Make a referral about a child
In Leicester this goes to the Duty and Advice Service.
Phone: 0116 454 1004
Out of hours: 0116 454 1004
Local safeguarding contacts › Leicester
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Leicester
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Leicester 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 Leicester Safeguarding Children Partnership Board (LSCPB)’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: 0116 454 2440
Threshold document
How Leicester describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
LLR Thresholds Document (Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland) (2021)
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