Amendments
2025
February 2025
Working Together to Support Young Carers, Parent Carers and their Families | This chapter was added to the manual in February 2025. |
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This protocol was added to the manual in February 2025. | |
In February 2025 amendments were made to the definition of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in line with further revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children. | |
In February 2025, this chapter was updated. | |
This chapter was refreshed in February 2025. | |
This chapter was refreshed in February 2025. | |
In February 2025 this chapter was revised in line with updated government guidance. | |
This chapter was updated in February 2025, Section 15, Appendices was updated. | |
This chapter was added to the manual in February 2025. | |
This chapter was refreshed in February 2025. | |
This chapter was refreshed in February 2025. | |
This chapter was updated in February 2025 to include information on Stalking Protection Orders. | |
In February 2025 this chapter was updated in line with the Online Safety Act 2023. Also, information in relation to sexual coerced extortion was added. | |
Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers | In February 2025, links to Education Supply Chains - A Better Hiring Toolkit and Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets (GOV.UK) were added in Section 9, Further Information. |
In February 2025, this chapter was refreshed. |
2024
August 2024
This chapter was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in August 2024. | |
This practice guidance was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024 in line with the changes to the Working Together to Safeguard Children. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024 a new Section 6, Non-Fatal Strangulation was added. Definitions were also updated in line with revised Working Together to Safeguard Children which now uses the statutory definition of domestic abuse in Domestic Abuse Act 2021. | |
Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication Skills during Police investigations | This chapter was refreshed in August 2024. |
This guidance was updated in August 2024. | |
Arrangements for Children who are Subject to a Child Protection Plan | This chapter was refreshed in August 2024. |
This chapter was updated in August 2024. | |
This guidance was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in August 2024. | |
This protocol was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in August 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2024 in line with the changes to the Working Together to Safeguard Children. | |
In August 2024 Section 7, NHS Data Sharing was refreshed and updated. A new section was also added on Other Harmful Practices. The Health and Care Act 2022 has made it illegal to carry out, offer or aid and abet virginity testing or hymenoplasty in any part of the UK. It is also illegal for UK nationals and residents to do these things outside the UK. Information has also been added on Breast Flattening which is an offence as set out in CPS So-Called Honour-Based Abuse Legal Guidance. |
April 2024
This chapter was refreshed in April 2024 and additional links were added into Further Information. | |
In April 2024, a new subsection 'Principles' was added into Section 2, Serious Violence Duty to include information from the Ofsted Framework Joint Targeted Area Inspections of the Multi-agency Response to Serious Youth Violence. Information in relation to Serious Violence Reduction Orders was also added into Section 2, Serious Violence Duty. | |
This chapter was refreshed in April 2024 and links to additional guidance were added into Further Information. | |
This chapter was added to the manual in April 2024. | |
In April 2024, this document was updated. | |
This chapter was refreshed in April 2024. | |
In April 2024, a new Section 3, Safe Sleeping was added. | |
This chapter was refreshed in April 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in April 2024. | |
In April 2024, this chapter was refreshed. | |
This chapter was added in April 2024. | |
This chapter was refreshed in April 2024. |
2023
August 2023
This chapter was refreshed in August 2023. Section 5.19, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements was updated to include information on the extension of the duty to co-operate under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. A link to Matters of Concern, Safeguarding Concerns, Allegations and Complaints for Children in Custody – Youth Custody Service (Youth Justice Resource Hub) was added into Section 5.9, The Secure Estate for Children. A new Section 2, Serious Violence Duty was also added. | |
In August 2023, information in relation to the Serious Violence Duty was added into Section 8, National Guidance in Information Sharing. | |
This chapter was updated in August 2023. |
July 2023
This chapter was updated in August 2023. |
