Safeguarding Children and Young People in Health

No.
 Objectives
 Measurable Actions
 Timescale
 Lead
 Outcomes
1.
 Health Trusts will conduct SCR/case audits in line with inter-agency safeguarding procedures and within recommended timescales

Ensure feedback to the LSCB and development of appropriate action planning & review implementation

Co-ordinate with B&P LSCB to ensure all learning from Pan Dorset SCR is shared

SCR / case audits undertaken with regard to Ofsted gradings, and in line with any revision of Chapter 8 of Working Together

 

 

SMART Action Plans

 


Collated action plans from SCR and case audits with monitored progress reports

Ongoing / as appropriate
 Designated Professionals / SCR Panel
 Action Plans are undertaken and completed to support the learning from serious case reviews across the relevant health agencies.
2.
 In order to ensure that relevant health professionals have relevant understanding of safeguarding issues: -
To provide specific safeguarding training as need identified via:
  • Learning from SCRs /Case Audits/QA activity
  • Implementation of new policies/ procedures
  • Evaluation from e-learning package

Contribute to Task & Finish group on information sharing

Attendance registers from training events and numbers of candidates accessing each level of training

Evaluation / feedback from courses and e-learning

Referrals to safeguarding teams and record of advice given by safeguarding teams.

Records of outcomes from clinical supervision +/- audit of clinical supervision

Critical incident reporting

Outcomes from task group

Ongoing

Audit as agreed via audit plan

Task group - 6 months

Named & designated professionals for safeguarding in Health

 

 

 

 

Task group chair-
Designated Dr
(JD)

Health professionals are supported in their safeguarding practice by relevant training and the implementation of new policies and procedures
3.
 Perform proposed audits as per SCYPiH Audit Plan (which is regularly reviewed & updated).

Action the recommendations from audit.

Audit plan in place.

Outcomes from audit documented in plan and put into practice

Re-audit practice (audit cycle implemented)

Ongoing

Audit as agreed via audit plan		 Named & designated professionals for safeguarding in Health
 Audit processes achieve appropriate learning and improve practice.
4.
 To ensure that health agencies have clear referral processes and agreed thresholds for intervention in order to effectively safeguard children.

To undertake this by working with partner agencies to determine & agree ‘Thresholds for Intervention' for safeguarding children.

  • Minutes from meetings between Health & Social Care
  • Practitioner guide with agreed thresholds for intervention which can be used across agencies Pan Dorset.
  • Map resources available to practitioners in localities and link to levels of need/threshold interventions.

As scheduled

 

 

 

Dec 09

 

 

Dec 09 		Designated professionals
(DR / JD) with multi-agency thresholds group		 Clarity in respect of thresholds for intervention is established and understood by health professionals
5.
 Collect data on:
  • childhood accidents
  • NAI
  • Alcohol / substance use in young people
  • Self harm in young people
 Numbers of children attending A&E / MIU with:
-household accidents
-RTA's
-other

Number of children / young people admitted to hospital because of:
- alcohol / substance use
- Deliberate self harm
- NAI

Annual data collection by Trusts
 Named Professionals
 The data is able to provide information which will identify trends and indicate when a strategic health response may be needed
6.
 In order to ensure safe recruitment practices, - Action national recommendations from Government response to Second Joint Chief Inspectors' Report on Arrangements to Safeguard Children.
 Safer recruitment audit
  • data collection
  • evaluation

 Feb / Mar09

April 09

Named Professionals
Designated Dr		 All health recruitment processes are "safe".
7.
 Recommendation 13 - Relates to safe recruitment practices, including verification of references; checking employment history and gaps.
 Safer recruitment audit
  • data collection
  • evaluation

Feb / Mar09

April 09

Named Professionals
Designated Dr
 All health recruitment processes are "safe".
8.
 Update local & interagency procedures in line with ‘Working Together ...2006' in conjunction with LSCB partners
 Interagency procedures updated & agreed at Pan Dorset Policy & Procedures Group
Include statement re: Equality & Diversity in safeguarding procedures. (B&P LSCB objective 6)
 As scheduled via LSCBs
Via Pan Dorset PPP & Training groups
 Named / designated professionals
 Procedures are updated and available for use by health professionals