A child protection notification is a report made to an authorised department by persons or other bodies about an allegation of child abuse or neglect, child maltreatment or harm to a child.
This item should not include reports regarding wider concerns about children or families which are classified as child concern reports.
A notification can involve only one child; where it is claimed that two children have been abused or neglected, this is counted as two notifications, even if the children are from one family. Where there is more than one notification about the same 'event', this is counted as only one notification. Where there is more than one notification within a financial year, but relating to different events, these notifications should be counted as separate notifications.
