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  2. Getting it right for every child & young person in Highland: interagency practice model & child protection procedures 2024
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  5. Responding to concerns about children and young people: interagency procedures 2023
  6. Inter-agency referral discussions (IRD)

Inter-agency referral discussions (IRD)

Getting it right for every child & young person in Highland: interagency practice model & child protection procedures 2024

Guidance on the decision to hold an IRD; and on IRD purposes, components and process.

Consideration of the need for an inter-agency referral discussion

Quality assurance and review of IRDs

Interface with other processes

Joint Investigative Interviews (JII)

Health assessment and medical examination

Emergency legal measures to protect children at risk of significant harm

Interim safety plan

Domestic abuse considerations in safety planning

Involving children and families in child protection processes

Child protection assessment and planning

Child Protection Plan and fit with child’s plan

Pre-birth child protection planning meetings

Child protection planning for children being discharged from hospital

Transfer of cases

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