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Reference: FOI-494325617
Date of request: 07/03/2023
Title of request: Coached or Psychologically Coerced Children

Dear [name removed],

Thank you for your completing your Freedom of Information Request.

We aim to answer all requests within 20 working days.

You will receive a response via email and an update in [1]your self-serve
account if you have one.

For information about how we handle your request please see our [2]Freedom
of Information privacy notice.

For information about your appeal rights please see [3]Freedom of
Information reviews and appeals.

Kind regards

Access to Information Team
Aberdeen City Council | Customer Development | Customer Experience |
Customer
Marischal College | Broad Street | Aberdeen | AB10 1AB
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Reference: FOI-494325617
Date of request: 06/03/2023
Title of request: Coached or Psychologically Coerced Children
Information request:

Per the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, please supply me with
all information contained in your records:

Please advise your policy, procedures and training programme for Social
Work staff dealing with and identifying ‘Coached or psychologically
coerced children?’

Please provide your policy and procedures which explains types and
examples of diagnostic criteria and/or indicators & signs of a child being
coached and/or psychologically coerced?

Please advise your policy and procedures that explains appropriate methods
of working with including but not limited to consideration and
intervention of a child who may present as being subject to having been
coached by psychological coercive control that is given when working with
coached and/psychologically coerced children?”

Dear [name removed],

Thank you for your information request. We have completed the necessary
search for the information requested. Our response is now detailed below. 

Per the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, please supply me with
all information contained in your records:

Please advise your policy, procedures and training programme for Social
Work staff dealing with and identifying ‘Coached or psychologically
coerced children?’

Please provide your policy and procedures which explains types and
examples of diagnostic criteria and/or indicators & signs of a child being
coached and/or psychologically coerced?

Please advise your policy and procedures that explains appropriate methods
of working with including but not limited to consideration and
intervention of a child who may present as being subject to having been
coached by psychological coercive control that is given when working with
coached and/psychologically coerced children?”

We do not have any specific policy, procedures or training programme for
social work staff dealing with and identifying ‘coached or psychologically
coerced children’.

We would respond to such needs within our child protection procedures if
it was felt that this need required more support than would be offered by
universal services under our GIRFEC guidance.

We are unable to provide you with information on our policy, procedures
and training programme for dealing with and identifying coached or
psychologically coerced children. In order to comply with its obligations
under the terms of Section 17 of the FOISA, we are informing you that we
do not hold this information.  

We handled your request for information in accordance with the provisions
of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

If you are dissatisfied with the way we have handled your request or the
content of it, you are entitled to ask for an appeal. You can do this from
your [1]Aberdeen City Council self service account.

For more information on your right to review, please visit [2]Freedom of
Information Review and Appeals.

We hope this helps with your request.

Kind regards

Access to Information Team
Aberdeen City Council | Customer Development | Customer Experience |
Customer
Marischal College | Broad Street | Aberdeen | AB10 1AB
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