Make a referral about a child
In Devon this goes to the Children's Front Door (incorporating MASH).
Phone: 0345 155 1071
Out of hours: 0345 6000 388
Local safeguarding contacts › Devon
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Devon
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Devon 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 Devon 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: 01392 384964
Threshold document
How Devon describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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