Child protection

Guidance and services

• Handling cross-border child protection cases
  Guidance for local authorities, health boards and trusts on how to handle cross border child protection cases.
• 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.
• Out of Court Parenting Support Grant: guidance
  Explains to local authorities, police and youth offending teams how the grant is funded and how to administer it.
• Safeguarding guidance
  Guidance to help you follow the law on safeguarding people.
• 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.
• Coronavirus: guidance for Cafcass Cymru clients
  Guidance for clients of Cafcass Cymru about how the service will work during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Cafcass Cymru: information for children and young people about COVID-19
  Guidance for young people about how coronavirus pandemic may affect court proceedings.

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

• 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.
• Review of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) policy: report
  Report
  How the ACE policy has performed and how it can be developed in the future.