Glossary of Safeguarding Acronyms

AbbreviationExplanation
ABEAchieving Best Evidence. Guidance for Police Officers and Social Workers in conducting interviews with children where allegation of abuse are being investigated.
ASCAdult Social Care
CAIUChild Abuse Investigation Unit (Police)
CAMATChild Abuse Multi-Agency Training.
CAMHSChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services
CAFCASSChildren and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
CEOPChild Exploitation and Online Protection centre (tackling child sex abuse and providing advice)
CSEChild Sexual Exploitation
CSPRChild Safeguarding Practice Review
CPPChild Protection Plan. A plan created following a child protection conference that sets out how the child can be kept safe.
CPOMSChild Protection Online Management System. The market leading software solution for monitoring Safeguarding, wellbeing and all pastoral issues.
COCare Order. Places a child under the care of the Local Authority. This is otherwise known as a child “being in care”.
CSAChild Sexual Abuse
CSCChildren’s Social Care
CCEChild Criminal Exploitation
CSEChild Sexual Exploitation (one aspect of CSA)
DASHDomestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour-Based Violence (HBV).
DV / DADomestic Violence or Domestic abuse
DBSDisclosure and Barring Service. formerly known as the CRB (Criminal Records Bureau)
DSLDesignated Safeguarding Lead (England)
DSPDesignated Senior Person (Wales)
DVPNDomestic Violence Protection Notice
DVPODomestic Violence Protection Order. The next step up from a DVPN
EHEarly Help – “providing support as soon as a problem emerges, at any point in a child’s life, from the foundation years through to the teenage years”. Also known as EHA.
EHHEarly Help Hub
EPOEmergency Protection Order. Protects a child from ongoing or imminent risk of physical, mental or emotional harm where emergency action is needed for a maximum period of eight days.
EWOEducation Welfare Officer
FISFamily Information Service. provides information on childcare, activities and services for children and young people and family support in a local area
FGMFemale Genital Mutilation
HBVHonour-Based Violence
HVThis could mean ‘home visit’ or Health Visitor
HSBHarmful Sexualised Behaviour. is developmentally inappropriate sexual behaviour which is displayed by children and young people.
IROIndependent Reviewing Officers.
IRO’sChair reviews for children living in children’s homes or foster care.
ICPCInitial Child Protection Conference. brings together all the people involved with a child who is not already subject to a child protection plan.
ICOInterim Care Order. An order that is applied for by the Local Authority to ask for the power to share Parental Responsibility with the parents of children they believe to be at risk.
KCSiEKeeping Children Safe in Education (Education Guidance, England)
KLSKeeping Learners Safe (Education Guidance, Wales)
LACLooked After Child, formerly children in care.
LADOLocal Authority Designated Officer. works within Children’s Services and gives advice and guidance to employers, organisations who have concerns about the behaviour of an adult who works with children and young people.
LSCBLocal Safeguarding Children Board. Set up in each local authority and co-ordinates what is done to safeguard children in the area.
MASHMulti Agency Safeguarding Hub
MARACMulti Agency Risk Assessment Conference
MARFMulti Agency Referral Form
NFANo further action
OFSTEDOffice for Standards in Education. (lead inspection agency for Children’s Services in England)
PoCAProtection of Children Act
PRUPupil Referral Unit
PRParental Responsibility
PPOPolice Protection Order. In an emergency situation, children can be placed under police protection for up to 72 hours
SROSexual Risk Order. is a civil order which can be sought by the police against an individual who has not been convicted or cautioned for a sexual offence but who is nevertheless thought by the police to pose a risk of harm.
S47 or Section 47Investigation of a child at risk of significant harm
SERAFSexual Exploitation Risk Assessment Form. This aims to identify the factors that may render children and young people vulnerable to being targeted for CSE (child sexual exploitation).
SENDSpecial Education Needs and Disability
SGOSpecial Guardianship Order.
TACTeam Around a Child (part of Early Help)
TAFTeam around the Family. provides a service to families who are likely to need help from two or more agencies (e.g. schools, health services, housing).
UKCCISUK Council for Child Internet Safety
UNCRCUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. An international convention signed by Britain on which we have based much of our current child safeguarding legislation
UASCUn-accompanied Asylum Seeking Child
YOTYouth Offending Team. is a multi-agency team that work with young people that get into trouble with the law.

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