Working Together to Safeguard Children

Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, support and protect children.

This guidance covers:

• the legislative requirements that apply to individuals, organisations and agencies
• a framework for the three local safeguarding partners (the local authority, an ICB for an area, any part of which falls within the local authority area, and the Chief Constable for police for a police area, any part of which falls within the local authority area) to make arrangements to work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of local children, including identifying and responding to their needs
• the framework for the two child death review partners (the local authority and any ICB for an area, any part of which falls within the local authority area) to make arrangements to review all deaths of children normally resident in the local area, and if they consider it appropriate, for those not normally resident in the area

All children should be helped, supported and protected when things are difficult. The links below also include an illustrated guide, animated video and toolkit explain to children, young people and their families how individuals, organisations and agencies work together to help, support and protect them.

Practitioners who would like to use the toolkit can email workingtogether.statutoryguidance@education.gov.uk to request this.