Child Protection and domestic violence

When you are a victim of domestic violence, it can lead to your children being at risk too. They may be either physically hurt themselves and/or they may witness domestic violence which can be very emotionally harmful for children. The damage it causes is specifically included in the legal definition of significant harm to a child. This section will help you to understand the process that will happen if social workers are concerned about your child being harmed in either of these ways.

This section aims to answer your questions on:

• A Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)
• The child protection investigation
• Child Protection Conferences and decisions
• What help can you get under a child protection plan
• A Core Group meeting
• Child Protection Review Conferences outcomes