Working Together 2018 and the Childrens and Social Work Act 2017 provides statutory guidance,
definitions and specifies inter-agency working to safeguard and promte the welfare of children.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as
- protecting children from maltreatment.
-preventing impairment of children's health or development
-ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Below you will find information for loacl authorites within the Region should a safeguarding conern be raised, and further advise is needed, or you make a referral. These could be concerns raised by a child, by what you have seen or observed. Please ring 999 if the incident is an emeregency or a child is in immedidate danger or immediate risk of harm.

Referals to the Loacl Athority Designated Office (LADO) should be made where there are concerns that someone who works with children may have:
a) Behaved in a way that has harmed, or may have harmed, a child.
b) Possibily committed a criminal offence against, or related to, a child; or
c) Behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates that they may pose a risk of harm.

I am happy to make any LADO refereals if the threshold for referral is met.