Addressing child protection

   Appendices 1 & 2

Appendix 1

An example of a Care Committee, convened by a local school

This Committee meets twice per term to pool information on students who are presenting a cause for concern.

The committee consists of:

• All Heads of Year
• Pastoral Co-ordinator
• School Nurse
• School’s Child Protection Officer
• Special Needs Co-ordinator
• Police Liaison Officer
• Representatives from Social Services
• Attached Youth Worker
• School Counsellor
• Primary School Liaison link
• Education Welfare Officer

The names of the students and their dates of birth will be circulated one week before the meeting together with the names of siblings and their schools where known.

The minutes of the meeting will not name individual students - members of the committee are expected to keep confidential notes on students they have an interest in. The Head of Year concerned will make notes for the student’s file.

Any member of the Care Committee can put forward a student’s name for discussion.

Any information relating to a Case Conference or a child on the at-risk register will be discussed in private.

The Pastoral Co-ordinator will organise and run the meeting.

Provided by Mike Eden, Development Officer, Alcohol Concern

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Appendix 2

Members of the Expert Group

Professor Richard Velleman – Director of Mental Health Research and Development Unit and Professor of Mental Health Research at the University of Bath
David Harding-Price – Royal College of Nursing
Philippa Gibson – Association of Directors of Social Services
Elizabeth Cullen – Guardian ad litem
Lorna Templeton – Deputy Manager, Senior Researcher of the Alcohol, Drugs and the Family Research Programme at the Mental Health Research Unit at Bath University
Wendy Robinson – Independent Consultant
Sue Baker – Independent Consultant and Alcohol Concern
Richard Phillips - Alcohol Concern
Pauline Byers – Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association