Children’s Safeguarding and Police Protection Powers

to 1:00pm
About this event

Section 46 of the Children Act 1989 is the relatively little-known power whereby police may ‘remove the child to suitable acccomodation’ or prevent ’the child’s removal from any hospital, or other place, in which he is then being accommodated’. Despite being little known, research based on FOI requests has shown that this power was used perhaps 12,000 times in one year. This session will explore how the power works both in legislation and practice, how it fits with other legal powers in the Act, and the challenges and opportunities of working with Section 46. It will be particularly relevant for social workers undertaking safeguarding work, those working with looked after children, and those in 'out-of-hours' teams.

The webinar will bring a multi-disciplinary approach and be led by the Centre for Justice Innovation.

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Delivered via MS Teams. For any queries please contact ProfDE@basw.co.uk.