E-sceal 546 - CPSI – Mandatory and Optional Templates
- Published: 14 February 2019
The DES has now published 11 Templates for use by schools in relation to Child Protection. They will be available through the Revised IPPN Child Protection Bundle, which will be online by Monday 25 February 2019. Available templates include:
- Mandatory Template 1 – Risk Assessment (Portrait)
- Mandatory Template 1 – Risk Assessment (Landscape)
- Mandatory Template 2 – Child Safeguarding Statement (CSS)
- Mandatory Template 3 – CSS Review Checklist
- Mandatory Template 4 – BoM notification to Patron that CSS has been Reviewed
- Optional Template A – Record of initial contact re CP Concern (Part A) Record of contact with Tusla and the advice given (Part B)
- Optional Template B – Letter from DLP to a School Employee where the DLP decides not to forward a CP Concern brought by the School Employee to Tusla – Procedures section 5.3.8*
- Optional Template C – Record of decision to inform parents or not of a CP Concern relating to their child – Procedures section 5.3.6*
- Optional Template D – Template letter from DLP to a parent who makes an allegation of abuse against a member of the school personnel - Procedures section 5.6.2*
- Optional Template E – CP Oversight Report (CPOR) Template
- Optional Template F – Record of documents submitted to BoM meeting with CPOR *Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017
Notes on the above Templates:
- Following representations from IPPN, the DES have now made two versions of the Risk Assessment Template (Mandatory Template 1) available. Either of these Mandatory Templates can be used by a school. The Landscape version is more like the very popular IPPN Risk Assessment Template and is easier to use
- Optional Template A records both the initial contact by the DLP with a CP Concern, how it came about and also records details of the DLP’s call for advice to Tusla
- Optional Template E is a 4-page template to be prepared for the BoM meeting. It does exactly the same as the IPPN CPOR Template (1 page)
