Make a referral about a child
In Bedford this goes to the Integrated Front Door (IFD, previously MASH).
Phone: 01234 718700
Out of hours: 0300 300 8123
Local safeguarding contacts › Bedford
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Bedford
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Bedford 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 Bedford Borough Safeguarding Children Partnership (via joint Safeguarding Bedfordshire website with Central Bedfordshire and Luton)’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
Threshold document
How Bedford describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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