Make a referral about a child
In East Sussex this goes to the Single Point of Access (SPoA).
Phone: 01323 464222
Out of hours: 01273 335 905
Local safeguarding contacts › East Sussex
Safeguarding contacts for schools in East Sussex
Where a designated safeguarding lead in East Sussex 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 East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership (ESSCP)’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 East Sussex describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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