Edinburgh and the Lothians Multi-agency Child Protection Procedures - Plain Text Web Version
6. Working with parents/carers
Practitioners must seek to achieve a shared understanding with parents about concerns and about actions needed to reduce risk and build on strengths. In doing so:
- The views of parents and carers should always be listened to and considered.
- They should be given as much information as possible about what is happening and be involved in decision making unless this increases the risk to the child.
- They should be supported to understand what the concerns are and what their role is in any meeting or plan.
- Working in partnership with family members is key to the long-term beneficial outcomes for the child, and staff must take account of a family's strengths as well as its weaknesses.
