The Child Protection Practice Manual

Dr Gayle Hann worked as a research psychologist for Cornwall Alcohol and Drugs Agency after graduating from the University of Plymouth. She spent many years working in orphanages in Romania. She retrained as a doctor at the University of Sheffield, graduating in 2002. She is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She has been a consultant at the North Middlesex University Hospital since 2013 and is the named doctor for child protection and the lead for paediatric emergency medicine. In addition to her paediatric workload she is a senior lecturer at University College London. Dr Caroline Fertleman has been a consultant Paediatrician at The Whittington Hospital since 2005. As part of her remit she led for Child Protection Training in the trust and has been the most experienced trainer in London for the Child Protection Recognition and Response course running many courses to date and training many faculty. She has developed safeguarding training for undergraduates and has led on improving work based placed assessments particularly in the area of child protection training at a national level. Besides her NHS role as a paediatrician she holds three other paid educational roles; She is a training programme director for paediatrics (North East, North Central London), the site sub-dean for UCL Medical School at the Whittington Campus and honorary senior lecturer at the UCL Institute of Child Health as co-director of the iBSc in Paediatrics and Child Health.

1. The History of child protection and child abuse in the UK: How did we get here? ; 2. Child protection and the law ; 3. The consequences of child maltreatment and the public health perspective ; 4. Challenges to professionals working in child protection ; 5. Definitions and types of abuse ; 6. Physical abuse ; 7. Sexual abuse ; 8. Emotional abuse ; 9. Neglect ; 10. Other types of abuse ; 11. New challenges in child protection ; 12. Child maltreatment and cultural competence ; 13. Child protection in primary care ; 14. Acute presentations: child protection in the emergency department ; 15. Child protection medicals (assessing children in whom there are concerns about child maltreatment) ; 16. The safeguarding process: putting the jigsaw together ; 17. Medical record keeping ; 18. Communicating concerns to parents ; 19. Appearing in court ; 20. Child protection training ; 21. Child protection: when things go wrong - Serious Case Reviews ; 22. Child protection in low resource settings ; Appendix 1: Social Care Referral Guidance and Example ; Appendix 2: Child Protection Medical Assessment ; Appendix 3: Format for a statement to court ; Appendix 4: Guidance on Completing a Police Statement and Sample Police Statement ; Appendix 5: Brief guidelines on Chain of Evidence ; Appendix 6: Body Maps ; Appendix 7: Discharge Planning Meeting Proforma