National Child Protection Guidance
The National Child Protection Guidance is designed to help social workers, police, health professionals and others better protect Scotland's most vulnerable children. It was launched in December 2010, following a comprehensive stakeholder review of child protection procedures throughout Scotland, the first such review since 1998, and will be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure it remains up-to-date. The guidance covers news areas of practice such as children affected by parental substance misuse, working with non-engaging families and child trafficking, and is based on the principles of Getting it right for every child.
Other Key Guidance
Within the overarching national guidance, more detailed guidance on specific issues has been produced on the following issues.
• Child Protection Committees: Guidance on Child Protection Committees (2005).
• Significant case reviews: Protecting Children and Young People: Interim Guidance for Child Protection Committees for Conducting a Significant Case Review (2007).
• Children affected by parental substance misuse and child protection: Getting our priorities right (2003).
• Child trafficking: Safeguarding Children in Scotland who may have been Trafficked (2008).
• Underage sexual activity and child protection: Under-age Sexual Activity: Meeting the Needs of Children and Young People and Identifying Child Protection Concerns (2010).