Safeguarding Children Procedures
This section of the website provides access to a downloadable version of the multi-agency safeguarding children procedures for Kent and Medway.
This information is applicable to organisations based in the local authority area of Medway. If your organisation is based in the local authority area for Kent County Council, you should contact the Kent Safeguarding Children Board for guidance applicable to you :
Additional protocols to those in the What are the Kent & Medway Safeguarding Children Procedures can be found below.
Kent & Medway Safeguarding Children Procedures
Exchange of Information Protocol For the Investigation of Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Cases (pdf, 196kb)
Other Policies and procedures
A Framework for Safeguarding Practice Reflection (pdf, 28kb)
CDOP Responding to Unexpected Deaths Guidance 2011 (pdf, 122kb)
CDOP Terms of reference 2011 (pdf, 69kb)
Procedures & Practice Guidance for Working with Young People who are Sexually Active (pdf, 182kb)
Dealing with Allegations Against Professionals - LADO Flowchart (pdf, 178kb)
Model Child Protection Policy for Schools (pdf, 202kb)
Serious Case/Lessons Learned Review Procedures & Practice Guidance (pdf, 466kb)
Model Use of Cameras in Schools Policy (pdf, 132kb)
Visitors to Schools Protocol (pdf, 42.7kb)
Children Missing from Foster and Residential care and Home (pdf, 138 kb)
Children Out of School Strategy (pdf, 59kb)
Children not Collected from School (pdf, 30kb )
Safer Recruitment (pdf, 154kb)
Working with Unco-operative Families (pdf, 110kb)
MSCB AGENCY Action Plan Template (pdf, 29kb)
MSCB Action Plan Guidance (pdf, 34kb)
Guide to developing a child protection policy and practice guidance for private and voluntary organisations (pdf, 231kb. MS Word Doc, 478kb)