• Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked
• Modern Slavery
• Safeguarding Children and Young People at Risk of Criminal Exploitation

• Police Guidance Regarding Indecent Images of Children and the Issuing of Police Cautions.

• Putting Children First (Meeting the Needs of Children and Families in Lincolnshire);
• Pre-Trial Therapy Protocol for Children Standing Trial for Criminal Offences.

This chapter has been significantly reviewed to update the timescales during which a strategy meeting must be held for the Child Protection Pathway.  In cases which seem likely to follow the child protection pathway the strategy meeting must take place at 28 weeks gestation and where the significant harm threshold is deemed met and ICPC should be convened but no earlier than at 30 weeks gestation.

The following have been replaced:

• Appendix 6: Process for when a Child has been missing 3 times in 90 day period and is not open to Children's Services Social Care;
• Appendix 7: Process for when a Child has been missing 3 times in 90 day period and is open to Children's Services Social Care.

This chapter has been reviewed with significant changes being made to Section 7, Response to Escalating and On-going Concerns - Children Who Run Away or Go Missing from Home. Response to Escalating and Ongoing Concerns - Children Who Run Away or Go Missing from Home. This section also has two appendices:

• Appendix 6: Process for when a Child has been missing 3 times in 90 day period and is not open to Children's Services Social Care;
• Appendix 7: Process for when a Child has been missing 3 times in 90 day period and is open to Children's Services Social Care.

• Reviewing All Childhood Deaths;
• Serious Case Review Procedure;
• A Toolkit for Conducting Serious Case Reviews (Guidance, Templates and Alternative Learning Methods).

• Blue grey spots.

The purpose of this guidance is to support education establishments should they be asked to make a decision about releasing students from education to attend appointments without the knowledge and consent of their parents / carers – recognising these situations are infrequent.

The chapter seeks to provide a framework for decision-making to identify where this is deemed as appropriate and in the best interests of the child or young person or where there this may not be the case. It notes a range of details required regarding any appointment and suggests a range of practicalities that need to be considered.

This chapter has been updated to note that where young people are voluntarily sending/sharing sexual images or content with one another, the police may use the recently introduced 'outcome 21' recording code to record that a crime has been committed but that it is not considered to be in the public interest to take criminal action against the people involved. Also, to note that Coram Children's Legal Centre provides free legal advice/guidance for children.

This chapter has been updated to add new links to:

• Children's Commissioner, 'Preventing Child Sexual Abuse' (2017);
• College of Policing, 'Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation';
• NCA, Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit (MSHTU);
• Home Office, Tackling child sexual exploitation: Progress report (2017);
• LGA, Child sexual exploitation: A resource back for councils (2017);
• Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse, Key messages from research on child sexual exploitation;
• Research in practice, Child sexual exploitation: Practice Tool (2017);
• Barnardo's - Child Sexual Exploitation.

This chapter has been updated to add several relevant links:

• Section 2, Basic Standards: Working Together to safeguard Children and ChildLine;
• Section 5, Private Fostering: Lincolnshire County Council Private Fostering (Information leaflet) and Children Act 1989: private fostering';
• Section 6, Children in Hospital: 'Statutory visits to children with special educational needs and disabilities or health conditions in long term residential settings, DfE/DHSC (2017)' and The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (NSF) (2004) including Standard 6, DfES/DHSC, Children and Young People who are ill';
• Section 7, Children in Custody: National Standards for Youth Justice Services; Action to be taken if there are concerns about the child's safety or welfare in 'Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations - Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review' and R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Howard League for Penal Reform (2002) EWHC 2497.

The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons advises that there is rarely a clinical indication for circumcision. Doctors should be aware of this and reassure parents accordingly. Where parents request circumcision for their son for assumed medical reasons, it is recommended that circumcision should be performed by or under the supervision of doctors trained in children's surgery in premises suitable for surgical procedures.

This chapter has been fully and comprehensively changed and amended – replacing a similar, previous chapter.

There are two parts to this document: Part One is a Protocol and should be followed and embedded within all Agencies processes; it is designed to assist staff to identify where sexual relationships may be abusive and whether a child or young person may need the provision of protection or additional services in relation to sexual activity.

Whilst there has been success in Lincolnshire in addressing youth offending and therefore improving the outcomes for a number of young people, children in care continue to be over represented in youth justice data, and sometimes because children in care are treated differently – even at the point of reporting. Research suggests that police can be involved in minor incidents that occur which would not be the case where children are part of more conventional families.

The purpose of this guidance is twofold in that, firstly, it is primarily aimed at raising awareness amongst practitioners in all organisations and encouraging vigilance and professional curiosity when it comes to concealed and denied pregnancy. Secondly, it is in response to learning from a Serious Case Review. The chapter contains information from : Evidence from research and Serious Case Reviews and Factors Associated With the Occurrence of a Concealed/Denied Pregnancy (see Appendices).

This chapter has been reviewed and amended to add the DfE, 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' definition of Child Sexual Abuse (see Section 3, Definitions). Additionally, a link to the updated guidance, DfE, Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation (2017) has been added.

This chapter has been updated to link to the updated  ICACU document and to add a separate link to GOV.UK International child abduction unit: request for co-operation form (2016).

• Domestic Violence and Abuse.

• Children and Families who go Missing.

This chapter has been updated to recognise the impact of the Serious Crime Act (2015):

• It is now a criminal offence of sexual communication with a child which has been introduced. This applies to an adult who communicates with a child and the communication is sexual or if it is intended to elicit from the child a communication which is sexual and the adult reasonably believes the child to be under 16 years of age;
• Amends the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003:
  • Creating a new offence of failing to protect a girl from FGM with a penalty of up to 7 years in prison or a fine or both. A person is liable if they are "responsible" for a girl at the time when an offence is committed. This will cover someone who has "parental responsibility" for the girl and has "frequent contact" with her and any adult who has assumed responsibility for caring for the girl in the manner of a parent;
  • Introduced the Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders ("FGMPO");
  • breaching an order carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.

This chapter has been been comprehensively updated and amended to offer a new definition and some reasons why children go missing and to update the return interview process. The Appendices, which offer greater clarity regarding the processes, have been fully renewed and four additional new appendices have been included; Process for Notification of MISSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; Return Interview Pathway FOR LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN PLACED OUTSIDE OF LINCOLNSHIRE; Referral for Return Interview; Return Interview Pathway for Missing Children and Young People.

This chapter has been updated to reflect the Serious Crime Act 2015 has amended the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 making it an offence of failing to protect a girl from FGM, creating a civil law measure Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order ("FGMPO") and offering lifelong anonymity to victims' where an alleged offence may have been committed. The Female Genital Mutilation and its Management: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines has been included (see Section 2, NHS Guidelines).

Local Guidance is provided: Appendix 1: Advice for Regulated Professionals in Lincolnshire – FGM Mandatory Reporting and Appendix 2: URGENT SAFEGUARDING – FGM REPORT - CALLING POLICE ON 999.

This chapter has been significantly updated to reflect current organisational changes and to recognize the impact of Female Genital Mutilation. An updated Appendix 1: Pre-Birth Protocol Flowchart is provided.

This chapter has been comprehensively amended and updated to reflect Working Together to Safeguard Children and current legislation. A part of the update has included a restructure of the chapter itself to enhance accessibility and clarity around roles and responsibilities in this complex area of work. All agencies should be familiar with this protocol and ensure their own internal processes and procedures reflect this.

Information is provided about dealing with allegations against people who work with children and young people in either a paid or voluntary capacity. This procedure should be used by all organisations where the people work with children and young people, including organisations that provide staff or volunteers who work with or care for children. It also takes into account the requirements laid out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

This chapter details the issues and complexities that surround Domestic Violence and Abuse and is generic as it is relevant for Adults too. The chapter acknowledges and links to a number of relevant tools and sites and highlights key questions - the answers to which the professional should feel they have sufficient answers to.

Domestic Violence and Abuse can have a devastating impact upon both children and adults and the opening remarks identify that for some communities it appears to be embedded – so that those who experience it may not recognise it as an issue and will be reluctant to seek help.

The purpose of this guidance is twofold in that it is primarily aimed at raising awareness amongst practitioners in all organisations and encouraging vigilance and professional curiosity when it comes to families that move frequently and appear to live very transient lifestyles. Secondly it is in response to learning from Serious Case Reviews, which have highlighted how families, that frequently move house and area, can be difficult to engage and subsequently difficult to assess in terms of need.

This chapter has been amended to update references within the chapter including the Lincolnshire SCB Multi-Agency Guidance: Analysing and responding to risks and vulnerabilities in relation to the sexual exploitation of children and young people (2015). Links between sexually exploited children and children who go missing are made, together with of course, trafficking. A number of new links have been made with research and other statutory guidance. A link has been added in the Scope Box to HM Government, Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation (2015).

This chapter has been amended to update key links Prevent duty guidance, CONTEST and to add ADCS resources on Radicalisation and Extremism.

This chapter has been updated to add links to two new appendices: Significant Incident Notification Form and Incident Notification Form.