Child Protection Policy

CNF Section 1 - Introduction to CNF's Child Protection Policy.

Children Need Families (CNF) is a charitable organisation, providing information and assistance on shared parenting issues arising from family breakdown, giving support and advice to divorced and separated parents, grandparents and the extended family, irrespective of their marital status, gender or financial position.

CNF's primary concern is the maintenance of a child's relationship with both parents and the extended family.

Recognising and responding to child abuse effectively, objectively and with regard for the individual, is essential and a priority for CNF.

Section 2 of this Child Protection Policy (CPP) document attempts to set out common indicators of child abuse.

The reader is reminded that they should be looked at in a broad context, rather than in isolation.

This Child Protection Policy is formulated to help CNF's officers, members and volunteer's, respond appropriately and effectively to children and young people when abuse is suspected, disclosed or discovered to a officer, member or volunteer or indeed indicated by a parent.

CNF recognises the need to develop links and work with child focused services, such as Social Services, The Child Protection Unit, local schools and clubs etc in and around the Northamptonshire area, as well as nationally in order to eliminate and where possible prevent any form of abuse towards children and young people.

Working in partnership with other agencies and like-minded organisations helps CNF to reduce the associated risks for vulnerable children and young people. This gives them a dominant voice and an effective means to articulate their concerns and or worries about an individual or group of people.

A spirit of cooperation with other agencies will also help us to provide the best possible framework of establishing good working practices for officers, members an volunteers with children and young people, ultimately achieving a very high standard of child protection.

Engaging with support networks and services will help provide a more secure environment for children to develop their interpersonal relationships with adults and others without fear or prejudice.

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