Child Protection Flashcards

1
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What is significant harm?

A

Threshold to justify local authority intervention into family life

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2
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1875 Chimney Sweeps Act

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all chimney sweeps, had to be registered, supervised and children not used

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3
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2003

A

can’t shake a child
hit a child
hit a child on the head

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4
Q

Why are children at risk of abuse?

A
  • powerless
  • can’t move themelves from the situation
  • parents take anger on kids
  • they might not know its wrong
  • they might not understand what’s going on
  • physcially vulnerable
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5
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What is the toxic trio?

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Drugs and alcohol
Mental health
domestic abuse

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6
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who might identify a a child at risk of abuse?

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GP
health workers
extended family
teacher

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7
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What is child protection?

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Child Protection is the process of protecting individual children identifies as either suffering or likely to suffer significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect.

It involves measures and structures designed to prevent and respond to abuse and neglect.

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8
Q

mom, with 6 month old baby, depressed and thinking of suicide

A

Say you’re worried and concerned about you and baby

Need to get extra help and we needd to talk to the gp, counsellor

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12 year old kid comes to the gp practice asking for contraceptive pill

A

age of partner, sex

are they coerced into it, are they being forced

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10
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FY2 in A&E, see an 18 month old with bruises all over his bottom

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Why is the child in A&e?
Are they frequently in A&E?
what do they come in for?
YOU CAN'T AGE BRUISES
What happened?!! ask both the parents!
Are both the parents in?
Has a social worker been involved at all?
substance abuse, mental health issues in the family

IF you don’t know:

  • tell your consultant/registrar
  • get social workers involved
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What if a family is screaming at the child and they come in?

A

Call the police

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12
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What is the public protection unit in Dundee?

A

Seymour House

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13
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A medical student sees a woman hitting a boy around his head who falls to the floor. What do you do?

A

Tell the manager
call the police
*don’t step in –> not going to help the child, puts you in danger

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14
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NHS Tayside, Child Protection Team

A

07817062977

9 am - 4:30 am

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15
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Child protection Nursing Team

A

Staff support
training
self-evaluation

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16
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What are IRDs?

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Inter-Agency Referral Discussion

17
Q

What do IRDs involve?

A

3 core agencies:
Social work
Police
Health plus education

18
Q

What can you not do?

A

Don’t promise confidentiality
Do no investigate
Do not take statements

19
Q

What should you do?

A

Do listen and clarify
Do write down exactly what the child has said and their actions
Do note your own observations/ recall
Do follow your agency’s referral guideline

20
Q

At which age can’t kids consent to sex?

21
Q

What are the rules with respect to beating the kids?

A

can’t hit the heat
can’t injure the kid
can’t use any object to harm them

22
Q

CPO

A

child at risk of immediate harm

23
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ICPCC

A

assessment that a child is at significant risk of harm, meeting with a multi-disciplinary team and then add it to the Child Protection Case

24
Q

SCRA

A

decides whether reside at home/ away

25
CSO
given out by the SCRA, makes the child protection to be involved in the child's life gives the permission to enter homes
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MARAC
domestic violence, safety plans and decisions taken
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1st child specific legislation in Scotland
Child Scotland Act - 1995