A Review Child Protection Conference will be held no later than three months following the Initial Child Protection Conference.
At the Review Child Protection Conference, the people who attended the Initial Child Protection Conference will again be invited. The Review will be similar to the Initial Child Protection Conference in that everyone will have the opportunity to express their views and it will be chaired by a senior social work manager.
The purpose of this meeting is to review the progress of the Child Protection Plan and to decide if your child’s name should remain or be removed from the Child Protection Register. A report on the progress of the Child Protection Plan will be provided along with any other up to date reports from other agencies.
It is important you and your child’s views are listened to and the Review Child Protection Conference hears whether or not supports offered have been helpful. Once again, your views (and where appropriate those of your child) can also be written down and presented to this meeting. If you need help to prepare this please speak to someone such as a social worker, family member, friend or your legal representative.
Once a full and frank discussion has taken place about the progress of the Child Protection Plan, then decisions will be taken about what should happen next.
If there are still concerns about your child, or little progress has been made, then your child’s name will remain on the Child Protection Register for a further period of time and, where necessary, adjustments made to the Child Protection Plan.
Where progress has been made and the risks to your child have been reduced, consideration will be given to removing your child’s name from the Child Protection Register. Support to you and your child will still continue if required.
Everyone who attends these meetings will be provided with a Minute, which is a record of the discussion and the decisions taken. All meetings concerning your child are confidential and information shared between agencies will be restricted to those who need to know to secure the protection and welfare of your child.
Please note you have the right to disagree or appeal against any decision made at the Review Child Protection Conference regarding your child.