Acronyms guide
Acronyms can be a right pain, and they might leave you scratching your head wondering what they mean! So, we’ve created this guide to some of the most common acronyms that you might come across.
This is meant as a quick guide to just acronyms, but you’ll find more information about some of them in our handy list of definitions and explanations.
ADM – Agency Decision Maker
ASW – Adopt South West
ASYE – Assessed Supported Year Employment
CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
CARP – Childrens Access to Resource Panel
CFCN – Children and Families North
CFCS – Children and Families South
CIC – Child In Care
CIN – Child In Need
CLA – Child Looked After
CP – Child Protection
EDT – Emergency Duty Team
EH – Early Help
EHCP – Educational Health Care Plan
FC – Foster Carer
FDM – Fostering Decision Maker
FFA – Friends and Family Assessment
FGC – Family Group Conference
FOC – Father Of Child
FP – Family Practitioner
ICS – Integrated Childrens Services
IFA – Independent Fostering Association
IHA – Initial Health Assessment
IRO – Independent Reviewing Officer
IRT – Initial Response Team
JACAT – Journey After Child Abuse Team
JACP – Joint Agency Commissioning Panel
LPM – Legal Planning Meeting
MACE – Missing and Child Exploitation
MACSE – Missing and Child Sexual Exploitation
MASH – Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
MOC – Mother Of Child
P+T – Permanency And Transition
PA – Personal Advisor
PEP – Personal Education Plan
PLO – Public Law Outline
PPO – Police Protection Order
PPU – Public Protection Unit
PRP – Placement Review Panel
QARRS – Quality Assurance Review Service
RAA – Review Adoption Assessment
REACH – Reducing Exploitation and Absence from Care or Home
RHA – Review Health Assessment
S17 – Section 17
S20 – Section 20
S47 – Section 47
SARC – Sexual Assault Referral Centre
SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disability
SGO – Special Guardianship Order
SSW – Senior Social Worker / Student Social Worker / Supervising Social Worker
SW – Social Worker
TC – Telephone Contact