Child Protection Guidance 2021

Part 3: Identifying and responding to concerns about children 121 National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 Version 1.0 September 2021 3.171 When a practitioner wishes to raise an issue about the process, or disagrees with CPPM decisions, communication and concerns should be channelled through their agency line management: • there should be clearly defined local arrangements for challenging inter-agency CPPM processes • if a parent or carer wishes to challenge the decisions of the CPPM, they should follow processes defined in local inter-agency child protection procedures. If the complaint is about a specific practitioner, they should follow the relevant agency’s complaints procedures. Children and young people should have access to guidance that they can understand about how to challenge a decision or make a complaint from any of the practitioners with whom they have contact