Glossaries

See also: Child Protection Plan (CPP) Children’s Social Care has a responsibility to children in need of protection – under […]

Can also be described as Self-Mutilation, Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) and now the preferred description, Self-injury. Self-Injury is defined by NICE

A risk which is life threatening and/or traumatic and from which recovery, whether physical or psychological, can be expected to

Help and support children and young people 0-18 years with a disability or additional need and their families, to try

The Children Act 1989 introduced Significant Harm as the continuum of need that justifies compulsory intervention in family life in

Somerset Direct is Somerset Council’s call centre.

Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service is a specialist all-age drug and alcohol treatment service. It works with: People of any

Somerset Integrated Domestic Abuse Service (SIDAS) is Somerset’s main service to provide support to men, women and children who are

Provide help and support to children and young people aged 0-18 years with severe learning and/or physical difficulties.

Special Educational Needs and Disability – A child or young person has SEND if they have a learning difficulty or