CYSCP Practice Guidance

Please see below a list of all the CYSCP multi-agency Practice Guidance.

Babies and Pregnancy

Safeguarding Unborn Babies - Pre Birth Guidance

Multi-agency Practice Guidance: Concealed, Denied or Late Presentation of Pregnancy

North Yorkshire and City of York Managing Injuries to Non-independently Mobile Children Practice Guidance and Information guide for professionals to give to parents re Managing Injuries to Non-Independently Mobile Children

CYSCP Children Missing Education Practice Guidance

CYSCP Exploitation Guidance

CYSCP Exploitation Guidance Please note although this has recently been updated, a new version will be available in the next couple of weeks to reflect the new NRM pilot.

CYSCP Fabricated and Induced Illness Practice Guidance

**CYSCP Fabricated and Induced Illness Practice Guidance and Chronology The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have produced Perplexing Presentations (PP)/Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) in Children guidance. This is an update of the 2009 RCPCH guidance, which aims to better support paediatricians when involved with PP orFII. It provides procedures for safeguarding children who present with PP orFII and best practice advice in the medical management of these cases to minimise harm to children. While written primarily for paediatricians, this guidance is also of relevance to social care workers, GPs and other health care specialists.

Updates in the 2021 guidance include:

Updated definitions of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), PP and a wider view of FII.
Alerting signs are not evidence of FII but indicators of possible FII and, if associated with possible harm to the child, they amount to general safeguarding concerns.
The focus must be on the harm to the child rather than the perceived severity or type of caregiver motivations, actions and behaviours.
Unless there is risk of immediate, serious harm to the child’s health or life, caregivers can be informed (not seeking consent from) about the need for sharing information between different professionals involved in the child’s life.
Responsibility for the initial management, including collating of current health involvement, is with the responsible paediatric consultant.
A Health and Education Rehabilitation Plan is an essential feature of management in all cases of FII, whether or not children’s social care are involved.
This guidance presents the current view and supersedes previous RCPCH guidance on the subject.

** Please note: The CYSCP Fabricated and Induced Illness Practice Guidance is currently being reviewed and will be updated following this latest guidance on Perplexing Presentations**

CYSCP Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Practice Guidance

CYSCP FGM Practice Guidance

CYSCP Guidance on Resolution of Disputes

CYSCP Private Fostering Practice Guidance

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) Service: Managing Allegations Against Staff and Volunteers Practice Guidance

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) Service: Managing Allegations Against Staff and Volunteers Practice Guidance

North Yorkshire and City of York Criminal Exploitation and County Lines Practice Guidance

North Yorkshire and City of York Criminal Exploitation and County Lines Practice Guidance PLEASE NOTE THIS GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW

Safer York Partnership Working with Individuals Vulnerable to Extremism: City of York Practice Guidance

Self Harm and Suicide Behaviour Guidance

The City of York Self Harm and Suicide Behaviour Guidance PLEASE NOTE THIS GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW