Child Protection Committee

Child Protection Committee Audit and Self-Evaluation Sub-Group (ASE)

This Sub-Group supports continuous improvement through quality assurance and self-evaluation of key inter-agency child protection processes; aimed at improving day-to-day culture, practice, ethos and outcomes in child protection.  It also oversees the CPC’s self-evaluation work programme and develops the CPC’s regular Minimum Dataset Reports, which helps to identify trends and patterns in key inter-agency child protection processes.

Child Protection Committee Learning and Development Sub-Group (L&D)

This Sub-Group supports the development of a competent, confidence and skillful inter-agency child protection workforce; by identifying learning and development needs and gaps and by designing, developing, delivering and promoting learning and development opportunities; both online and in-person.  It also maintains an overview of all single and multi-agency learning and development opportunities and evaluates its effectiveness and impact on practice.

Child Protection Committee Child Exploitation Sub-Group (CE)

This Sub-Group supports a preventative approach to all forms of child exploitation – including sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation.  It works to support, protect and keep children and young people safe from all forms of exploitation, both in the community and online.  This includes a need to promote and raise a better awareness and understanding of new and emerging online technologies and the safe use of the internet and social media platforms.  In addition, it also works to develop a shared learning across the wider workforce by providing learning opportunities aimed at increasing knowledge, skills and expertise in this dynamic and ever-changing technological environment.