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GIRFEC Aberdeenshire

Getting it Right for Every Child in Aberdeenshire

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Child Protection Committee

The Aberdeenshire Child Protection Committee is a strategic partnership responsible for the design, development, publication, distribution, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of child protection and domestic abuse policy and practice across the public, private and wider third sectors in the Aberdeenshire area.

All agencies have the objective of improving outcomes for children by making sure children get the help they need, when they need it and have the right to be safe, protected from abuse, neglect and harm.

The Aberdeenshire Child Protection Committee is part of a larger framework of Public Protection arrangements in Aberdeenshire. The overall aim is the prevention of harm to vulnerable groups and involves working with both victims and perpetrators.

Committee Membership

The Aberdeenshire Child Protection Committee is a multi-agency group with members from the Police, Health, local authority and third sector organisation’s. The role of each agency is to give individual and collective leadership and direction for the management of child protection services by promoting child protection policy and practice.

TITLEREPRESENTING
Independent chairCPC
Chief Social Work OfficerRole of CSWO
Detective Chief InspectorPolice Scotland
Head of ServiceEducation, Aberdeenshire Council
Principal Educational PsychologistEducation, Aberdeenshire Council
Head of ServiceChildren’s Services Social Work, Aberdeenshire Council
Lead Nurse Child ProtectionNHS Grampian
Operational Lead Nurse Children and FamiliesAberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Consultant Paediatrician Lead for Child Protection and Adoption and FosteringNHS Grampian
RepresentativeThird Sector
Social Work Manager Adult ServicesAberdeenshire Adult Services Social Work Health & Social Care Partnership
Locality Reporter ManagerGrampian Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
Area Support and Improvement PartnerChildren’s Hearings Scotland (CHS)
ChairAny working group for the Committee
Service Transformation Manager GIRFECConnectivity to GIRFEC Strategic Group
CPC Lead officerChild Protection Committee

Committee Functions

In June 2014, the Scottish Government published the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2014 which describes the functions of Child Protection Committees as continuous improvement; strategic planning and public information and communication.  This has been supplemented by the advice and guidance document Protecting children and young people: Child Protection Committee and Chief Officer responsibilities


Constitution 

Constitution Act of Aberdeenshire CPC (2017)Download

Committee Annual Reports

Aberdeenshire CPC Progress Report (Apr 18 – Mar 20)Download

Quality Assurance

Aberdeenshire CPC Quality Assurance Strategy (202 0- 2023)Download
Aberdeenshire CPC Improvement Action Plan (2020 – 2023)Download
Aberdeenshire CPC Quality Assurance Activities (2020 – 2023)Download

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Guidance Categories

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    • Care and Risk Management (CARM)
    • Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
    • Child Trafficking
    • Core Groups
    • Domestic Abuse
      • Disclosure Scheme Domestic Abuse Scotland
    • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
    • Home Alone leaflets
    • Home Conditions Tool
    • Initial Referral Discussion
    • Private Fostering
  • COVID-19
  • Disability
  • GIRFEC Toolkit (2020)
    • 1 GIRFEC Guidance
    • 2 Proformas and Templates
    • 3 Supporting Practice Materials
    • 4 Key External & National Guidance
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Mental Health
  • Parental Engagement
  • Substance Misuse
  • Young Carers
  • Youth Justice

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