Working Together to Safeguard Children

A Guide to Inter-agency Working to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children

Author:

Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) (now DfE)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £35.00

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'Working Together to Safeguard Children' sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004.

It is important that all practitioners working to safeguard children and young people understand fully their responsibilities and duties as set out in primary legislation and associated regulations and guidance.

Working Together addresses to practitioners and frontline managers who have particular responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and to senior and operational managers in:

• organisations that are responsible for commissioning or providing services to children, young people and adults who are parents/carers; and

• organisations that have a particular responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Key Features

• Part 1 of the document comprises of 8 chapters which are issued as statutory guidance. Practitioners and agencies will have different responsibilities that apply to different areas and should consult the preface for a fuller explanation of their statutory duties.

• Part 2 of the document is issued as non-statutory practice guidance.

Extent	390 pages	ISBN	9780117068551
Size	A4	Price	£35.00
Format	Hardback	Published	29 Jun 2010
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