Safeguarding Children

The Designated Nurse and Designated Doctor for safeguarding children employed by Milton Keynes CCG have specific roles and responsibilities for safeguarding children. They take a strategic, professional lead on all aspects of the health service contribution to safeguarding children.

The Designated Professionals are available for advice on safeguarding children matters to the MKCCG, named safeguarding health professionals, health professionals, local authority staff, Milton Keynes Safeguarding Children Board and partners in Milton Keynes.

All NHS Trusts have a named doctor, and named nurse for safeguarding, who will provide advice and expertise for fellow professionals and promote good practice within their organisation.

Milton Keynes GP practices have a lead GP for safeguarding; support for the lead GP is available from the Named GP and Designated professionals.

Full contact details for Designated and Named professional click here

What do I do if I am concerned about a child or young person?

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Children Hub (MASH) is the single point of contact for concerns regarding children and young people in Milton Keynes. Click here for MASH leaflet

If a child is in immediate danger please call the police on 999

If you are worried that a child may be suffering from harm or at risk of harm but you do not believe that they are in immediate danger you must share your concerns with the MASH.

Office hours (9am – 5pm) – Tel: 01908 253169
Out of hours (17.00 pm – 9.00am) – Tel: 01908 265545

To complete a MASH referral in relation to a Safeguarding/ Child Protection concern click here

Please complete and attach body maps to the referral where appropriate:

To assist in completing a MASH referral please see Milton Keynes Level of Need document (2014, updated 2016) Click here.

For GP Level of Need Poster click here.

MKCCG Safeguarding Children Policy

Further details about the responsibilities within health services at both strategic and operational level can be found in the Milton Keynes CCG Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures:

Milton Keynes safeguarding Children Board

The Milton Keynes Safeguarding Children Board (MKSCB) oversees and coordinates how local services and professionals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

• For MKSCB Multi agency procedures and Interagency Training Program Click here

Links and helpful reading

Guidance

• New Revised Working Together to Safeguard Children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. HM Government March 2015.
• New Revised What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: Advice for practitioners. HM Government March 2015
• New Revised Information Sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers. HM Government March 2015
• New Revised Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children: Statutory Guidance for local authorities ,Clinical Commissioning groups and NHS England Department of Health March 2015
• Safeguarding Children and Young people: roles and competences for health care staff. Intercollegiate Document March 2014. RCPCH
• Safeguarding Children and Young People – A toolkit and for General Practitioners (RCGP 2014)

Female Genital Mutilation

• Guidance letter regarding Female genital Mutilation Department of Health 2012
• Multi agency Practice Guidelines : Female Genital Mutilation (HM Government 2014)
• Tackling Female Genital Mutilation in the UK: Intercollegiate recommendations for Identifying, recording and reporting. RCPCH 2013
• NHS England FGM Safeguarding

Child Sexual Exploitation

• New Guidance Letter regarding our joint commitment to share information effectively for the protection of children .Department of Health March 2015
• New Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation. Department of Health March 2015
• The sexual exploitation of children: it couldn’t happen here, could it? Ofsted November 2014

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