5.09 Making Section 47 Enquiries
5.9.1 CHILD PROTECTION REGISTER ENQUIRIES
The Child Protection Register Administrator holds information on behalf of the Safeguarding Children Board about all children who are on North Yorkshire’s Child Protection Register, or for whom there have been child protection concerns. It is the responsibility of the Social Care Manager involved in the Strategy Discussion to ensure that the Unit is contacted at the beginning of the child protection enquiries, to inform them of the concerns and to receive any relevant information. This may be carried out by a Social Worker. If the discussion occurs out of office hours, the Emergency Duty Team should be contacted for this discussion. This should take place in all circumstances, including those when the Social Worker is currently involved and once where there is no immediate trigger to the referral.
5.9.2 AGENCY CHECKS
The Social Worker must check with all agencies that may have relevant information about the child and their family. This will include a request for information from the Police. The timing of these checks and who was spoken to should be recorded on the appropriate documentation.
