Make a referral about a child
In Salford this goes to the The Bridge Partnership.
Phone: 0161 603 4500
Out of hours: 0161 794 8888
Local safeguarding contacts › Salford
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Salford
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Salford 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 Salford Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP)’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 Salford describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Support and Safeguarding in Salford: Helping Children to Thrive (formerly Thresholds of Need) (June 2026)
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