Pre-Birth Planning Toolkit
Updated: August 2024 Updates to the Pre-birth safeguarding plan template:
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Effective Support for Children and Families in Somerset
Updated: June 2024 This guidance aims to assist professional assessment around the provision of effective support for children and families in Somerset. It covers unborn babies, children and young people aged 0 -18 years, (up to age 25 with special educational needs and disability) and should be used alongside statutory guidance for each agency. Latest
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Healthcare Systems Within Somerset
This bitesize briefing outlines the different components of the healthcare system in Somerset.
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Parental Responsibility
Guidance on ‘Who has Parental Responsibility’ Author: Dr Nadya James (nadya.james@nhs.net): Consultant Community Paediatrician, Designated Doctor, MA for Adoption, EMCYPSAS, Nottingham Children’s Hospital.
Pre-Birth Safeguarding Plan and Discharge Planning Meeting agenda
Updated: August 2024 The purpose of this plan is to agree what support is needed whilst the baby is in hospital and to consider any safeguarding concerns. This plan will usually be completed at a meeting with the parents present, on the rare occasions where this is not possible, this plan may be agreed through
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Strategy Discussions – Practice Guidance
Whenever there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm there should be a strategy discussion involving local authority children’s social care (including the residential or fostering service, if the child is looked-after), the police, health and other involved agencies such as the referring agency.
Rapid Review Key Event Chronology Form
Form to assist with identifying the Rapid Review key event chronology.
Allegations Management Procedure Information for parents and carers
Updated: February 2024 This leaflet summarises how we deal with allegations against people who work with children and young people in Somerset.
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