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Safeguarding children -acting on concerns

Anyone who has concerns about a child should follow their agency’s internal child protection procedures. Many agencies have designated staff able to offer advice and decide upon the necessity for a referral to the relevant area office of Birmingham Children, Young People and Families Directorate, or if it is outside of normal office hours to the Emergency Duty Team. Both are listed in the directory.

If your agency does not have a designated person, it is always wise to refer to these teams if you are concerned about a child.

Where the survivor recognises that her children maybe at risk of experiencing abuse or neglect or where she feels she needs additional support to protect her children, she may self-refer to the same teams.

Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board’s Child Protection Procedures (2006) provide a practice framework for all agencies and professionals who work together to safeguard children in Birmingham.

Section 23 of the Child Protection Procedures, relating specifically to domestic violence is reprinted here, and further guidance on child protection available at www.lscbbirmingham.org.uk

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