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POLICY\nINTRODUCTION\nSection 11 of the Children Act 2004 places Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) under a statutory duty to make arrangements to ensure that in discharging their functions they have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.\nThis policy must be operated in conjunction with the following local, regional, and national policies, procedures and guidance:\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.proceduresonline.com/swcpp/somerset/index.html\" \u0014South West Child Protection Procedures (Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures)\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://sscb.safeguardingsomerset.org.uk/working-with-children/local-protocols-guidance/\" \u0014Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) Local Protocols and Guidance \u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://ssab.safeguardingsomerset.org.uk/information/policies-and-procedures/\" \\l \"details-0-0\" \u0014BaNeS, BNSSG and Somerset Safeguarding Adults Multi – Agency Policy\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://ssab.safeguardingsomerset.org.uk/information/policies-and-procedures/\" \u0014Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) local practice guidance and protocols\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315993/Care-Act-Guidance.pdf\" \u0014Care and Support Statutory Guidance issued under the Care Act 2014\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2\" \u0014Promoting the health and well-being of looked-after children (2015)\u0015\n\u0013HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2\"\u0014Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018\u0015)\n\u0013HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-practitioners-information-sharing-advice\"\u0014DfE Information sharing advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers (2018)\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-007069\" \u0014Adult Safeguarding Roles and Competencies for Health Staff (2018\u0015)\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-007366\" \u0014Intercollegiate Document: Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff (2019)\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/safeguarding-policy/\" \u0014NHS England and Improvement Safeguarding Policy 2019\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/looked-after-children-lac\" \u0014Intercollegiate Role Framework: Looked after children: knowledge, skills and competences for health care staff (2020)\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance/revised-prevent-duty-guidance-for-england-and-wales\" \u0014Revised Prevent Duty Guidance: for England and Wales (2021) \u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/safeguarding-children-young-people-and-adults-at-risk-in-the-nhs-safeguarding-accountability-and-assurance-framework/\" \u0014NHSE Safeguarding Children, young people and adults at risk in the NHS: Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (2022)\u0015\n\u0013HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-act-2021\"\u0014Home Office Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance (2022)\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-violence-duty\" \u0014Serious Violence Duty: statutory guidance (2022)\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modern-slavery-how-to-identify-and-support-victims\" \\l \"full-publication-update-history\" \u0014Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance for England and Wales (2023)\u0015\nThis policy complies with statutory duties associated with all relevant safeguarding legislation, including but not limited to the following:\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/contents\" \u0014The Children Act 1989\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/31/contents\" \u0014The Children Act 2","cbCaipEhioBwlF4B","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipEhioBwlF4B","docx",422234,57,"English","# Introduction\n## Legal basis and statutory duties\n## Relationship to local, regional and national guidance\n## Scope for ICB safeguarding practice","[{\"question\":\"What statutory duty does the Integrated Care Board have under this policy?\",\"answer\":\"Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 requires Integrated Care Boards to make arrangements to safeguard and promote children’s welfare when discharging their functions.\"},{\"question\":\"Which types of external policies and guidance does the document align with?\",\"answer\":\"It operates alongside specified local, regional and national safeguarding procedures, local protocols, multi-agency guidance, and statutory guidance 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