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Safeguarding Allegations/Concerns about practitioners and those in positions of trust

Section 5

Introduction and Legal Basis
Purpose of these Procedures
Key Definitions & Threshold Criteria
When to use these Procedures
Who do these procedures apply to
Distinguishing Complaints, Concerns, Allegations and Poor Practice
Initial Response and Reporting
Interface between Section 5 Procedures and Child Protection/Adult at Risk Processes
Employer Organisation Responsibilities in Reporting
Responding to a Report
The Section 5 Strategy Discussion - Meeting
Support & Information Sharing for Individual Subject to Allegations
Informing parents/carers, children, adults at risk or their representatives
Concluding the Process/Outcome Decisions
Informing those subject of Section 5 process of Outcomes
Roles & Responsibilities of the LADO-DOS
Safeguarding Allegations - Process & Timescales
Cross Border Issues
Managing Allegations of Non-Recent Abuse
Confidentiality and Recording of the Section 5 Report, Strategy Discussion/Meeting
Complaints & Representations
Section 5 Resources