1. Introduction

	Procedure for Updating this Manual
1.1	Introduction	Updated
1.2	The Concept of Safeguarding

2. Key Principles

2.1	An Integrated Approach
2.2	A Shared Responsibility
2.3	Working in Partnership with Children and Families
2.4	Race, Ethnicity and Culture
2.5	Record Keeping
2.6	Supervision and Staff Development	Updated
2.7	Knowsley Helping Children Thrive
2.8	Information Sharing	Updated
2.9	Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the Child	Updated
2.10	Organisational Responsibilities	New
2.11	Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements	New
2.12	Serious Violence Duty	New

3.1	The Concept of Significant Harm
3.2	What is Abuse and Neglect
3.3	Physical Abuse
3.4	Emotional Abuse
3.5	Sexual Abuse
3.6	Neglect
3.7	Sources of Stress for Children and Families	Updated
3.8	Past Abuse
3.9	Responding to Child Neglect in Knowsley - Practitioner Guidance

4.1	Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
4.2	Knowsley MASH (Multi-Agency Referral Form)
4.3	Early Help Assessment Framework in Knowsley	Updated
4.4	Knowsley Engaging Families Toolkit
4.5	Child Protection – Information Sharing Project
4.6	Assessment	New
4.7	Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989	New
4.8	The Role of the Team around the Family (TAF) and Lead Practitioner
4.9	Child Protection Conferences	Updated
4.10	Multi-Agency Child Protection Standards
4.11	Multi Agency Practice Guidance for Core Groups
4.12	Pre-birth Child Protection Conferences
4.13	Recording that a Child is Subject to a Child Protection Plan
4.14	Guidance for Recording Child in Need and Child Protection Visits
4.15	Children Moving Across Boundaries
4.16	North West ADCS Regional Protocols (North West Resource)
4.17	Cross-Border Child Protection Cases Under the 1996 Hague Convention
4.18	Step Up / Step Down Procedure
4.19	Pan Merseyside Procedure – Parenting Capacity and Learning Disability

5.1	Allegations against Staff, Carers and Volunteers
5.2	Perplexing Presentations and Fabricated or Induced Illness
5.3	Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Multi-Agency Protocol
5.4	Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse Protocol
5.5	Honour Based Violence
5.6	Organised/Multiple Abuse
5.7	Care Plus - A Protocol for Joint Investigation in Merseyside
5.8	Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment
5.9	Children who Display Inappropriate and Harmful Sexual Behaviour: Procedural Guidance
5.10	Sexually Active Young People under the Age of 18 in Knowsley	Updated
5.11	MAPPA
5.12	Abuse of Disabled Children
5.13	Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and Exploitation	Updated
5.14	Abuse Linked to Spiritual and Religious Beliefs
5.15	Radicalisation, Terrorist and Extremist Ideology	Updated
5.16	Care Leavers Released from Custody Protocol - joint working arrangements between Childrens Social Care (CSC), Youth Justice Service (YJS), and Probation Service	Updated
5.17	Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers	Updated

6.1	Knowsley Graded Care Profile 2
6.2	Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership Multi-Agency Neglect Strategy	Updated
6.3	Children Living Away from Home (including Private Fostering and Children Living in Temporary Accommodation)
6.4	Abuse by Children and Young People
6.5	Anti-Bullying Strategy
6.6	Domestic Abuse	Updated
6.7	Operation Encompass - under review
6.8	Children of Drug and/or Alcohol Misusing Parents
6.9	Children of Parents with Learning Disabilities
6.10	Mental Ill Health of a Parent or Carer
6.11	Child Abuse and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)	Updated
6.12	Children Who Run Away or Go Missing From Home or Care Policy
6.13	Children Missing Education and Pupil Mobility Policy	Updated
6.14	Children Visiting Psychiatric Wards and Facilities
6.15	Visits to Prisons by Children
6.16	Children Affected by Gang Activity and Youth Violence
6.17	Concealed Pregnancies
6.18	Pan Merseyside Protocol: Bruising in Children who are Not Independently Mobile - A Protocol for Assessment, Management and Referral by Health Practitioners
6.19	Joint Homeless Prevention Protocol for Children aged 16 and 17 (Knowsley Children's Social Care Operational Procedures)
6.20	Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding Children
6.21	Pre-birth
6.22	Multi-Agency Safe Sleeping Guidance
6.23	Knowsley Multi-Agency Child Exploitation Policy and Procedure
6.24	Having a Child Through Surrogacy
6.25	Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour
6.26	Children who Run Away or go Missing from Home or Care Policy
6.27	National Referral Local Doc
6.28	Transitional Safeguarding

7.1	Merseyside Child Death Overview Panel Protocol - under review
7.2	Merseyside Joint Agency Protocol: Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (SUDiC) (for Children aged 0 to under 18 yrs)	Updated
7.3	Merseyside Joint Agency Protocol: ALTE Acute Life-Threatening Event	New
7.4	Child Death Reviews	New

8.1	Serious Incident Review Group (SIRG) Procedures
8.2	Child Safeguarding practice reviews - Notifiable incidents process guidance
8.3	Notifiable Incidents Process
8.4	Knowsley Safeguarding Children Board Learning and Improvement Framework
8.5	Multi-Agency Reflective Review Policy
8.6	Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews	New
	See also: Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - Guidance for Safeguarding Partners and Child Protection Professionals on What the Panel Does and How it Works

9.1	Complaints about the Functioning of Child Protection Conferences and Escalation Policy Resolution Pathways	Updated
9.2	Multi Agency Escalation Policy

10.1	Legal Considerations in Relation to Immediate Protective Action
10.2	Agenda for Signs of Safety Strategy Discussion - Meeting for MASH, CP and CLA
10.3	Child Protection Conference Agenda
10.4	Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership Information for Initial Child Protection Conference Members
10.5	Information for Child Protection Review Conference Members
10.6	Local Contacts	Updated
10.7	Amendments