Post by David on Jul 17, 2004 10:53:20 GMT -5
Child Protection
By way of background, the legal position with regard to child protection is as follows:
* The local authority is under a statutory duty, imposed by s.47
Children Act, to make enquiries where they suspect that a child is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm;
* They must see the child as part of these enquiries unless they
Are satisfied that s/he is safe through some other means;
* If as a result of these enquiries, they find that that their
Concerns are substantiated; they will hold a child protection conference and will possibly place a child's name on the child protection register;
* If they do, they will appoint a key worker and hold a core group
Meeting to draw up a full child protection plan. This plan will detail, amongst other things, what they are concerned about regarding the child and what they expect the parent/carer to do to overcome their concerns;
* They do not have the power to remove a child from the parents
Unless the parents agree or they have a court order (either an emergency protection order or a care order) to authorize them to do this;
* The child's name can only be removed from a child protection
Register by a subsequent child protection review conference.
David
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By way of background, the legal position with regard to child protection is as follows:
* The local authority is under a statutory duty, imposed by s.47
Children Act, to make enquiries where they suspect that a child is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm;
* They must see the child as part of these enquiries unless they
Are satisfied that s/he is safe through some other means;
* If as a result of these enquiries, they find that that their
Concerns are substantiated; they will hold a child protection conference and will possibly place a child's name on the child protection register;
* If they do, they will appoint a key worker and hold a core group
Meeting to draw up a full child protection plan. This plan will detail, amongst other things, what they are concerned about regarding the child and what they expect the parent/carer to do to overcome their concerns;
* They do not have the power to remove a child from the parents
Unless the parents agree or they have a court order (either an emergency protection order or a care order) to authorize them to do this;
* The child's name can only be removed from a child protection
Register by a subsequent child protection review conference.
David
[glow=red,2,300]FAMILIESFORJUSTICE[/glow]
[shadow=red,left,300]WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY DO NEEDS TO BE QUESTIONED![/shadow]
