Safeguarding Children

Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

The Children and Social Work Act 2017 and Working Together 2023 introduced new arrangements for safeguarding children. Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Partnership has introduced a model for safeguarding that will allow us to develop a family focused approach through increased multi agency collaboration.

WSCP Safeguarding Children Partnership Logo 2024

Our new partnership arrangements are designed to support and enable local organisations and agencies to work together in a system where:

children and young people are safeguarded and their welfare promoted
partner organisations and agencies collaborate, have joint an equal responsibility for safeguarding children and young people across Warwickshire, and share and co-own the vision for how to achieve improved outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.
establish Education as a fourth safeguarding partner in addition to the three key statutory agencies: Health, Police, and Children's Services.
organisations and agencies challenge appropriately and hold one another to account effectively
introducing the role of Independent Scrutineer to the partnership, providing challenge, support and guidance
there is early identification and analysis of new safeguarding issues and emerging threats
learning is promoted and embedded in a way that local services for children and young people can become more reflective and implement changes to practice
information is shared effectively to facilitate more accurate and timely decision making for children and young people
local data from all agencies is developed to strategically identify and respond to the underlying conditions and factors that lead to the need for help and protection

More information about the work of Warwickshire Safeguarding Children's Partnership can be found by visiting the following pages:

I am a Child/Young person

If you are a child or young person under 18 years old, this area of the website is for you.

All children and young people have the right to be protected from harm. Safeguarding is about the action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. It means that children are protected from:

Abuse and maltreatment
Preventing harm to children's health or development
Ensuring children grow up in safe, effective care
Taking action to ensure that all children have the best outcomes

If you are concerned about yourself or someone else, you can call a helpline which is just for children and young people. Childline is a helpline which is free, private and confidential and it doesn't show up on the phone bill. Or you can contact them online.

Childline - 0800 1111 or click here to access online.

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, Childline provides you with an option of contacting using British Sign Language (BSL) or through a counsellor online, anytime. Click here to find out more.

If English isn't your first language, you can contact Childline online and use an Art Box to write or draw how you feel - click here to find out more.

Children and Families - Family Connect
You can also contact Family Connect to speak to someone, call 01926 414144. Family Connect is open 8.30am - 5.30pm (Monday - Thursday) and 8.30am - 5.00pm (Friday).

Is someone you know at immediate risk or danger?
Call the Police straight away, dialling 999.

I work with Children & Young People

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility!

Everyone has a right to live in a world free from abuse and neglect.

The following pages have been developed to provide an overview of local arrangements, policies and procedures.

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