Keyword

Working Together to Safeguard Children, England

Working Together to Safeguard Children is a Government publication which sets out detailed guidance about the role, function and composition of Local Safeguarding Children Boards, the roles and responsibilities of their member agencies in safeguarding children within their areas and the actions that should be taken where there are concerns that children have suffered or are at risk of suffering significant harm.

The most recent guidance was published in April 2006.

Previous Working Together guidance was published in 1991 and 1996.