| Acronym |
Meaning |
| A&E |
Accident and Emergency |
| ABE |
Achieving Best Evidence (referring to Police and Social Workers interviewing child victims of sexual or physical abuse). |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit and Hyper-Activity Disorder |
| ARP |
Access to Resources Panel |
| ASD |
Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| C&F Assessment |
Child and Family Assessment |
| CAFCASS |
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. |
| CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (No longer used in Kent or Medway). |
| CIC |
Child/ren in Care (used in Kent) |
| CIN |
Child in Need |
| CME |
Child Missing Education |
| CP |
Child Protection |
| CSC |
Children’s Social Care |
| CSE |
Child Sexual Exploitation |
| DA/ DV |
Domestic Abuse/Domestic Violence |
| DASH |
The Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment Questionnaire (asked by Police to victims to assess level of risk) |
| EH |
Early Help |
| EHA |
Early Help Assessment |
| EHCP |
Education and Health Care Plan |
| EPO |
Emergency Protection Order (Sought via Social Worker in the courts) |
| ESO |
Education Safeguarding Officer |
| ICPCC |
Initial Child Protection Case Conference |
| IP |
Inured Party (Victim), used by Police. |
| IRO |
Independent Reviewing Officer (reviews the cases of LAC) |
| KCSIE |
Keeping Children Safe in Education |
| KCYPMHS |
Kent Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (not in Medway). |
| LAC |
Looked After Child (used in Medway) |
| LADO |
Local Area Designated Officer |
| LPM |
Legal Planning Meeting |
| MARAC |
Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference |
| MASH |
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub |
| MDAS |
Medway Domestic Abuse Service |
| MGF |
Maternal Grandfather |
| MGM |
Maternal Grandmother |
| MGP |
Maternal Grandparent |
| MISPER |
Missing Person |
| MYPWS |
Medway Young People’s Wellbeing Service (Formerly known as CAMHS) |
| NELFT |
North East London Foundation Trust (The NHS Trust responsible for delivering MWYPWS and the equivalent in Kent – KCYPMHS). |
| NFA |
No Further Action |
| NAI |
Non-Accidental Injury |
| Non-Mol |
Non-Molestation Order |
| NRPF |
No recourse to public funds. |
| ODD |
Oppositional Defiance Disorder |
| OOH |
Out of Hours |
| PEP |
Personal Education Plan (LAC Children). |
| Perp |
Perpetrator |
| PLO |
Public Law Outline (when a child’s case progresses to the legal arena – the step before court proceedings). |
| PM |
Practice Manager (Children’s Social Care Manager) |
| PP |
Police Protection (a power held by Police to remove children to a place of safety), mostly used out of hours. |
| PSO |
Prohibited Steps Order |
| RCPCC |
Review Child Protection Case Conference |
| RIO |
Referral and Information Officer (first telephone contact with members of the public who have concerns about children) |
| s.17 |
Section 17 Children Act (1989)- relates to children in need in our area. |
| s.47 |
Section 47 Children Act (1989) – Children in need of statutory protection. |
| SARC |
Sexual Abuse Resource Centre (Maidstone) |
| SEN |
Special Educational Needs |
| SOPO |
Sexual Offences Prevention Order |
| SPA |
Single Point of Access (Referrals to Social Care received). |
| STC |
Secure Training Centre |
| STRAT |
Strategy Discussion (S.47 Children Act 1989) |
| VIT |
Vulnerabilities Investigation Team (Kent Police) |
| WTSC |
Working Together to Safeguard Children |
| YOI |
Young Offenders Institute |
| YOT |
Young Offenders Team |
| YP |
Young Person |
