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Lincolnshire SCP Policy and Procedures Manual

2025

Amendments

2025

October 2025

Visits to Prisons by Children	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
Protocol on Sharing Information in Order to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
Good Practice Guidance on Authorising Absence in Educational Establishments without Parental Consent	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
Children Living Away from Home	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Teenage Pregnancy Pathway	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
LSCP Joint Protocol for Operation Encompass	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Discharge Planning from Physical and Mental Healthcare Hospitals when there are Safeguarding Concerns about a Child	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
Separated Parents Policy	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Joint Lincolnshire Protocol to Reduce Offending and the Criminalisation of Children in Care	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Multi-Agency Self Harm Pathway	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Male Circumcision	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
Abuse of Disabled Children	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Protocol on Sharing Information in Order to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children	This chapter was updated in October 2025.
Safeguarding Children in their use of Technology	This chapter was refreshed in October 2025.
Managing Allegations of Abuse Made Against Persons who Work with Children and Young People	In October 2025, this policy was reviewed and amended to reflect developments in practice. However, it will be reviewed again shortly, following the release and implementation of the anticipated National LADO guidance.

April 2025

Complex Safeguarding (Organised or Multiple) Abuse also known as Gold Group	This chapter was updated in April 2025.
Working with Sexually Active Young People	This chapter was reviewed in April 2025 and should be reread in its entirety.
Concealment and Denial of Pregnancy and Birth	This chapter was updated in April 2025.
Pre-Trial Therapy or Pre-Proceedings Protocol	This chapter was reviewed in April 2025.
Strategy Discussions	This chapter was updated in April 2025.
LSCP Joint Protocol for Operation Encompass	This chapter was added to the manual in April 2025.
Recognising Abuse and Neglect	In April 2025, amendments were made to the definition of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in line with further revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children.
Child on Child Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse and Sexually Harmful Behaviours	This chapter was updated in April 2025, to include a Section 9, Further information.
LSCP Joint Protocol for Missing Children and Young People	This chapter was updated in April 2025.
Children from Abroad	This chapter was updated in April 2025, to include information in the Additional Guidance and Support Section.
Professional Resolution and Escalation Protocol	This chapter was refreshed in April 2025.
Children Whose Behaviour Harms Others	This chapter was refreshed in April 2025.
Female Genital Mutilation	This chapter was reviewed in April 2025, and should be re-read in its entirety.
Safer Sleep for Infants Guidance	This chapter was refreshed in April 2025.
Guidance for Safer Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers	This chapter was updated in April 2025, to include a link to Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets - GOV.UK in Further Information section.
Safeguarding Children Affected by Problematic Drug and Alcohol Use (Parental and Child use)	This chapter was refreshed in April 2025.
Managing Allegations of Abuse Made Against Persons who Work with Children and Young People	This chapter was updated in April 2025, to include a link to the Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets - GOV.UK in Section 13, Further Information.