Safeguarding and child protection for nurses, midwives and health visitors: a practical guide

Content: Machine generated contents note: 1. Principles for practice --
Introduction --
Children and young people --
Children's rights --
Parents and parenting --
Positive parenting --
Fatherhood --
Safeguarding and child protection --
Risks to children's well-being --
Child maltreatment --
Significant harm --
The impact of child maltreatment --
The prevalence of child maltreatment --
Safeguarding children and public health --
Skills and competencies for safeguarding and child protection practice --
Recognizing and responding to child maltreatment --
Information-sharing and inter-agency working --
The roles of designated and named professionals --
Summary --
2. Prevention and early intervention --
Introduction --
Case 1 Erin ---
support from the Family Nurse Partnership programme --
Teenage pregnancy --
Teenage pregnancy, looked-after children and young people --
Case 1 Continued --
The Family Nurse Partnership programme --
Erin: summary of prevention and early intervention. Contents note continued: Case 2 The Gordon family ---
assessment of additional needs using the Common Assessment Framework --
The Common Assessment Framework --
Case 2 Continued --
The Gordon family: summary of prevention and early intervention --
Case 3 Natalie ---
prevention and support from the school nursing service --
Underage sexual activity --
Case 3 Continued --
Natalie: summary of prevention and early intervention --
Summary --
3. Physical abuse --
Introduction --
Physical abuse --
Recognizing physical abuse --
Case 1 Kayla ---
an infant with bruising --
Bruising --
Case 1 Continued --
Referral to children's social care --
Case 1 Continued --
Kayla: summary of concerns --
Case 2 Ethan ---
a toddler with burns --
Thermal injuries --
Case 2 Continued --
Strategy discussions --
Ethan: summary of concerns --
Case 3 Naimah ---
a 6-year-old in hospital --
Fabricated or induced illness --
Case 3 Continued --
Naimah: summary of concerns --
Summary --
4. Emotional abuse. Contents note continued: Introduction --
Emotional abuse --
Parenting and emotional abuse --
Cultural perspectives --
Prevention of emotional abuse --
Case 1 Poppy ---
a 6-year-old child who is difficult to love' --
Oppositional defiant disorder --
Case 1 Continued --
Case 2 Tyra ---
a little mother' to her siblings --
Parental substance misuse --
Case 2 Continued --
The initial child protection conference --
The nursing contribution --
The form and function of the initial child protection conference --
Tyra and her siblings: subject to a child protection plan --
Case 3 Nilay ---
a hidden child --
Multiple challenges --
Nilay: next steps --
Summary --
5. Sexual abuse --
Introduction --
Sexual abuse --
Indicators of child sexual abuse --
The effects of child sexual abuse --
Case 1 Marnie ---
a 14-year-old at risk --
Sexual exploitation as a form of child sexual abuse --
Case 1 Continued --
Case 2 Jodie ---
a child with disabilities who is subject to a child protection plan. Contents note continued: Child maltreatment and children with disabilities --
The child protection plan --
Jodie's child protection plan --
Case 2 Continued --
Case 3 Stewart ---
an adult client who discloses activity that is linked with child sexual abuse --
Child abuse and information and communication technology --
Case 3 Continued --
Summary --
6. Neglect --
Introduction --
Neglect --
Prevalence of neglect --
Indicators of child neglect --
The importance of benchmarking parental care --
Children who are not brought to appointments: an important feature of neglect --
Parental issues that may lead to neglect of children --
The role of nurses and midwives --
Case 1 Jack ---
a baby at risk of neglect --
The named midwife --
Case 1 Continued --
Case 2 Courtney and Kendra ---
faltering growth --
Faltering growth --
The child protection review conference --
Case 2 Continued --
Case 3 Riley ---
an accidental ingestion. Contents note continued: The adverse effects of accidental exposure to buprenorphine in young children --
Case 3 Continued --
Summary --
7. Child death and serious case review --
Introduction --
Child death review processes --
Rapid response --
The immediate response --
The early response --
The later response --
The child death overview panel --
Involvement of parents --
Case 1 Tegan ---
an unexpected death in infancy --
Sudden unexpected death in infancy --
Case 1 Continued --
Learning from the child death overview panel process --
Serious case review --
The components of a serious case review --
Publication of serious case review overview reports --
Case 2 Preston ---
non-accidental head injury leading to permanent disability --
Non-accidental head injury --
Case 2 Continued --
Summary --
8. Messages for practice --
Introduction --
Support for practice: are the following in place for you? --
Conclusion --
Appendix --
Safeguarding and child protection policy in England. Contents note continued: Safeguarding and child protection policy in Wales --
Safeguarding and child protection policy in Scotland --
Safeguarding and child protection policy in Northern Ireland.