For professionals
Regardless of your role, you play an important part in protecting children and young people in West Lothian.
You have the following responsibilities:
- To be aware of Edinburgh and Lothians Child Protection Procedures and your organisation's child protection policy / procedure
- To be alert to indicators of concern in children and young people you come into contact with
- To respond to concerns you have about a child by acting in accordance with your organisation's procedure.
The downloads below will support you in fulfilling these responsibilities:
- Edinburgh and the Lothians Multi-agency Child Protection Procedures 2023 (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 - Update 2023 (PDF, 4 MB)(opens new window)
- National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 – updated 2023: Practice Insights (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- Child Sexual Exploitation Guidance 2024 (PDF, 411 KB)(opens new window)
- Organised/large scale Child Sexual Exploitation Procedure 2024 (PDF, 401 KB)(opens new window)
- West Lothian Care and Risk Management (CaRM) Procedure (PDF, 168 KB)(opens new window)
- Information sharing 2019 (PDF, 115 KB)(opens new window)
- Human Trafficking Procedure (PDF, 347 KB)(opens new window)
- Children Missing from Local Authority Care (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- West Lothian Child Protection Committee Escalation/Dispute Resolution Procedure (PDF, 87 KB)(opens new window)
- Professional Curiosity - A Practitioner's Guide (PDF, 308 KB)(opens new window)
- NHSL Guideline Baby Bruising 2020 (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- Interagency FGM Procedures 2017 (PDF, 5 MB)(opens new window)
- Parental Mental Ill Health and the Impact on Parenting (PDF, 126 KB)(opens new window)
- Professional Referrals to Children & Families Social Work (PDF, 49 KB)(opens new window)
- National Guidance For Child Protection Committees Undertaking Learning Reviews (PDF, 1005 KB)(opens new window)
- West Lothian Child Protection Committee Learning Review Procedure (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
- Forced Marriage Guidance (PDF, 274 KB)(opens new window)
- 2024 Core Group Supervision (PDF, 94 KB)(opens new window)
- West Lothian Child Protection Committee Quality Assurance Framework (PDF, 104 KB)(opens new window)
- West Lothian Child Protection Committee - Transition Guidance (PDF, 171 KB)(opens new window)
- Challenging Conversations - A Guide For Practitioners (PDF, 390 KB)(opens new window)
- Working with Children and Young People who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour 2024 (PDF, 443 KB)(opens new window)
7 Minute Briefings
- 7 Minute briefing Child A (PDF, 441 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 Minute briefing - Professional Curiosity (PDF, 209 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 Minute briefing - Neglect Themed SCR (PDF, 633 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 minute Forced Marriage Briefing (PDF, 201 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 minute briefing ACRA (Age of Criminal Responsibility Act 2019) (PDF, 157 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 minute briefing - Learning Reviews (PDF, 142 KB)(opens new window)
- 7-Minute Briefing – The Scottish Child Interviewing Model (SCIM) (PDF, 146 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 minute briefings - Infants Learning Reviews (PDF, 227 KB)(opens new window)
- 7 - minute briefing - Unseen men (PDF, 221 KB)(opens new window)
- 7-minute briefing Child Sexual Exploitation 2024 (PDF, 220 KB)(opens new window)
- 7-minute briefing UNCRC (PDF, 191 KB)(opens new window)
Case Reviews
- SCR Child A (PDF, 570 KB)(opens new window)
- Neglect Themed SCR (PDF, 207 KB)(opens new window)
- Learning review: Taking forward findings from Initial and Significant Case Reviews (PDF, 424 KB)(opens new window)
- Executive Summary - Child F (PDF, 190 KB)(opens new window)
- Executive Summary - Significant Case Review for Child B (PDF, 234 KB)(opens new window)
I have been asked to attend a Child Protection Planning Meeting. What does that involve?
Everyone invited to a Child Protection Planning Meeting is expected to provide a report and attend the meeting. If at all possible you should ensure that parents/carers/children attending the meetings are aware of the content of your report. More detailed information about Child Protection Planning Meetings is on page 32 of the Edinburgh and Lothians Multi-agency Child Protection Procedures 2023.
Further information on your role is in the leaflet:
You should receive a copy of this with your invitation. Please take time to consider it, especially if you have not attended a Child Protection Case Conference very often.