Document Index by Area of Concern

Physical Abuse          

• Argyll and Bute Equal protection from assault multi-agency guidance
• Recognition and management of maltreatment in infants (Children under the age of 1)

Sexual Abuse

• Responding to concerns where children are engaged in underage sexual activity. 
• Argyll and Bute Responding to children and young people displaying sexually harmful behaviours protocol.
• Argyll and Bute Child sexual abuse (CSE) Guidance.
• Argyll and Bute CSE screening tool.
• Argyll and Bute Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) protocol.

Child Trafficking  

• Argyll and Bute Child Trafficking Protocol

Neglect         

• Argyll and Bute Assessment of Care toolkit

Domestic Abuse           

• Argyll and Bute Children affected by domestic abuse referral pathway

Pre-birth       

• Argyll and Bute Pre-birth referral pathway

Substance Misuse     

• Practitioners guide to working with children and young people affected by parental substance misuse (GOPR)

Mental Health            

• Practitioners guide to children and young people affected by parental mental health.
• Young people at risk of self-harm or suicide.

Working with Resistance

• Working with parental resistance practitioner’s portfolio.

Child/Adult Protection Interface

• Argyll and Bute Joint guidance on the interface between child and adult protection
• Argyll and Bute Young person’s support and protection protocol. 

Historical Abuse      

• Responding to allegations of historical reports of abuse.

Assessment and Reflective Supervision           

• National risk framework to support the assessment of children and young people. 
• Generic risk indicators sheet
• Matrix related risk indicator sheet
• Resistance related risk indicator sheet
• Risk analysis record sheet
• A guide to making best use of chronologies
• Argyll and Bute Multi-agency reflective supervision guidance

Child Protection Meetings

• Argyll and Bute IRD protocol
• Argyll and Bute IRD recording form
• Argyll and Bute Practice note on attending child protection planning meetings and core groups.
• Argyll and Bute Guidance for completing child’s plan for children on the child protection register.
• Argyll and Bute Chairing a child protection core group.