Worried about a Child
Home / Worried about a Child If you are worried about any child and think they may be a victim of neglect, abuse or cruelty, contact the Warwickshire Children and Families Family Connect on 01926 414144. It is good practice to discuss any concerns with the family and where possible seek agreement to make referrals for […]
Allegations against people who work with children/young people
Home / Allegations against people who work with children/young people Referrals to the Local Authority 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. Possibly committed a criminal offence against, or related […]
Child Missing from Education (CME)
Home / Child Missing from Education (CME) Warwickshire County Council has a legal duty to identify children missing education (CME) and to make sure they return to education wherever possible. Anyone with a concern that a child is missing education can make a referral to the Access to Education Team at Warwickshire County Council. For […]
WSCP Practitioner Escalation Policy
Home / WSCP Practitioner Escalation Policy All practitioners working with children and young people have a responsibility to ensure that the child’s welfare is seen as a priority at all levels of practitioner activity. Practitioners are individually responsible for being satisfied about the substance and progress of safeguarding plans for service users. What is Escalation? […]
Posters and Leaflets
Home / Posters and Leaflets *Kindly note this page is currently being updated. Posters for display in all organisations Child Abuse Happens in Warwickshire NEW 2025 Worried About a Child NEW 2025 Who to Call 2026 Other posters for schools and education settings Rape and Sexual Violence poster – Secrets Child Protection Conferences Other posters and leaflets […]
Interagency Safeguarding Procedures
Home / Interagency Safeguarding Procedures Warwickshire Safeguarding has joined the West Midlands Regional Safeguarding Children’s Procedures Manual. This enables Warwickshire to align its inter-agency safeguarding procedures with thirteen other Local Safeguarding Partnerships operating across the region. The new procedures manual is organised as follows: Level 1 procedures: reflect statutory guidance requirements (shared by all LSCPs in […]
Quality Assurance Framework
Home / Quality Assurance Framework Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Partnership’s (WSCP) Quality Assurance Framework outlines our approach to evaluating the effectiveness of arrangements to safeguarding children in Warwickshire. The framework promotes a culture of continuous learning and improvement across the safeguarding system and uses various activities to assure partners that the safeguarding response within the county […]
Quarterly News Bulletin
Home / Quarterly News Bulletin Welcome to Warwickshire Safeguarding’s quarterly news bulletin. The news bulletin has been designed to introduce you to relevant pieces of information which can be accessed in more detail via the links embedded within each of the articles. We will be producing the bulletins on a quarterly basis here onwards to: […]
Information Sharing Agreement
Home / Information Sharing Agreement The Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Information Sharing Agreement provides a framework to facilitate the appropriate sharing of information between the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Partner Agencies in order to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in Warwickshire and to protect them from harm. The Information Sharing Agreement recognises that […]
Case Reviews
Home / Case Reviews Sometimes a child suffers a serious injury or death as a result of child abuse or neglect. Understanding not only what happened but also why things happened as they did can help to improve our response in the future. Understanding the impact that the actions of different organisations and agencies had […]