Welcome

Welcome

Welcome to the Scottish Borders Child Protection Committee website.

What do the Committee do?

The Scottish Borders Child Protection Committee has responsibility for improving the safety and protection of children and young people by:

developing effective working partnerships between organisations and the community.
providing child protection training and support to staff.
providing policies and procedures which everyone knows how to use and which work well to make our children and young people safer.
raising awareness about the need to improve the safety of our children and young people.

Vision, Values and Aims

Our Vision:

All children in the Scottish Borders have the right to grow up safe from abuse.

Our Values: (Beliefs)

Everyone in the Scottish Borders must take responsibility for keeping children safe from abuse
Children must be listened to and respected
Children must get the help they need when they need it
Children must be protected by timely and effective action
Communities and staff must work together to protect children

Our Corporate Objectives(through which we seek to achieve our vision)

To develop and keep under review clear and robust inter-agency child protection policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
To continuously seek improvements in service delivery and outcomes for children through effective multi-agency self evaluation, performance management and quality assurance processes
To embrace multi agency training needs; developing training programmes that complement and build upon the work of individual agencies
To work strategically ensuring the Child Protection Committee plans and priorities are clearly linked to other local and national plans and that key objectives are progressed through operational business planning
To communicate effectively about the work of the Child Protection Committee with staff in constituent services and agencies actively promoting effective communication, collaboration and co-operation
To raise public awareness of child protection issues within communities including among children and young people, regularly reviewing public information and communications strategy

How do we know we’ve done it?

Children are protected from abuse
Public understand their responsibilities and know who to contact if they have concerns
Our staff are trained and competent
Effective information sharing takes place
Communication
Polices and procedures are clear and understood
self evaluation and review of practice evidences continuous improvement

Membership of the Committee

The Committee is a a high-level group of representatives from the main agencies with a responsibility for the protection of children and young people. Membership and representation includes:

NHS Borders.
Lothian and Borders Police.
Local Authority Children and Families Social Work Services.
Local Authority Criminal Justice Social Work Services.
Local Authority Education Services.
Local Authority Housing Services.
Scottish Children's Reporters Administration.
the voluntary sector for children and young people.
the Procurator Fiscal Service

The Child Protection Lead Officer and Child Protection Support Team will also be in attendance.

Child Protection Procedures

Do you volunteer for a youth group or children’s club such as scouts, sports groups or church groups? Do you regularly work with parents of children under 16? If you answered ‘yes’ - you should be aware of the procedures . To access the Scottish Borders Child Protection Procedures click here

Adult Protection

If you are being harmed or you know about an adult who is being harmed, more information is available here.

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