Make a referral about a child
In Barking and Dagenham this goes to the MASH.
How to refer in Barking and Dagenham
Phone: 020 8227 3811
Out of hours: 0208 215 3000
Local safeguarding contacts › Barking and Dagenham
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Barking and Dagenham
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Barking and Dagenham makes a referral, raises an allegation about a member of staff, and finds the local threshold document. Every link goes to the council’s or Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Partnership’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
Allegations about staff: the LADO
For a concern that an adult working with children may have harmed a child or may pose a risk. When to contact the LADO
Phone: 0208 227 3934
Email: lado@lbbd.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Barking and Dagenham describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Barking and Dagenham Continuum of Need Guidance (v9, July 2023 (aligned with Pan London guidance 2023))
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