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A Child Protection Conference is a formal meeting about a child arranged by Children’s Social Care.

It is called an Initial Child Protection Conference (ICPC) when it is the first Child Protection Conference.

An Initial Child Protection Conference happens within 15 days (3 weeks) of the strategy meeting that started the Child Protection enquiry.

A Child Protection Conference is for people and agencies to share information about a child.

Information will come from different people and different services.

The information will include any information social services already have and information that has been collected during the enquiry.

It is a meeting to look at how to keep a child safe if professionals are worried the child might be at risk of significant harm.

The social worker will help the parents understand what will happen at the conference.

The social worker who carried out the assessment should have written a report for the conference.

The parents will get a copy of the conference report which says what concerns different professionals have about your child’s safety.

The parents can decide if they want someone at the conference to help them, like an advocate.