What decisions and recommendations can a child protection conference make?
The only decisions a conference can make are: • Whether or not a child should be subject to a child protection plan. • To appoint a social worker to work with the child and family (known as the key worker). • To set a date for futher conference and core group meeting. Recommendations will be made about a child protection plan which is designed to keep the child protected and assess any risk to the child. The conference may decide that your child is not at risk. In these circumstances it may still be of benefit to offer services. The child protection conference can make recommendations about what kind of services might help.
