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Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
View our new multi-agency safeguarding children arrangements.
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023
New statutory guidance on effective multi-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children has been published. The new Working together to safeguard children 2023: statutory guidance was published on 15 December 2023. This statutory guidance covers the legislative requirements and expectations on individual services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
In addition, the Children's social care: national framework - GOV.UK statutory guidance on the principles behind children’s social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
DfE non statutory information sharing advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services for children, young people, parents and carers.
This is guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
London Safeguarding Children Procedures
This LSCP adheres to the London Safeguarding Children Procedures.
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What is abuse and neglect?
A person may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm, or by failing to act to prevent harm. Children and young people may be abused in a family, institutional or community setting; by those known to them or, more rarely, by a stranger.
For more information about abuse and spotting its signs see What is abuse and neglect?
Worried about someone?
If you want to report any abuse or discuss concerns in relation to children and young people please contact:
- Hammersmith & Fulham - telephone: 020 8753 6610
- Kensington and Chelsea - [email protected] or telehone: 020 7361 3013
- Westminster - [email protected] or telelephone: 020 7641 4000
In an emergency call the police on 999.
For details of specific safeguarding contacts in your borough, see our page about useful safeguarding contacts for professionals.