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CHILD PROTECTIONSEMINARWELCOME
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• Tony Rodgers
• Assistant Director Social Services
• SHSSB
• Southern Area Child Protection Committee Chairman

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• CHILD PROTECTION
• IS
• EVERYBODYS
• BUSINESS

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• LEGISLATIVE REMIT
• GUIDANCE/ PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
• RELEVANT STATISTICS
• TYPES OF ABUSE
• THE REALITY/ DILEMMAS
• CONCLUSION

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LEGISLATIVE REMIT

• Children (N.I) Order 1995
• Sexual Offences Act 2003
• Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
  Order (N.I) 2005
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill

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Guidance/ Procedural requirements

• Co-operating to Safeguard Children - May 2003
• Regional Area Child Protection Committees Policy
  and Procedure

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ACPC Policy ProcedureRole and Responsibilities

• To develop, agree and review policies and
  procedures for inter-agency work to protect
  children.
• To communicate clearly to individuals services
  and professional groups their shared
  responsibility for protecting children, and to
  explain how that responsibility can be fulfilled.

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Co-operating to Safeguard Children

• Para 3.88
• Staff employed by local councils and those
  contracted for work with children may become
  involved in child protection cases either because
  of suspicions or allegations in respect of their
  own conduct with children or because, during
  their duties, they become aware of the
  possibility of abuse having been perpetrated by
  others

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Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005) Child Protection Investigations Completed during the year ended 31 March (2000 - 2005)

Investigation Categories 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005
Investigation Categories No. No. No. No. No. No.
Joint Protocol 757 30.1 470 19.9 441 19.4 417 19.4 391 20.3 381 19.1
Social Workers 1,702 67.8 1,840 78.0 1,786 78.7 1,696 78.9 1,510 78.3 1,592 79.6
Police 52 2.1 50 2.1 43 1.9 36 1.7 27 1.4 27 1.4
                         
Total 2,511 100.0 2,360 100.0 2,270 100.0 2,149 100.0 1,928 100.0 2,000 100.0
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Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 ) Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 ) Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 ) Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 ) Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 ) Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 ) Number of Children on the Child Protection Register by Category of Abuse at 31 March 2001 - 2005 )
Category of Abuse 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005
Category of Abuse No No No No No
Neglect, Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse              
Main Category - Neglect 11 0.8 5 0.3 6 0.4 1 0.1 4 0.3
Main Category - Physical Abuse 1 0.1 4 0.3 1 0.1 8 0.6 6 0.4
Main Category - Sexual Abuse 1 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 5 0.3
Neglect and Physical Abuse              
Main Category - Neglect 38 2.7 20 1.3 28 1.7 25 1.8 39 2.4
Main Category - Physical Abuse 49 3.5 84 5.5 91 5.7 97 6.8 114 7.2
Neglect and Sexual Abuse              
Main Category - Neglect 10 0.7 7 0.5 8 0.5 8 0.6 17 1.1
Main Category - Sexual Abuse 18 1.3 22 1.4 15 0.9 22 1.6 32 2.0
Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse              
Main Category - Physical Abuse 28 2.0 18 1.2 26 1.6 21 1.5 23 1.4
Main Category - Sexual Abuse 7 0.5 14 0.9 2 0.1 10 0.7 7 0.4
Neglect (only) 526 37.2 625 40.8 651 40.5 509 35.9 554 34.8
Physical Abuse (only) 340 24.0 359 23.4 376 23.4 330 23.3 316 19.8
Sexual Abuse (only) 189 13.4 159 10.4 178 11.1 164 11.6 234 14.7
Emotional Abuse (only) 196 13.9 212 13.8 224 13.9 220 15.5 242 15.2
Total 1,414 100.0 1,531 100.0 1,608 100.0 1,417 100.0 1,593 100.0
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Types of Abuse

• Physical
• Emotional
• Sexual
• Neglect

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• The Reality/ Dilemmas

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• CHILD PROTECTION
• IS
• EVERYBODYS
• BUSINESS