Freedom of information response
Safeguarding Procedures
Please could you provide me with the safeguarding procedures that Thurrock social care follow when an allegation has been made by a child in care that an adult care professional has hit them.
Thurrock Council’s procedures are available online, you can find the procedures for allegations against staff, volunteers and people in positions of trust in section 7 of the SET procedures: https://www.thurrocklscp.org.uk/assets/1/set-procedures-may2022.pdf. Thurrock has additional procedures for allegations against foster carers (https://thurrockcs.trixonline.co.uk/chapter/allegations-against-foster-carers ) and prospective adopters (https://thurrockcs.trixonline.co.uk/chapter/allegations-against-prospective-adopters-and-in-relation-to-children-placed-for-adoption-or-already-adopted)