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Non-Accidental Injuries

 


It can be difficult to spot non-accidental injuries. In some cases, signs can be missed because they are complex, and it is unclear what has happened. The following resources are useful for anyone working or volunteering with young children. 

 

Resources

 

Unexplained, Non-accidental Bruising or Injuries to Babies and Young Children Resources

National Review of Non-Accidental Injury in under 1s (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Bruising in non-mobile infants (publishing.service.gov.uk) 

 

SET Procedures – Non-Accidental Injury (NAI) 

Section 19.2.4 

Section 35.9.2 

 

Management of Suspicious, Unexplained Injuries or Bruising in Children for Frontline Practitioners 

SOUTHEND, ESSEX AND THURROCK MULTI-AGENCY PROTOCOL – May 2022 Version 2 

 

NICE  

full-guideline-pdf-243694625 (nice.org.uk) - Ctrl + F, then type in Bruise or Injury or Non-Accidental or Shaking 

 

NSPCC  

Bruises on children (CORE-INFO leaflet) (nspcc.org.uk) 

CORE – INFO: Head and spinal injuries in children (nspcc.org.uk) 

 

North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

One Minute Guide – Unintentional Injuries in the Under 5’s

7 Point Briefing - Learning relating to non-accidental injury in a baby

 

Lewisham Safeguarding Partnership

7 minute briefing: Summary of findings from Cross Borough CSPR with London Borough of Lewisham Child DA November 2021

 

East Sussex

Non-Accidental Injury Under 5 Deep Dive: Summary for Practitioners & Managers April 2021

 

Virtual College

Learning from SCR’s (Free online course)

The course modules contain up to 10 case scenarios based on the following eight SCR themes:

 

If you have found any of these resources particularly helpful, please do let us know by emailing escb@essex.gov.uk

 

Learning and Development Opportunitites

 

There is also e-learning available on the ESCA e-learning platform, which can be accessed using this link https:/esca.essexacl.ac.uk/login/index.php