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To update the Committee on the Council’s
child protection framework.
Minutes:
RECEIVED a presentation from the AD Safeguarding and Social
Care, Sarah Alexander, which set out the child protection framework
used by the Council and the key principles, disciplines and
practises contained therein. Report included in the agenda pack
(pages 5-11).
NOTED in response to the
discussion:
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The Committee queried whether there was any feedback
from children and families who had come in contact with the model.
Officers advised that there had been a lot of feedback and that
their views had been incorporated in to the evaluation of the
framework. Feedback from across the country had been overwhelmingly
positive. One of the key advantages of the framework was simplicity
and the fact that children and families could understand the
process involved.
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In response to a question about the extent that
Signs of Safety was rolled out across the authority, officers
advised that it had been rolled out across Children’s
Services but that it was most widely used in safeguarding and child
protection assessments.