Safeguarding Children Documents 

The Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP) and the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP) have joint safeguarding children procedures and practice guidance. These are regularly reviewed and updated.

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018

A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018

Practice Guidance

In addition to the joint NCSCP / NSCP Practice Guidance that can be accessed above, there is some Practice Guidance which is for Nottingham City only:

• Bruising in babies flowchart
• Bruising in babies - practical guidance
• Practice Guidance for Multi Agency Meetings
• SHARP - school self-harm guidance
• NCSCB Mobile Children and Families Policy
• Special Guardianship Orders
• Knife Crime Guidance for Primary and Secondary Schools
• Neglect Toolkit

Indicators of Child Abuse

Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership and Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership have made a leaflet to support people to identify when a child is experiencing or is at risk of experiencing abuse.

Indicators of Child Abuse

Excellence in Safeguarding Children Tool

NCSCP has developed the Excellence in Safeguarding Children Tool. This guidance includes learning from Serious Case Reviews and practice guidance and is designed to help practitioners address the issues raised. 

Excellence in Safeguarding Children Tool

Appropriate Language Guidance

Guidance has been developed to help professionals to use appropriate language when communicating about children and young who are experiencing child sexual exploitation or criminal exploitation. 

Language implying that the child or young person is complicit in any way, or responsible for the crimes that have happened or may happen to them, must be avoided.  The guidance provides lots of suggestions on how to express concerns and describe what the child or young person is experiencing that avoid any suggestion that the child is to blame.

Appropriate Language Guidance