Other local child protection guidance and practitioner toolkits

• Practitioners' Guide and Toolkit - Engaging with families - provides clear, practice advice and guidance which supports and empowers all staff working in this difficult environment to ensure children and young people are protected.
• Practitioners' Guide and Toolkit - Child Protection Planning Meetings - provides clear, practical advice and guidance for all practitioners and managers, particularly those who may be invited to attend and participate in a Child Protection Planning Meeting (CPPM).
• Tayside Practitioners' Guide: Chronologies (refreshed 27 February 2020) (PDF, 331 KB) - provides clear, practical advice and guidance on single and multi-agency chronologies and how these should be used to inform assessment, planning and to support positive practice.
• Supporting children and young people at risk of self-harm and suicide (PDF, 2 MB) - Tayside multi-agency guidance which provides support for individuals and professionals supporting young people who are either self-harming or at risk of self-harm or suicide.

Useful checklists and plan

• Practitioners' Toolkit - Practice checklist 1 (Reflective practice) (PDF, 187 KB) - All practitioners and managers in all services and agencies can use checklist 1 to reflect on any early worries or concerns they may have witnessed or identified about a child or young person's safety and protection.
• Practitioners' Toolkit - Practice checklist 2 (GIRFEC 5 key questions) (PDF, 187 KB) - All practitioners and managers in all services and agencies can use checklist 2 to reflect on any worries or concerns they may have about a child or young person's wellbeing.