Contents

1.The Voice and Lived Experience of Children and Young People

1. 1.0.1Voice and Lived Experience of Children and Young People Guidance for PractitionersDecember 4, 2024
2. 1.0.2Practitioner Briefing - The impact of TraumaDecember 4, 2024
3. 1.0.3Pan Bedfordshire Advice and Guidance for when Young People Raise an IssueDecember 4, 2024
4. 1.0.4Pan Bedfordshire Advocacy Guidance and Key PrinciplesDecember 4, 2024
5. 1.0.5Voice of the Child Practitioner BriefingMay 16, 2025

1.1A Day in My Life Practice Guidance Tools

1. 1.1.1Day in My Life BriefingDecember 4, 2024
2. 1.1.2Day in My Life GuidanceMay 16, 2025
3. 1.1.3A Day in My Life: BabyMay 16, 2025
4. 1.1.4A Day in My Life: Pre-school ChildMay 16, 2025
5. 1.1.5A Day in My Life: Primary ChildMay 16, 2025
6. 1.1.6A Day in My Life: TeenagerMay 16, 2025
7. 1.1.7Day in my Life Unborn BabyDecember 4, 2024
8. 1.1.8Day in My Life: Child with DisabilitiesMay 16, 2025
9. 1.1.9Day in My Life: Young CarersMay 16, 2025
10. 1.1.10So What do we Know - What Next? TemplateDecember 4, 2024

2.Information Sharing

1. 2.0.1Pan Bedfordshire Practitioner's Guide to Information Sharing to Safeguard Children and Young PeopleMay 16, 2025
2. 2.0.2Information SharingMay 21, 2024
3. 2.0.3Chronologies and Genograms GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
4. 2.0.4Pan Bedfordshire Consent GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
5. 2.0.5Consent Summary GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
6. 2.0.6Consent Myth BusterDecember 4, 2024
7. 2.0.7Gillick and Fraser Guidelines - Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
8. 2.0.8Joint Working ProtocolDecember 4, 2024

3.Assessing Need and Providing Help

3.1Early Help

1. 3.1.1Early Help Assessment (EHA)December 4, 2024
2. 3.1.2Thresholds of Need
   Updated
   January 8, 2026
3. 3.1.3Recognising Abuse and NeglectMay 16, 2025
4. 3.1.4Early Intervention: Policy and Provision (House of Commons Library)

3.2Referral, Investigation and Assessment

1. 3.2.1ReferralsDecember 10, 2024
2. 3.2.2Bedford Single AssessmentMay 16, 2025
3. 3.2.3Central Bedfordshire Child and Family AssessmentsNovember 20, 2025
4. 3.2.4Luton Protocol for Single Assessments in Children's Social CareDecember 4, 2024
5. 3.2.5Referrals from Family, Friends and Neighbours BriefingDecember 4, 2024
6. 3.2.6Assessment of a Parent/Carer as the Protective ParentDecember 4, 2024
7. 3.2.7Child Protection EnquiriesDecember 10, 2024
8. 3.2.8Investigative Interviews with Children: Practice GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
9. 3.2.9Investigative Interviews with Disabled Children: Practice GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
10. 3.2.10Referral and Request Police Attendance at Strategy MeetingDecember 4, 2024
11. 3.2.11Child Protection ConferencesNovember 20, 2025
12. 3.2.12Child Protection Plans and Core GroupsNovember 20, 2025
13. 3.2.13Action to be taken where a Child is Suffering or Likely to Suffer Significant HarmNovember 20, 2025
14. 3.2.14Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority Boundaries
    Updated
    January 15, 2026
15. 3.2.15Practitioner Briefing - Children and Families Moving Across Local Authority BoundariesDecember 4, 2024
16. 3.2.16Child Protection Medical AssessmentsMay 16, 2025
17. 3.2.17Request for Child Protection Medical Assessment FormMay 16, 2025
18. 3.2.18Organised and Complex AbuseJanuary 5, 2025
19. 3.2.19Non-Recent Abuse AllegationsDecember 4, 2024
20. 3.2.20No Access Visits to Children and Young PeopleNovember 20, 2025
21. 3.2.21Pan Bedfordshire Lead Practitioner RoleNovember 20, 2025

3.3People Posing a Risk to Children

1. 3.3.1People Posing a Risk to Children - Guidance and ProcedureDecember 4, 2024
2. 3.3.2Allegations and Concerns regarding Staff, Carers and Volunteers Working with Children and Young PeopleOctober 18, 2024

3.4Children in Specific Circumstances

1. 3.4.1Private Fostering PolicyNovember 20, 2025
2. 3.4.2Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: East of England ProtocolDecember 4, 2024
3. 3.4.3Children Missing Education and Children in Education other than in Registered SchoolsNovember 20, 2025
4. 3.4.4Perplexing Presentations & Fabricated and Induced Illness/Disorders in ChildrenMay 16, 2025
5. 3.4.5Safeguarding Children in Faith SettingsDecember 4, 2024
6. 3.4.6Visits to Prisons by ChildrenAugust 19, 2024
7. 3.4.7Pan Bedfordshire Pre-Birth Assessments ProceduresNovember 20, 2025
8. 3.4.8Social Care and Police Referral Protocol (RSPCA)December 4, 2024
9. 3.4.9Dangerous Dogs and Safeguarding ChildrenNovember 20, 2025
10. 3.4.10Injuries and Bruising Protocol for Immobile Children 0-18 yearsNovember 20, 2025
11. 3.4.11Children Subject to Section 47 Enquires and Child Protection Plans when Travelling AbroadNovember 20, 2025
12. 3.4.12Self Harm and Suicidal BehaviourDecember 10, 2024
13. 3.4.13BullyingDecember 10, 2024
14. 3.4.14Working with Interpreters and others with Special Communication SkillsDecember 10, 2024
15. 3.4.15Visits to Psychiatric Wards and Facilities by ChildrenDecember 10, 2024
16. 3.4.16Guidance on Children Not Brought to AppointmentsDecember 4, 2024
17. 3.4.17Children Not Brought to Appointments BriefingDecember 4, 2024
18. 3.4.18Concealed, Late and/or Denied PregnancyJanuary 16, 2025
19. 3.4.19Young Carers and Young Adult CarersDecember 4, 2024
20. 3.4.20Young Carers Practitioner BriefingMay 16, 2025
21. 3.4.21Protocol for the Multi-Agency Response to Complex Case Presentations at Acute HospitalsDecember 4, 2024
22. 3.4.22Teenage Pregnancy PathwaysDecember 4, 2024
23. 3.4.23Pan Beds Children who Misuse SubstancesDecember 4, 2024
24. 3.4.24Pan Bedfordshire Children who Harm other Children Guidance and One Page SummaryDecember 4, 2024
25. 3.4.25Transitional SafeguardingNovember 20, 2025
26. 3.4.26Transitions Principles BriefingDecember 4, 2024
27. 3.4.27Children and Young People aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesNovember 20, 2025
28. 3.4.28Disabled ChildrenDecember 10, 2024
29. 3.4.29Legal Literacy Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
30. 3.4.30Becoming Culturally Competent - Effective Safeguarding of Children from Minority Ethnic, Cultural and Faith Communities, Groups and FamiliesDecember 4, 2024
31. 3.4.31Safeguarding Children with a Social Worker, Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children at SchoolNovember 20, 2025
32. 3.4.32Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA)November 20, 2025
33. 3.4.33Child and Adult Violence BriefingDecember 4, 2024
34. 3.4.34Philomena ProtocolMay 16, 2025
35. 3.4.35Family Court vs Criminal Court Practitioner BriefingNovember 20, 2025
36. 3.4.36Use of Appropriate Safeguarding Language BriefingNovember 20, 2025

3.5Neglect

1. 3.5.1Neglect Briefings CollectionMay 16, 2025
2. 3.5.2Multi-Agency Practice Guidance for Recognising and Responding to Cases of Child NeglectDecember 4, 2024
3. 3.5.3Safeguarding Adults with Hoarding Behaviours Guidance for Practitioners and ManagersDecember 4, 2024
4. 3.5.4Pan Bedfordshire Stop and Review Meetings GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
5. 3.5.5Bedford Borough Council Complex Case DiscussionsDecember 4, 2024
6. 3.5.6Pan Bedfordshire Neglect Screening ToolDecember 4, 2024
7. 3.5.7Pan Bedfordshire Neglect Screening Tool BriefingDecember 4, 2024
8. 3.5.8Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) BriefingDecember 4, 2024
9. 3.5.9ObesityDecember 4, 2024
10. 3.5.10Managing Concerns about Children and Young People where there are Medical and/or Complex Health Issues and Escalating Safeguarding ConcernsDecember 4, 2024
11. 3.5.11Child Neglect Obesity BriefingDecember 4, 2024
12. 3.5.12Neglect and Children with a Disability - BriefingDecember 4, 2024
13. 3.5.13Neglect and Working with Large Families - BriefingDecember 4, 2024
14. 3.5.14Child Neglect Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
15. 3.5.15Oral Health and Neglect Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
16. 3.5.16Practitioner Briefing - PovertyDecember 4, 2024

3.6Harmful Practices linked to Faith or Culture

1. 3.6.1Forced MarriageDecember 10, 2024
2. 3.6.2So Called 'Honour-Based' AbuseMay 21, 2024
3. 3.6.3One Minute Guide So Called 'Honour' Based AbuseDecember 4, 2024
4. 3.6.4Female Genital MutilationNovember 20, 2025
5. 3.6.5One Minute Guide - FGMDecember 4, 2024

3.7Safeguarding Children from Sexual Abuse

1. 3.7.1Harmful Sexual BehaviourNovember 20, 2025
2. 3.7.2Pan Bedfordshire Children who Harm other Children GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
3. 3.7.3Child Sexual Abuse in the Family EnvironmentNovember 20, 2025
4. 3.7.4Working with Sexually Active Young PeopleNovember 20, 2025
5. 3.7.5Child Sexual Abuse Practitioner BriefingMay 16, 2025
6. 3.7.6Sibling Sexual Abuse Practitioner BriefingMay 16, 2025

3.8Safeguarding Children and Young People from Exploitation

1. 3.8.1Safeguarding Children who Run Away and Go Missing from Home and CareFebruary 4, 2026
2. 3.8.2Safeguarding Children Vulnerable to Gang ActivityNovember 20, 2025
3. 3.8.3Safeguarding Individuals Against Radicalisation or Violent Extremism: Practice GuidanceMay 16, 2025
4. 3.8.4Practitioner Briefing - RadicalisationDecember 4, 2024
5. 3.8.5Children from Abroad, including Victims of Modern Slavery, Trafficking and ExploitationMay 16, 2025
6. 3.8.6Child Criminal Exploitation
   Updated
   February 4, 2026
7. 3.8.7Safeguarding Children from Sexual ExploitationNovember 20, 2025
8. 3.8.8Adultification BriefingMay 16, 2025
9. 3.8.9Contextual SafeguardingNovember 20, 2025
10. 3.8.10Contextual Safeguarding Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
11. 3.8.11Multi-Agency Information Submission FormDecember 4, 2024
12. 3.8.12Multi-Agency (MA) Information Submission Form GuidelinesDecember 4, 2024
13. 3.8.13Multi-Agency Information Submission Form Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
14. 3.8.14Pan Beds Serious Violence BriefingNovember 20, 2025

3.9Safeguarding Children and Young People Online

1. 3.9.1Young People who post Self-Taken Images: ACPO GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
2. 3.9.2Guidelines for Assessing Children and Families Affected by Adults Viewing Child Sexual Abuse ImagesDecember 4, 2024
3. 3.9.3Online SafetyMay 16, 2025
4. 3.9.4Photography and Sharing Images GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
5. 3.9.5Pan Bedfordshire Using technology to provide help and support to children and families ToolkitDecember 4, 2024
6. 3.9.6The PCFSW Best Practice Guide for Video Call/Contact and Virtual/Online Home VisitDecember 4, 2024
7. 3.9.7Using Technology SafelyDecember 4, 2024
8. 3.9.8Social Media: A guide for teachers and professionalsDecember 4, 2024

3.10Parents and Families

1. 3.10.1Children of Parents with Mental Ill HealthMay 16, 2025
2. 3.10.2Children of Parents with Learning DisabilitiesNovember 20, 2025
3. 3.10.3Children Living within a Household where they are Exposed to or Experience Domestic Abuse may Suffer or are Likely to Suffer Significant HarmDecember 4, 2024
4. 3.10.4Working with Parents where Improved Outcomes for Children are not AchievedDecember 4, 2024
5. 3.10.5Face Sheet: How to have Difficult Conversations with Parents/CarersDecember 4, 2024
6. 3.10.6Fact Sheet: Uncooperative FamiliesDecember 4, 2024
7. 3.10.7Professional Curiosity GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
8. 3.10.8Children of Parents who Misuse SubstancesMay 16, 2025
9. 3.10.9Parental Conflict GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
10. 3.10.10Pan Bedfordshire Engaging with Fathers, Male Partners or Carers GuidanceDecember 4, 2024
11. 3.10.11Think Dad! A father-inclusive toolkit for professionalsDecember 4, 2024
12. 3.10.12New Partner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
13. 3.10.13New Invisible/Unseen Men BriefingDecember 4, 2024
14. 3.10.14Think Family Practitioner BriefingDecember 4, 2024
15. 3.10.15Multi Faith GuidanceDecember 4, 2024

4.Learning and Improvement Framework

1. 4.0.1Learning from Local Area SCR'SDecember 4, 2024
2. 4.0.2Child Safeguarding Practice ReviewsDecember 4, 2024
3. 4.0.3Pan Bedfordshire Serious and Non Serious/Non Statutory Incident Notifications FormNovember 20, 2025
4. 4.0.4Flowchart Pan Bedfordshire Serious or Non Serious/Non Statutory NotificationNovember 20, 2025
5. 4.0.5Pan Beds Initial Scoping, Info Sharing TemplateDecember 4, 2024
6. 4.0.6Learning and Improvement FrameworkUnder Review

5.Child Deaths

1. 5.0.1Child Death ReviewsDecember 10, 2024
2. 5.0.2Bedfordshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Policy and GuidanceDecember 4, 2024

6.Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton Safeguarding Children Partnerships and Organisational Responsibilities

1. 6.0.1Multi-Agency Safeguarding ArrangementsDecember 4, 2024
2. 6.0.2Agency Roles and ResponsibilitiesDecember 4, 2024
3. 6.0.3Serious Violence DutyDecember 4, 2024
4. 6.0.4Child Safeguarding Practice ReviewsDecember 4, 2024
5. 6.0.5Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and VolunteersMay 16, 2025
6. 6.0.6Complaints Arising from Child Protection ConferencesJanuary 15, 2025
7. 6.0.7Whistleblowing or Raising Concerns at WorkDecember 10, 2024
8. 6.0.8Safeguarding Children PartnershipsDecember 4, 2024

7.Appendices

1. 7.0.1Local Contacts
   Updated
   February 3, 2026
2. 7.0.2NICE Guidelines - 'When to suspect child maltreatment'
3. 7.0.3Protecting children and young people - the responsibilities of all doctors'
4. 7.0.4Amendments