Complaint About a Child Protection Conference

COMPLAINT ABOUT A CHILD PROTECTION CONFERENCE

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Please complete this complaint form:

This is a complaint about: (please delete which does not apply

The decision to formulate or not to formulate a child protection plan
The category of abuse, determined by the conference’s chair, under which the plan has been formulated
Other decisions or recommendations made by the conference
The conduct or process of the child protection conference
Whether the Pan London Child Protection Procedures about child protection conferences, and other protocols, were followed
The exclusion of any person from the conference.

Only the following people can complain using this procedure. Please tick the description which applies to you:

 The childwho is subject of the child protection conference, where he/she is of sufficient age and understanding

 A personwho is acting on behalf of and at the written request of the child, where the child is of a sufficient age or understanding

 Any parent and /or any person with parental responsibility for the child, who is the subject of the child protection conference

 Where the child is subject to a care order or is otherwise looked after by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, a person who has the care of the child at the time of the conference e.g. foster carer or the child’s key worker in a children’s home

 Where the child has a disability, a person who attended the conference to act as an advocate for or otherwise assist the child

 The child’s solicitor.

A copy of the Kensington and Chelsea Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) Protocol for Complaints about a Child Protection Conference is available from:

Jonathan Williams

Child Protection and Safeguarding Manager (CPSM)

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea / Kensington and Chelsea LSCB

Room 242, Kensington Town Hall,

Hornton Street, London W8

Tel: 0207 361 3085

Complaint about a child protection conference – complaint form

CONFIDENTIAL

Name of child/children (subject of conference):

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Date of conference: ……………………………..

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Name of conference: (if known) ……………………………..

Your name: …………………………………………………….

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Your relationship to the child/children concerned:

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Please sate the reason for concern:

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