Make a referral about a child
In Oxfordshire this goes to the MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub).
Phone: 0345 050 7666
Out of hours: 0800 833408
Local safeguarding contacts › Oxfordshire
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Oxfordshire
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (OSCP)’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: 01865 810603
Threshold document
How Oxfordshire describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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