The UK’s four nations – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – each have their own child protection system and laws to help protect children from abuse and neglect.
Each nation has a framework of legislation, guidance and practice to identify children who are at risk of harm, take action to protect those children and prevent further abuse occurring.
Each UK nation is responsible for its own policies and laws around education, health and social welfare. This covers most aspects of safeguarding and child protection.
Laws are passed to prevent behaviour that can harm children or require action to protect children. Guidance sets out what organisations should do to play their part to keep children safe.
Although the child protection systems are different in each nation, they are all based on similar principles.
NSPCC's Safeguarding Assessment Tool
Early help, also known as early intervention, is support given as soon as a problem emerges, at any stage in a child or young person's life (Department for Education (DfE), 2018).
Early help services can be delivered to parents, children or whole families, but their main focus is to improve outcomes for children. For example, services may help parents who are living in challenging circumstances provide a safe and loving environment for their child. Or, if a child is displaying risk-taking behaviour, early help practitioners might work with the child and their parents to find out the reasons for the child's behaviour and put strategies in place to help keep them safe.
The KidsRights Index is the annual global index which ranks how countries adhere to and are equipped to improve children’s rights. The KidsRights Index is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, in cooperation with Erasmus University Rotterdam: Erasmus School of Economics and the International Institute of Social Studies. It comprises a ranking for all UN member states that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and for which sufficient data is available, a total of 182 countries.
Our advocacy service is a free and confidential service available to anyone who wants support to make a complaint to the NHS.
Advice on the CONTACT website regarding making complaints to schools and colleges
You might be able to get free and confidential advice from Civil Legal Advice (CLA) as part of legal aid if you’re in England or Wales.
If you’re eligible, you can get help from CLA for problems including:
CCLC provides free legal information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals, as well as international consultancy on child law and children’s rights.
Informative blog post by MUMMY TO SIX that discusses gaslighting by professionals to raise awareness of this practice
Advice from CONTACT about disability discrimination in schools
NYAS offers individual advocacy and a range of information, advice and support to ensure your voice is heard when decisions are being made about children, young people and some adults at risk.
Welcome to Encyclopedia of Social Work, the first continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). Over 400 overview articles, on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards, offer students, scholars, and practitioners a trusted foundation for a lifetime of work and research, with new articles and revisions to existing articles added regularly.
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the priorities for expanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) over the next 10 years.
We are a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems.
A list of Local Authorities with links to their Local Offer information
List of Directors of Children's Services for each LA. ADCS members hold leadership roles in children’s services departments in local authorities in England. They specialise in developing, commissioning and leading the delivery of services to children, young people and their families, including education, health, youth, early years and social care services. Working in partnership with other agencies our members work to achieve tailored and joined-up services for children, whatever their identified needs.
NHS care is usually very good and most people don’t have any problems. But occasionally things can go wrong. This page tells you about raising concerns with a clinical commissioning group.
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School Absence Medical Evidence Response (pdf)
DownloadGPSOE_Suggested letter from GPs to schools regarding requests for vertification for school children sickness absence (doc)
DownloadNFIS Professionals Working Together (pdf)
DownloadCEREBRA ACCESSING PUBLIC SERVICES toolkit (pdf)
DownloadSEND How do you know your council is doing all it can to improve SEND provision? (pdf)
DownloadFamily Rights Group: Family Support Services (pdf)
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