Kent and Medway Safeguarding Children Policies, Procedures and Strategies

Policies and procedures

All our procedures and strategies have been developed to support and help partner agencies in their safeguarding work. 

The have been created and approved by the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Children Partnerships and can be found in the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Procedures website.

View Kent and Medway Safeguarding Children Procedures in the Local Resources section.

The policies and procedures include: 

• Kent and Medway pre-birth procedure
• Kent and Medway safer professional practice with technology
• Kent and Medway responding to nude and semi-nude image sharing
• Kent and Medway foreign exchange visit guidance and procedures
• Kent and Medway pathway for child sexual abuse medicals
• Kent and Medway child exploitation identification tool
• Kent and Medway safeguarding children abused through exploitation procedures
• Kent and Medway female genital mutilation procedures
• Kent and Medway safeguarding practice guidance - perplexing presentation and fabricated illness in children
• Kent and Medway protocol for actual or suspected bruising

Strategies

Kent and Medway Gangs Strategy

Medway polices and procedures

The following are Medway only policies and procedures:

Childhood Obesity Safeguarding where concerns for Neglect are present. Policy and Practice Framework.

Medway Council School Guidance for Pregnant Pupils

Medway Missing Children from Home and Care Procedures'