Appealing a Case Conference Decision and the Child Protection Register was last modified: January 28th, 2022 by
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A case conference will decide whether to put your child’s name on the Child Protection Register. Each Health and Social Care Trust (HSC Trust) is required to keep a register of every child/young person in its area who is considered to be suffering from, or likely to suffer, significant harm and for whom there is a Child Protection Plan. The Register is not a list of names of children/young people who have been abused but of children/young people for whom there are unresolved Child Protection issues and who are currently the subject of an inter-agency Child Protection Plan. The purpose of the register is to provide record about a child/young person for whom there are unresolved Child Protection issues and there is in place an inter-agency Child Protection Plan. It also ensures the Child Protection Plan is formally reviewed at least every six months (and initially after three months of the decision to place the child/young person’s name on the Register). It is also useful in that it provides a central point of enquiry for professional staff who are concerned about the welfare of a child/young person and who need to know whether the child/young person is the subject of an inter-agency Child Protection Plan. The information on the Register must be kept up-to-date and its contents must be confidential other than to authorised, legitimate enquirers. It must be held securely and separately from other agency records. It must be accessible to enquirers both in and outside office hours. A parent, a person who has parental responsibility, or a person who was invited as the primary carer of a child/young person who has been subject to a Child Protection Investigation and Child Protection Case Conference. Children/young people, according to their age and understanding, who have been subject to a Child Protection Investigation and Child Protection Case Conference, may also appeal the decision. The decision can only appealed if one of the following grounds are satisfied: Finally appeals must be made within 15 days of the Initial Case Conference Decision. If you require assistance in relation to any of the above then please do not hesitate to contact us at our offices. Contact our Dungannon office on 028 8772 2102 or our Dublin office on 01 533 7860. Alternatively complete an Online Enquiry and we will soon be in touch.
Who Can Appeal a Decision to Place a Child’s Name on the Register?