Child Protection Flashcards
What is significant harm?
Threshold to justify local authority intervention into family life
1875 Chimney Sweeps Act
all chimney sweeps, had to be registered, supervised and children not used
2003
can’t shake a child
hit a child
hit a child on the head
Why are children at risk of abuse?
- 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
What is the toxic trio?
Drugs and alcohol
Mental health
domestic abuse
who might identify a a child at risk of abuse?
GP
health workers
extended family
teacher
What is child protection?
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.
mom, with 6 month old baby, depressed and thinking of suicide
Say you’re worried and concerned about you and baby
Need to get extra help and we needd to talk to the gp, counsellor
12 year old kid comes to the gp practice asking for contraceptive pill
age of partner, sex
are they coerced into it, are they being forced
FY2 in A&E, see an 18 month old with bruises all over his bottom
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
What if a family is screaming at the child and they come in?
Call the police
What is the public protection unit in Dundee?
Seymour House
A medical student sees a woman hitting a boy around his head who falls to the floor. What do you do?
Tell the manager
call the police
*don’t step in –> not going to help the child, puts you in danger
NHS Tayside, Child Protection Team
07817062977
9 am - 4:30 am
Child protection Nursing Team
Staff support
training
self-evaluation
What are IRDs?
Inter-Agency Referral Discussion
What do IRDs involve?
3 core agencies:
Social work
Police
Health plus education
What can you not do?
Don’t promise confidentiality
Do no investigate
Do not take statements
What should you do?
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
At which age can’t kids consent to sex?
<13
What are the rules with respect to beating the kids?
can’t hit the heat
can’t injure the kid
can’t use any object to harm them
CPO
child at risk of immediate harm
ICPCC
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
SCRA
decides whether reside at home/ away
CSO
given out by the SCRA, makes the child protection to be involved in the child’s life
gives the permission to enter homes
MARAC
domestic violence, safety plans and decisions taken
1st child specific legislation in Scotland
Child Scotland Act - 1995
