Working Together to Safeguard Children

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

Author:

Department for Education and Skills

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £21.00

'Working Together to Safeguard Children: A Guide to Inter-agency working to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children' contains statutory and non-statutory guidance addressed to practitioners and front-line managers who have particular responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This guidance is in line with the provisions in the Children Act 1989, Children Act 2004 section 11, s175 of the Education Act 2002 and other legislation including the Government's Green Paper 'Every Child Matters' (ISBN 0101586027, available below).

The statutory guidance set out in the guide includes: an explanation of the roles, responsibilities and duties of the different people and organisations working directly or indirectly with children; the role, functions, governance and operation of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB); and the procedures LSCBs should follow when undertaking a serious case review.