The E-Safety Strategy has been agreed between Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. To view the document - 4LSCB E-Safety Strategy V5 16Sept09.pdf click here.
Through the development of this wide ranging strategy, the Isle of Wight Children and Young People’s Trust aims to deliver a joined-up approach in preventing, responding to and monitoring bullying incidents wherever they occur in the community.
To view the document - AntiBullyingStrategy142.pdf click here.
This is the full and updated threshold document approved by the Isle of Wight Local Safeguarding Board (LSCB) in December 2011. Please use and refer to this document as a guide and trigger to detailed conversations with appropriate professionals when you have concerns about a child.
To view this document click here. This document should be read in conjunction with each individual agency's guidelines, policies or protocols.
The Isle of Wight Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) believes that robust, timely and ethical record keeping is central to the provision of high quality, safe and transparent services which promote the best outcomes for children and young people.
To view the document - LSCB Recording Guidance.pdf click here.
This document is intended to promote a shared understanding and definition of neglect for use by all paid workers and volunteers in all agencies working to safeguard children.
To view the document - Identifying and Responding to Neglect Practice Guidance.pdf click here.
This is the ISP information sharing protocol, which has been signed by the respective Chief Officers for the Isle of Wight Council and the island's Fire Authority, Probation Services, NHS Primary Care Trust and Prison Services, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, the Rural Community Council (RCC), and Medina, South Wight and Vectis Housing Associations on behalf of their organisations.
To view the document - ISP Information Sharing Protocol (Final Signed Copy) March 200979.pdf click here.
This is a protocol for health practitioners for the assessment, management & referral of children who are not independently mobile who present with bruising. The main body of the text gives detailed guidance to health professionals faced with a bruised infant and the final two pages, which are designed to be printed back-to-back as a separate document, give a summary of the protocol and an action flowchart.
To view the document - LSCB Bruising Protocol.doc click here.
To view the document - LSCB Bruising Protocol - Summary.pdf click here.
To view the document - LSCB Bruising Protocol - Referral Protocol (3B) Further Guidance 1(3).doc click here.
This protocol is important for the safeguarding of children and families in the Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Southampton and Portsmouth local authority area. It should be read and implemented by all paid workers, volunteers and managers working with children or young people who are at risk of going missing from home or care.
To view the document - Missing Children Protocol for Hants and IOW.pdf click here.
This multi-agency protocol has been written for any paid workers or volunteers working with people whose complex problems might impact on their ability to care for children and for those working with children whose parents or carers have those complex problems.
To view the protocol - joint working protocol final.pdf click here.