Identifying Coached or Psychologically Coerced Children

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Dear Moray Council,

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?”

Please acknowledge receipt and I shall look forward to your full and frank disclosure within 20 working days

Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]

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Title: Identifying Coached or Psychologically Coerced Children

Reference: 101003263632

Dear [name removed]

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

Thank you for your information request Identifying Coached or Psychologically Coerced Children received 2023-03-04. This is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

In order to co-ordinate your request, I am acting as your central point of contact and can be contacted by email at [Moray Council request email]

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Yours sincerely

Jacqui Graham
Information Co-ordinator
01343 563110
The Moray Council
[Moray Council request email]

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Reference: 101003263632

Dear [name removed]

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

Thank you for your information request concerning Identifying Coached or Psychologically Coerced Children dated 2023-03-03. This is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

I am writing to advise you that following research of the Council's papers and electronic records the Council does not hold the information you requested. We are therefore unable to comply with your request under Section 17 (1b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

If you are dissatisfied in any way with the manner in which the Council has dealt with your request for information, you are entitled to ask the Council to review its actions and decisions. If you would like a review of the decision please write to the Information Governance Manager and Data Protection Officer, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS, or email [email address]. A review panel will convene and has 20 working days to consider and respond to your appeal. All appeal requests must be made in writing.

If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome of this review, then you may appeal by writing to the Scottish Information Commissioner via their online appeal service at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal or to Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS.

Further information on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 can be obtained by visiting www.moray.gov.uk or the Scottish Information Commissioner's website, www.itspublicknowledge.info.

Yours sincerely

Imke Henderson
Information Co-ordinator
01343 563110

The Moray Council
[Moray Council request email]

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