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Supporting the child

Information on how you can best support a child's emotional and physical health, education and relationships whether or not children's social care and/or the police are currently involved.

 

The child's wellbeing

Supporting the child's emotional health and wellbeing
Supporting the child's physical health
Supporting the child's relationships with their family and friends
Supporting the child's education

Supporting a child before statutory agencies are involved

Supporting a child and documenting your concerns before a referral or report is made
Making a referral to children’s social care or a report to the police

Supporting a child if statutory agencies do not get involved or end their involvement

When children's social care/MASH or the police decide not to progress the referral/report
When criminal justice agencies are no longer involved
Children's social care end their involvement

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Communicating with children

Our Communicating with children guide offers essential guidance on how to support children with a variety of different communication needs, to help you provide more children with the opportunity to communicate what happened to them.

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Recording signs and indicators

Our Signs and indicators template is designed to provide a common language amongst professionals to discuss, record and share concerns that a child is being, or has been, sexually abused. 

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Supporting parents and carers

Our Supporting parents and carers guide helps professionals understand more about how child sexual abuse affects parents and their children, when concerns have been raised or identified, so that they can support them effectively.

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