Child Protection Plan and fit with child’s plan

Where a child is believed to be at actual or potential risk of significant harm, they will require a multi-agency Child Protection Plan with specified actions to reduce risk. The child’s name must be placed on the child protection register.

If there is already a multi-agency child’s plan in place, this will need to be considered in light of the concerns about the child. There will be a multi-agency child’s plan when co-ordinated actions between services are required to meet the child’s wellbeing needs.

There should be a single plan of action, managed and reviewed through a single meeting structure even if the child is involved in several processes. The child’s plan will incorporate and prioritise the Child Protection Plan where the criteria for placing a  child’s name on the child protection register are met.

The Initial Review CPPM should be held within three months of the CPPM with the exception of reviews that follow a pre-birth CPPM, which are recommended at an earlier juncture, at a time to be set by the CPPM (see below). A Core Group can also trigger the request for a review. Thereafter, reviews should take place six-monthly, or earlier if circumstances change. Where a child is no longer considered to be at risk of significant harm and the Child Protection Plan no longer forms part of a child’s plan, their name should be removed from the child protection register by the review CPPM (referred to as de- registration). The child and their family/carers may still require on-going support, and this should be managed through the child’s plan.