Child Safeguarding Level 3 (to include update on L2) UK HCP only

Safeguarding children level 3 is for clinical staff (working with children, young

people and/or their parents/ carers and/or any adult who could pose a risk to

children), who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening

and/ or evaluating the needs of a child or young person and/or parenting

capacity. This session will also include an update for L2 Child safeguarding.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain how to utilise a child/family-focused approach to identify signs of child maltreatment
• Explain the importance of early identification of risk factors in the lives of the parents and the children
• Determine the appropriate level of support intervention case-by-case
• Explain the principles of assessments and how these can be put into practice
• Describe the common assessment framework and list its domains
• Determine the appropriate level of information sharing case-by-case
• Illustrate how information is shared, recorded and evidence is gathered, including chronologies and body maps
• Explain how findings from forensic examinations are presented to meet clinical and legal requirements
• Describe how to effectively contribute to multi-agency groups
• Describe the issues surrounding misdiagnosis, uncertainty and risk
• Explain how important communication with children is including helping them to participate in decisions
• Describe the issues around working with uncooperative parents and families and how to overcome
• Explain how peer reviews and supervision can help provide support and expertise
• Describe how to identify ways to improve future practice when an individual is seriously harmed/dies as a result of maltreatment
• List the ways to escalate concerns