Policies and procedures
A core function of Salford Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) is developing procedures and policies for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Many of the Greater Manchester Procedures were adopted from 19th March 2013. Direct access to the Greater Manchester (GM) Safeguarding Children Procedures Manual is available.
Local polices and procedures
Salford policies, procedures, guidance and toolkits can be accessed from the drop down menu below and via the relevant sections of the SSCP website where appropriate.
If you cannot see the policy you are searching for please also check the 'Pathways from GM Procedures to Salford Practice' below.
- Challenging behaviour strategy (Adobe PDF format, 832kb)
- Children living with substance misusing parents (Adobe PDF format, 133kb)
- Children missing from education
- E-Safety Practice Guidance (Adobe PDF format, 638kb)
- Effective challenge and escalation procedure (Adobe PDF format 518kb)
- Joint Working Protocol - SCC Children's Services & Achieve Recovery (Adobe PDF format, 483 kb)
- Lead Professional Handbook (Adobe PDF format, 630kb)
- Practice Review Policy and toolkit (Adobe PDF format, 889kb)
- Responding to extremism (UNDER REVIEW)
- Risk management of known offenders (Adobe PDF format, 76kb)
- Safe recruitment policy (Adobe PDF format, 1mb)
- Safe recruitment good practice guide (Microsoft Word format, 416kb)
- Salford Safer Sleeping Policy Guidance April 2021 (Adobe PDF format, 1.12mb)
- Safeguarding Children in Jewish Establishments (Adobe PDF format, 479kb)
- Safeguarding template for voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises
- Salford standards across adult and children safeguarding (Adobe PDF format, 104kb)
- Schools safeguarding children policy template (2021)
- Schools safeguarding children audit tool (2021)
- Signs of Safety Report Template - Initial Child Protection Case Conference (Microsoft Word format, 334kb)
- Signs of Safety Report Template - Review Child Protection Case Conference (Microsoft Word format, 334kb)
- Support and Safeguarding: Helping Children to Thrive Guidance 2022 (formerly the 'Thresholds of Need')
- Supporting Guidance for Children's and Adults Services in responding to Safeguarding Concerns
- Think Child Guidance (Adobe PDF format, 242kb)
- Unregistered Provision Procedure (Adobe PDF format, 455kb)
- Whistleblowing policy for schools April 2021
- Working with resistant families (Adobe PDF format, 124kb)
- Young Person's Plan (YPP) (Adobe PDF format, 1 mb)
North West Inter-Local Authority Transfer Process
- NW Children in Need Moving across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure 2021
- NW Notification and Transfer of Children Subject of Child Protection Plans across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure 2021
- NW Pre-Care and Care Proceedings Notification and Transfer across Local Authority Boundaries Procedure 2021
Pathways from GM procedures to Salford practice
The introduction of GM-wide procedures will lead to increased consistency of practice. But there will, for the time being, still be some local variations. In this section we describe how, for specific procedures, the GM versions should be interpreted for implementation in Salford. This is where 'Pathway Guidance' will assist. The Pathway Guidance can be accessed here.
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The best way to keep up to date with new procedures, or amendments to existing procedures, is to register for alerts. To do this go to the Register for Alerts page and complete the brief online form.
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