Analysis of Serious Case Reviews for the education sector (2020)

Part of Safeguarding children in education

SCIE summarises the key learning points for the education sector from the DfE report: Complexity and challenge: triennial analysis of SCRs 2014-2017. It brings together key trends and emerging themes.

Integration: step by step

Free online tool to support coordinated care. Analyse, plan and deliver integrated health and social care using SCIE's discussion questions, practice examples and films.

Safeguarding adults: sharing information

Part of Safeguarding adults in practice

This guide is part of a range of products to support implementation of the adult safeguarding aspects of the Care Act 2014. The guide focuses on the sharing of sensitive or personal information between the local authority and its safeguarding partners (including GPs and health, the police, service providers, housing, regulators and the Office of the Public Guardian) for safeguarding purposes.

Safeguarding adults for housing staff

Part of Safeguarding adults

Briefing for social care, health and police describing housing staff’s key safeguarding role. Housing staff are well placed to identify and share information about people with care and support needs at risk of abuse.

Putting people at the heart of social work: lessons from the Named Social Worker Programme

Part of Named Social Worker

Lessons learned from the Named Social Worker (NSW) programme to benefit social work teams and services across the country. This guide focuses on practice and on the lessons emerging from implementation across the sites.

Disagreement about use of early help assessment: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Agencies use the Common Assessment Framework because they’ve been told to, even though they don’t agree with this suggestion.

Confusion about 'referrals' and 'contacts' in children's social care (CSC): practice issues from Serious case reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Referring agencies think they are making a referral or requesting action of children’s social care, but children’s social care think they are only receiving information to be logged.

Not making a referral when young people disclose sexual activity: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Information about young people’s sexual activity or sexual health relevant to safeguarding does not trigger referral.

Not making a referral after bruising to non-mobile babies: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Professionals do not refer to children’s social care after observing bruising in non-mobile babies.

Unresolved disagreement about the need for children’s social care involvement: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Referring agencies and children’s social care disagree about whether cases referred to children’s social care actually need their involvement, and this is not resolved.