Annual Report 2021 Glossary

On this page you will find a glossary of common safeguarding terms used in the annual report

ABUSE and NEGLECT	Forms of maltreatment of a child
ACES	Adverse Childhood Experiences – highly stressful, and potentially traumatic, events or situations that occur during childhood and/or adolescence
ASSESSMENT	Process of determining the needs of a child, the level of risk to them, and the services needed to support improved outcomes
CAFCASS	Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
CAMHS	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
CCG	Clinical Commissioning Group    – commissions health services
CDOP	Child Death Overview Panel    – reports on every child death
CE	Child Exploitation – term for all forms of exploitation of children, including criminal and sexual exploitation
CHANNEL	Channel is a multi-agency safeguarding programme run in every local authority in England and Wales. It works to support vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism
CIN	Child in Need    – social care intervention to ensure child’s needs are met
CLA	Child who is Looked After
CONTEXTUAL SAFEGUARDING	Refers to safeguarding risks from outside of the family home, for example online grooming
CP	Child Protection    – social care intervention to ensure child suffering or at risk of significant harm is kept safe
CSE	Child Sexual Exploitation    – child(ren) sexually exploited by adults
CSPR	Child Safeguarding Practice Review – a statutory review undertaken by the WSCP
CWP	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
CYPD	Children and Young People’s Department    – local authority children’s services
DA	Domestic Abuse    – wide term for all aspects of domestic oppression
DBS	Disclosure and Barring Service    – undertake criminal record checks
DV	Domestic Violence – incidents of domestic abuse
EHAT	Early Help Assessment Tool – a multi-agency assessment used in cases below the children’s social care threshold
FGM	Female Genital Mutilation    – illegal practice of female circumcision
FM	Forced Marriage – unlawful practice of marrying off girls and women without their consent
FSW	Family Support Worker    – helps families who experience difficulties
HBV	Honour Based Violence    – crimes committed to defend so called ‘honour’, often within families
HWBB	Health & Wellbeing Board    – local body to set strategy to improve wellbeing
IFD	Integrated Front Door – the single front door for contacts and referrals into children’s services
IRO	Independent Reviewing Officer    – ensure plans for children who are looked after or subject to CP plans are robust
JSNA	Joint Strategic Needs Assessment    – identifies health and wellbeing needs
LADO	Local Authority Designated Officer for Allegations – oversees process for investigating allegations against people in positions of trust
LP	Lead Professional    – leads a multi-agency intervention for a child
MAPPA	Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements    – management of offenders
MARAC	Multi-agency Risk Assessment Conference    – to discuss risks to victims of domestic abuse
MASH	Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub   – enables rapid information sharing
MFC/ MFH	Missing from Care/ Home
NATIONAL PANEL	A government panel who oversee the CSPR process across the country
OFSTED	Office for Standards in Education    – inspects children’s services, schools and colleges
OPERATION ENCOMPASS	– Police initiative to inform schools of DV call outs with children present
PREVENT	Prevent is a part of the government’s counter terrorism strategy, which aims to stop people being drawn into radical or terrorist activity
QA	Quality Assurance
RAPID REVIEW	WSCP led multi-agency review to determine whether the threshold for a CSPR is met
S11	Section 11 (of the Children Act)    – organisations safeguarding responsibilities, audited by the WSCP
S17	Section 17 (of the Children Act)    – criteria for Child in Need
S47	Section 47 (of the Children Act)    – criteria for Child Protection
S175	Section 175 (of the Education Act)    – schools safeguarding responsibilities, audited by the WSCP
SAPB	Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board – adult services version of the WSCP
SUDIC	Sudden Unexpected Death of an infant or child
VCF	Voluntary, Community and Faith    – term for all non statutory agencies
WT 2018	Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018    – latest edition of multi-agency statutory guidance
WSCP	Wirral Safeguarding Children Partnership    – our local safeguarding partnership
WUTH	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
YJS	Youth Justice Service

 

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Introduction
Background
Journey of the Child
Key Activity
Multi-agency Working
Progress Against Priorities
Business Plan