Standards & Criteria
Introduction
Standards and criteria are relevant to quality assurance. They are also of use to practitioners working with children and their families as a framework. The standards reflect the requirements set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and will change over time.
NYSCP’s Standards and Criteria document lays out the multi-agency expectations in respect of:
- Strategy Discussions
- Child Protection Conferences
- Reports to Child Protection Conferences
- Child Protection Conference Documents and Minutes
- Child Protection Plans
- Core Groups
- Child and Family Plan Meeting (Child in Need Meetings)
- Assessment Standards
- Serious Incident Notification Involving Children
- Private Fostering
Key Terminology
| Terminology | Definition |
| Standard | A “broad objective” describing the quality of service expected or aspired to. Performance can be assessed against this level |
| Criteria | A way to demonstrate compliance with the standard |
| ICPC | Initial Child Protection Conference |
| RCPC | Review Child Protection Conference |
| TCPC | Transfer Child Protection Conference |
| CIN | Child in Need |
| CSC | Children’s Social Care |
| CFS | Children and Families Service |
| CPP | Child Protection Plan |
| IRO | Independent Reviewing Officer |
| NYAS | National Youth Advocacy service |
| ABE | Achieving Best Evidence |
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