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5.06 2 Children's Social Care, 5.6.3 Police

5.6.2 CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE

• Physical abuse or neglect where criminal proceedings are unlikely

• Neglect of a minor nature (e.g through inappropriate supervision or poor parenting skills)

• Sexual abuse arising from indirect suspicions or over sexualised behaviour or concerns raised by other professionals.

• When a Schedule One Offender moves into the area and has contact with children.

5.6.3 POLICE

• Persons aged 17 or over making an allegation of abuse which occurred in childhood.
NB: If the abuser currently has contact with children, this will be referred to Social Care for further enquiries (single or joint according to the circumstances) about the safety of children in the household. (See Section on Organised Abuse in Specific Circumstances).

• Where the alleged abuser is not known to the child or the child’s family (i.e. stranger abuse) providing there are no current child protection concerns arising from the case.