Make a referral about a child
In Medway this goes to the First Response Service (Single Point of Access and MASH).
Phone: 01634 334 466
Out of hours: 03000 419 191
Local safeguarding contacts › Medway
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Medway
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Medway 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 Medway Safeguarding Children Partnership (MSCP)’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: 01634 331 065
Threshold document
How Medway describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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