Make a referral about a child
In Barnsley this goes to the Integrated Front Door.
Phone: 01226 772423
Out of hours: 01226 787789
Local safeguarding contacts › Barnsley
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Barnsley
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Barnsley 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 Barnsley 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: 01226 772341
Threshold document
How Barnsley describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Barnsley Thresholds for Intervention (Version 6, 23 February 2022)
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