These documents define and guide the work of the Safeguarding Children Partnership throughout the year:

• Working together to safeguard children 2018 (GOV.UK)
• Safeguarding children annual report
• Self assessment audit 2021
• Children and Young People Plan 2023-26

Policies, procedures and documents

You can browse the Barnsley Safeguarding Children Partnership policies and procedures online, and find specific policies, procedures and documents below.

• Bruising or injury to a baby or child
• Safer sleeping guidelines
• Serious incident notification and rapid review process
• Escalation policy and escalation of child safeguarding issue form
• Child Protection Conference report template
• Child Protection medicals - currently under review by Barnsley Hospital, June 2023
• Neglect Matters strategy
• Anti bullying strategy 2022-25
• Commitment to tackling bullying and harassment of young people
• Integrated care pathways for pre-birth assessments - currently under review, June 2023
• South Yorkshire children missing from home and care protocol 2021 - currently under review, June 2023
• South Yorkshire Police intelligence referral form - to pass on information about contextual safeguarding to the police (only when not meeting the threshold for a referral to social care and the child is not at risk).