Publications

Guidelines and Protocols:

Child Protection Inter-agency Guidelines April 2011 NEW Updated guidance for staff.
Outline of key changes - April 2011 NEW
Child Concern Form - Appendix 'H'- May 2009
Child Concern Form (Health) - Appendix 'H'- July 2009
Child Concern Form (Northern Constabulary) - November 2010
Highland interim guidance on child protection and under age sexual activity (link to interim guidance for staff. See also 'National Guidance' below for links to guidance documents. You can also follow this link: WISH presentations for further information on the implications.)
Highland Underage Sex Protocol (HUSP) - May 2011 NEW Interactive guidance and ethical decision-making framework for staff.
National Guidance on Serious Case and Critical Incident Reviews - April 2007
Protecting Children in Scotland who may have been Trafficked - April 2009
Child Trafficking Assessment Tool - April 2009
Child Trafficking Reporting Form - April 2009 COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE HEAD OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Child Protection Guidance for your Community Group
Downloadable Community Group Templates (Word) (link to downloadable templates ).
Child Protection in Sport Accord 2006 - Scottish Sports Council (External link)
Churches Child Protection Advisory Service safeguarding standards 2009 - (External link)
Pan Highland Data Sharing Protocol
Safe and Well - National Child Protection Guidance for Schools and Education Authorities (Reported to Education, Culture & Sport Committee 10 November 2005)
Safe & Well - Education Circular 2 - (30th June 2006)
Safe & Well - Education Circular 3 - (14th July 2006)
Safe and Well - A Handbook for Staff, Schools and Education Authorities (External link)
Identifying the future of Child Protection - Scottish Executive Press Release of 23rd February 2006 on the Introduction of Unique Pupil ID numbers.

Early Years (CALA) - Missing from Early Education Services Procedures (January 2008)
Missing Child Incident Record
Missing Child Incident Record B

National Guidance:

Revised National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2010 (External link to NEW National guidance. PLEASE NOTE - Highland CPC guidance should continue to be used at this time and will be updated in due course. )
Care Commission Child Protection Procedures
National Guidance for Serious Incident Reviews
Child Protection Whistle Blowing Policy letter from Adam Ingram Dec 2008
How well do we protect children and meet their needs? - HMIe guidance on self evaluation (External link)
UK Forced Marriage guidelines - July 2009
Under-age Sexual Activity: Meeting the Needs of Children and Young People and Identifying Child Protection Concerns (External link to NEW National guidance )
Outline guide to the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act NEW

Serious Case Reviews:

Independent Review into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Danielle Reid.
Highland Child Protection Committee Response to the Independent Review into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Danielle Reid.

Highland Reports:

HMIe Round 2 Inspection Report 2010 - Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Highland Council area - May 2010.-
Annual Report of the Child Protection Committee (2007/08)
Annual Report of the Child Protection Committee (2008/09)
Report of the Highland CPC Self Evaluation Exercise(2009)
Annual Report of the Child Protection Committee (2009/10)

Minutes

Downloadable Information Leaflets

Leaflets in Other Languages:

The Home Alone leaflet is also available in Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and Portuguese.
The Taking Care of Children leaflet is available in Polish.

For copies of these leaflets please contact the CPC Support Team on 01463 703421.