Child Protection

Question 1

What is significant harm?

Answer 1

Threshold to justify local authority intervention into family life

Question 2

1875 Chimney Sweeps Act

Answer 2

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

Question 3

2003

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Why are children at risk of abuse?

Answer 4

• 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

Question 5

What is the toxic trio?

Answer 5

Drugs and alcohol
Mental health
domestic abuse

Question 6

who might identify a a child at risk of abuse?

Answer 6

GP
health workers
extended family
teacher

Question 7

What is child protection?

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Say you’re worried and concerned about you and baby

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

age of partner, sex

are they coerced into it, are they being forced

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What if a family is screaming at the child and they come in?

Answer 11

Call the police

Question 12

What is the public protection unit in Dundee?

Answer 12

Seymour House

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

NHS Tayside, Child Protection Team

Answer 14

07817062977

9 am - 4:30 am

Question 15

Child protection Nursing Team

Answer 15

Staff support
training
self-evaluation

Question 16

What are IRDs?

Answer 16

Inter-Agency Referral Discussion

Question 17

What do IRDs involve?

Answer 17

3 core agencies:
Social work
Police
Health plus education

Question 18

What can you not do?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What should you do?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

At which age can’t kids consent to sex?

Answer 20

<13

Question 21

What are the rules with respect to beating the kids?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

CPO

Answer 22

child at risk of immediate harm

Question 23

ICPCC

Answer 23

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

Question 24

SCRA

Answer 24

decides whether reside at home/ away

Question 25

CSO

Answer 25

given out by the SCRA, makes the child protection to be involved in the child’s life
gives the permission to enter homes

Question 26

MARAC

Answer 26

domestic violence, safety plans and decisions taken

Question 27

1st child specific legislation in Scotland

Answer 27

Child Scotland Act - 1995