Child protection

Guidance and services

• Intimate piercing: information for young people under 18
  Advice for young people under 18 and their parents or guardians on the law on intimate piercing.
• Directed enhanced service: childhood immunisations
  Outlines specialised services provided by general medical services for childhood immunisations.
• Safeguarding guidance
  Guidance to help you follow the law on safeguarding people.
• Handling cross-border child protection cases
  Guidance for local authorities, health boards and trusts on how to handle cross border child protection cases.
• Domestic abuse practice guidance for Cafcass Cymru practitioners
  Guidance to aid and assist Cafcass Cymru practitioners with cases that feature the domestic abuse of children.
• Guidance for Cafcass Cymru practitioners about children experiencing domestic abuse
  Information for Cafcass Cymru practitioners about how domestic abuse can impact children who have experienced it.
• Finding of fact hearings: practice guidance for Cafcass Cymru practitioners
  Practice guidance for Cafcass Cymru staff and fee paid practitioners when considering the best interests of children in relation to fact-finding.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for police officers and police forces in Wales
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for police officers and police forces in Wales.
• Ending physical punishment in Wales: information for parents
  Promotional material
  Information for parents about the new law.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: physical punishment, like smacking, soon to be illegal in Wales
  Promotional material
  A new Welsh Government law giving children the same protection as adults from assault will come into force on 21 March 2022.
• #TalkParenting: online engagement report
  Report
  Review of how the hashtag #TalkParenting helped discussion about physical punishment of children.
• Ending physical punishment in Wales: poster
  Promotional material
  Print, share or display this poster to raise awareness of the change in law.
• Order made by the Welsh Ministers under Section 84 of the Children Act 1989 (2010 No.49)
  Legislation
  The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them under section 84 of the Children Act 1989, revoke the Order made in March 2009 which declared the City and County of Swansea in default of their statutory duties without reasonable excuse in respect of their Children's Social Services.
• Order Made by the Welsh Ministers under Section 84 of the Children Act 1989 (2009 No.12)
  Legislation
  The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them under section 84 of the Children Act 1989 make the following declaration and direction in relation to Children’s Social Services provided by the City and County of Swansea.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for people who work with children, outside of formal education and childcare
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for organisations and people who work with, volunteer or care for children, outside of formal education and childcare.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for the childcare and playwork sector workforce
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for the childcare and playwork sector workforce.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for the Crown Prosecution Service
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for the Crown Prosecution Service.
• Section 31 applications
  Report
  Cafcass Cymru
  A report containing the number of Section 31 applications made by Cafcass Cymru between April 2008 and March 2022.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for the education workforce
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for the education workforce.
• Ending physical punishment in Wales: explainer video
  Policy and strategy
  A short film which explains the change in law.
• Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020: explanatory memorandum
  Policy and strategy
  Explains what the Act will do.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for the healthcare sector
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for the healthcare sector.
• Ending physical punishment in Wales: background information
  Report
  Background information to ending the physical punishment of children in Wales.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: briefing note
  Report
  Explaining the change in law.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for the social services workforce
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for the social services workforce.
• Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020: integrated impact assessments
  Impact assessment
  We assessed how the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 will impact on a number of areas.
• Review of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) policy: report
  Report
  How the ACE policy has performed and how it can be developed in the future.
• Ending Physical Punishment in Wales: factsheet for the legal sector
  Promotional material
  Information about the change in law for the legal sector.