Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) for Safeguarding Children

To make informed decisions about safeguarding and achieve quality outcomes for individuals, we must share information with our partner agencies who also have responsibilities for safeguarding and prevention. It has been frequently recognised in local and national reviews of safeguarding practice that failing to share information at critical times has led to detrimental outcomes. A…

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023

Today (15th December 2023) the Department for Education have published its revised statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children. This revision to the guidance focuses on strengthening multi agency working across the whole system of help, support and protection for children and their families, keeping a child-centred approach while bringing a whole family focus, and…