Categories of abuse Question Title * 1. What is your name? Question Title * 2. What borough do you work in or for? Question Title * 3. What is your job role Child protection manager [or equivalent] Lead officer for children's social care [often an assistant director or director] Local safeguarding children board [business manager or chair] Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Do you agree that the child protection procedures should be amended so that, at the conclusion of a child protection conference and where a protection plan is required, local areas can confirm the need for a protection plan and identify the specific risks and/or strengths that are applicable to that child and NOT identify a category of abuse. Yes No Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. If a decision is NOT made in the child protection conference about the category of abuse, but after the conference the chair uses their professional judgement to record the most appropriate category of abuse for administrative and reporting purposes only, which of the following options would you prefer: The category of abuse is not shared with the family and it is not held on the case file The category of abuse is not shared with the family or professional network but it is held on the case file The category of abuse is shared with the family and professional network and it is held on the case file Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. Finally, would you prefer that the category/categories of abuse are not specified at any point? It is important to note that this means it would not be possible to report on this question to the Department of Education. Yes No Question Title * 7. Do you have anything else to add? Done