Victoria Climbie was murdered by her aunt and her boyfriend

It has been jointly developed by 11 local authorities in the South West, led by South Gloucestershire council.

The "jargon-free" site has been proof read by young people and will be used for training and developing future child care practice.

It was built to agree upon consistency and approach and follows in the wake of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry.

The inquiry into the eight-year-old's death in February 2000 called for radical reforms in child protection services in the UK.

Specialist areas

The website is particularly aimed at people working in organisations such as the social services, schools, youth service, police and health service and in the voluntary sector.

The hope is to ensure that families and professionals who move across geographical boundaries will not be subject to different procedures in different areas.

The site currently covers procedures for dealing with possible abuse of individual children and young people.

In the future, procedures in other specialist areas, such as allegations against professionals, or underage sex, will be added.

The councils included in the South West Child Protection Procedures (SWCPP) partnership includes Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay and Wiltshire.