Safeguarding guidance
It is the expectation that all providers have a sound understanding of safeguarding children and child protection.
To support you in meeting your statutory duties, Leicester Safeguarding Children Partnership Board (LSCBP) and HM Government provide the following information, advice and publications:
LSCPB guidance
- Online procedures
- Safeguarding Competency Framework
- Safeguarding training
- Threshold for access to services
- Report a concern
- Early help - Leicester City Council's offer
- Multi-Agency Referral Form - MARF (online form)
- Allegations against adults that work with children (LADO)
- Safeguarding Matters - Online briefings . Click here to view previously recorded sessions.
- Children's Advice Support and Prevention team (CASP) 0116 454 1004. The service is open 24 hours, 7 days a week, all year. CASP-team@leicester.gov.uk
Should you have concerns about a child in your care that lives outside of the city boundaries, you can find Leicestershire County Council's reporting guidance here.
HM Government publications
- Working together to safeguard children
- What to do if you are worried about a child
- Information sharing: advice for practitioners
- Keeping children safe in education
- UKCIS Safeguarding Children and Protecting Professionals in Early
Years Settings (Online safety guidance for managers) - Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings - This document has been removed from the gov.uk website, however the content has been embedded within the Early years inspection handbook
- DBS Update Service
Prevent duty guidance and resources
- Prevent duty guidance: England and Wales (2023)
- Prevent duty guidance update: a briefing for schools and early years providers
- Prevent duty online training: learn how to support people susceptible to radicalisation
- Educate against hate resources
- Educate against hate Facebook page
- Refer someone to the Prevent team (leics.police.co.uk)
- Making a referral to Prevent
- Prevent Leicestershire Police
- Police Prevent team phone number: dial 101
Leicester City Prevent Education Officer - Ailsa Coull Telephone: 0116 4546923 or 07962703743 Email: ailsa.coull@leicester.gov.uk
Resources
- QIP Framework – Safeguarding Section
- Safeguarding Q cards
- tri.x National Contacts - contact details for national support agencies and services