Child Exploitation Screening Tool
Updated February 2022 A toolkit to assist with the identification of Child Exploitation of a child or young person Use the Interactive Tool
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SSCP reports and publications
Multi-Agency Step Up, Step Down Protocol
This protocol describes the application of Step-Up and Step-Down mechanisms across Somerset to ensure a seamless journey for children, young people and their families across all services. It also describes processes where services may Step-In to families’ lives as their needs change. Good practice requires all practitioners working with children, young people and their families
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Children Missing from Home or Care in Somerset
Updated: November 2025 Every missing episode should be robustly responded to. Agencies and professionals in Somerset must work together to ensure a consistent and effective response is given to the child upon their return. This multi-agency protocol aims to support this and highlight how all agencies working with children in Somerset must work together to
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Pre-Birth Planning Toolkit
Updated: November 2024 Hospital Risk Assessment added to useful resources. Updated: August 2024 Updates to the Pre-birth safeguarding plan template:
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Family Strengths and Needs Toolkit
Updated: November 2024 A toolkit to assist with the identification of neglect of a child or young person To complement the Southwest Child Protection Procedures (SWCCP), the Family Strengths and Needs Toolkit has been designed to assist professionals in identifying and assessing children and young people who are at risk of and experiencing neglect. The Toolkit should
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Resolving Professional Differences Protocol
Updated: September 2025 There will be times when there are differences of opinions about how best to support a child and family, and the intervention required by different agencies. In the first instance, attempts should be made to resolve differences using the Resolving Professional Differences Protocol (Steps 1 & 2 – informal) within agencies to
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Somerset Neglect Strategy
This strategy sets out key multi-agency objectives for tackling neglect in Somerset.
Somerset Children and Young People’s Plan
The Somerset Children and Young People’s Plan sets out a shared vision to keep children and young people in Somerset safe and ensure they can grow up in a child friendly county that supports them to be happy, healthy and prepared for adulthood. Taking a whole family approach, we will support our families to be
Action Plan Verification Form
This quality assurance form has been designed to ensure that multi-agency and single agency Learning Review recommendations and actions have been addressed, the learning has been embedded in practice, and impact has been evaluated.