Make a referral about a child
In Gloucestershire this goes to the Children and Families Front Door Service (MASH).
How to refer in Gloucestershire
Phone: 01452 42 65 65 (Select Option 3)
Out of hours: 01452 614194
Local safeguarding contacts › Gloucestershire
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Gloucestershire
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership (GSCP)’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: 01452 426994
Threshold document
How Gloucestershire describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Levels of Intervention Gloucestershire 2026 (2026 (v11))
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