Useful documents

The documents on this page provide detailed or background information about safeguarding children.

Related documents

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• Information Sharing Guidance (625KB)
• ContactPoint factsheet August 2008 (64.9KB)
• ContactPoint questions and answers August 2008 (34.3KB)
• Parenting Handbook 2007 (4427kb)
• Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board Business Plan 2007 - 2010 (911kb)
• Meeting the Needs of Children in Derbyshire v2 June 07 (748kb)
• Licensing act 2003 - Guidance for applicants (22kb)
• Derbyshire Children's Trust Information Sharing agreement and guidance (204kb)
• Practice guidelines for voluntary and private organisations (178kb)
• Working Together to Safeguard Children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (1267kb)
• What to do if you're worried a child is being abused 2006 (summary) (181kb)
• Multi-Agency Child Referral Form - version 2 (63.6kb)
• Making it Happen 2006 (1902kb)