Mission Statement

To provide a quality service which offers protection to vulnerable children and adolescents under the age of eighteen years who have been abused and/or neglected or who are at risk of being abused and/or neglected.

The Service

Child Protection Services deal with cases of abuse and neglect of children, and are also involved when a child seems to be suffering from, or is at risk of, significant harm.

Child Protection Services investigate referrals received from the general public, as well as from other professionals working with children or their families, whenever there are allegations that a child is suffering or is at risk of suffering from significant harm resulting from physical, sexual, emotional abuse and/or neglect.

Aims and Objectives

- To provide a procedural framework for the protection of children who are suffering, or are in danger of suffering from child abuse and/or neglect;

- To develop and promote a multi-disciplinary approach to the identification, investigation, assessment and follow-up of cases of child abuse and/or neglect;

- To provide preventive, investigative, assessment and follow-up social work with children and their families who have problems of child abuse and neglect;

- To take measures for the emergency protection of children who are suffering from actual/alleged child abuse/neglect where this is necessary;

- To formulate inter-agency child protection guidelines and to work in liaison with the concerned agencies towards negotiating these guidelines and applying them;

- To provide consultative services to agencies/organisations which come across cases of actual/suspected child abuse and/or neglect;

- To gather and integrate statistics concerned with issues of child abuse and/or neglect;

- To provide information and practical training to persons in contact with situations of child abuse and/or neglect.

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