and their 'Code of Conduct (2011)' where the child or family who attend reviews are supported by a legal representative.

Information has been added in to section 2. Response:

This protocol is intended to provide guidance to staff from a number of agencies and assist them to increase awareness of the need for effective planning when it is identified that an adult may present a risk to a hospitalised child or other children who may be cared for within the vicinity.

LADO details have been updated.

This chapter has been updated throughout, and should be re-read. Links have been added to the following:

• Return Interview Form (replacement);
• Children Missing Education - Request for Information (new);
• Greater Manchester Police: Missing and Absent Persons Policy (new);
• Additional Local Information for Manchester (Flowcharts) (new);
• Additional local information for Oldham (new).

Additional information has been added in relation to the Prevent duty and statutory guidance issued under section 29 of the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015.

This Protocol has been updated to reflect the fact that it covers all young people who have not yet reached their 18th birthday (i.e. it now applies to 17-year-olds).

Links have been added to:

• Briefing Note For Schools - How Social Media is Used to Encourage Travel to Syria and Iraq;
• Parent Info website.

This contains links to:

Protocol and Good Practice Model: Disclosure of Information in Cases of Alleged Child Abuse and Linked Criminal and Care Direction Hearings (October 2013) (national guidance), and

This is a regional protocol relating to children placed in the region by other local authorities. It also links to:

North West Association of Directors of Children's Services procedure Placing children and young people in out of area and at a distance placements, and

An additional second paragraph  has been added to Section 3 i, Child-centred.

A link has been added to Oldham local procedures.

This North West protocol replaces the previous Greater Manchester protocol.

This North West protocol replaces the previous Greater Manchester protocol.

This chapter has been slightly amended in relation to terminology. References to 'abuse/abusive behaviour' have been changed throughout to '(sexual) harm/(sexually) harmful'.

Links have been added to Female genital mutilation: resource pack and Greater Manchester FGM Forum.

This chapter has been updated throughout in relation to Greater Manchester Police processes and contact details.

• When a child/family lives in one authority, but receives services from neighbouring authorities;
• When a child/family moves from one authority to another.

• A set of principles for social workers working on child protection cases and care orders, where the child has links to a foreign country1;
• A summary of the main international legislation;
• Guidance on agencies and organisations that social workers can seek help and advice from, or provide information to when working on these cases; and
• Sign-posts to other relevant guidance.

1. A child is subject of Pre-Care or Care Proceedings in one local authority area; and
2. The child has moved and is now ordinarily resident in another local authority area.

This guidance applies to young people between the ages of 10 and 16 years for whom the Police seek accommodation from Children's Services subsequent to their arrest and detention at a Police station, but prior to formal remand from the Courts.

• The children most likely to be vulnerable and the dogs most likely to be dangerous;
• The information that should be gathered when any child is injured by a dog and the criteria that should prompt a referral within the Safeguarding children procedures.

• Child Deaths – Introduction;
• ACPO: A Guide to Investigating Child Deaths.

This guidance covers:

• The care children and young people with depression can expect to get from their doctor, nurse or counsellor;
• The information they can expect to be given;
• What they can expect from treatment,

This new section has been added to the Guidance section.