Integrating digital risk into Section 47 enquiries, CIN plans, and Child Protection plans. Working alongside CEOP, IWF, and online-harm investigators.
As a children's services social worker, you carry statutory responsibility for some of the most complex safeguarding decisions in the country. Online harm is now woven through almost every case — grooming, sextortion, online-facilitated child sexual exploitation, county lines recruitment via social media, and self-generated indecent images shared in school group chats. This guide focuses on integrating digital risk into the assessments and plans you already produce: strategy discussions, Section 47 enquiries, Child in Need plans, and Child Protection plans.
Digital risk is rarely standalone. A child being groomed online is often also experiencing offline neglect that makes that grooming possible. Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 expects assessments to take a whole-child view, which now means understanding how a child uses devices, who they talk to, what they are exposed to, and what they share. A plan that does not address the online dimension is incomplete.
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