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This guide and toolkit will support and empower all practitioners and managers, within the public, private and third sectors across Dumfries and Galloway, when working with children and families affected by problematic alcohol and/or drug use.

A list of links to legislation and guidance relating to adult protection.

This guidance helps care homes in Dumfries and Galloway keep adults safe from harm. It supports staff to understand their responsibilities and take action when someone may be at risk.

A list of links to legislation and guidance relating to child protection.

This framework is about how professionals escalate issues that they are facing as partners when planning for children.

Dumfries and Galloway Public Protection Partnership adopted the use of the Neglect Toolkit in 2016 (now known as the Assessment of Care: Practice Toolkit) and set a standard whereby the toolkit will be used to inform assessment and planning for all children on the child protection register where neglect is a factor.

The financial harm strategy helps partners and agencies work collaboratively and efficiently to tackle financial harm in all its guises and wherever it occurs throughout our communities.

You have a responsibility to decide whether to share and exchange relevant information with other professionals when it comes to sharing information about your concerns about an adult, child or young person.

This protocol provides all practitioners with an evidenced-based strategy for the assessment, management and referral of non-mobile children who present with injuries (including bruising or marks).

Independent significant case review reports aim to give the salient points to allow for analysis and also to pose questions on how Council Officers, in similar situations, might act.