Make a referral about a child
In Dudley this goes to the Children's Front Door (MASH).
Phone: 0300 555 0050 (select option 3)
Out of hours: 0300 555 8574
Local safeguarding contacts › Dudley
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Dudley
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Dudley 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 Dudley Safeguarding People 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: 01384 813061
Email: allegations@dudley.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Dudley describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
DSPP Continuum of Help and Support (June 2026)
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