Information for Workers

 

Information for Workers

All children and young people have the right to be protected and safe from harm.  We all have a responsibility to help keep children safe - whether or not we work directly with children and their families.

This page contains our Child Protection procedures, our Child Protection Committee information and links to websites which may be useful for workers. 

• Child Protection Procedures [pdf 3MB]
• Child Protection Inter-Agency Guidelines [pdf 1.6MB]
• Child Protection Annual Report [pdf 880KB]
• Inter-agency Protocols, Procedures, Guidelines and Assessments for Working with Substance Misusing Parents, Carers and their Children [pdf 1.3MB]

If you have any suggestions or feedback on our web pages please email us at childprotection@pkc.gov.uk

Links

• Social Work Scotland - Access a wide range of information about Changing Lives - the change programme for social work services in Scotland.
  
  
• Social Care Association - Professional association that welcomes as members all involved in social care, whatever their involvement and wherever they work.  SCA exists to promote good practice in social care.
  
  
• Child Protection in Sports - Partnership between CHILDREN 1ST and sportscotland to help sporting organisations to put safeguards in place to keep children and young people safe.
  
  
• Think U Know - Information brought to you by the team at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.
  
  
• Child Protection Inspection Information - HMIE News Release about the Inspection of Child Protection Services.
  
  
• HMIE Children's Services Reports - HMIE Inspection Reports for Children's Services
  
  
• Framework for Standards for Professionals in Child Protection - Link to the HMIE Framework
  
  
• Vulnerable Witnesses at Court - A Brief Guide to the Vulnerable Witnesses Act and Information about its Implementation

• Action for Children - Previously known as the National Children's Home, or NCH, Action for Children is committed to helping vulnerable children and young people achieve their full potential