The Coventry Safeguarding Children Board is made up of a group of people from different organisations. Its role is to focus on all areas of keeping children and young people safe in Coventry; this includes ensuring that the most vulnerable like those that have been abused or neglected are protected.
The inter-agency procedures manual describes the procedures that need to be followed by people working with children, if they suspect a child is likely to suffer significant harm.The inter-agency training programme April 2006-March 2007 covers child protection issues.
Further information about support for children and child protection is available from the City Council website and includes guidance about children who may need protection from harm. his includes details about who to contact if people have any concerns about a child.
Guidance about support for children in need (Word doc.120k) is also available in policy and procedures for looked after children.
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for Children and Young People shifts the focus from dealing with the consequences of difficulties in children's lives to preventing things from going wrong in the first place. It is a nationally standardised approach to conducting an assessment of the needs of a child or young person and deciding how those needs should be met.
