Make a referral about a child
In Stoke-on-Trent this goes to the Integrated Front Door.
How to refer in Stoke-on-Trent
Phone: 01782 235100
Out of hours: 01782 234234
Local safeguarding contacts › Stoke-on-Trent
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent Safeguarding Children Partnership’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
In Stoke-on-Trent this goes to the Integrated Front Door.
How to refer in Stoke-on-Trent
Phone: 01782 235100
Out of hours: 01782 234234
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: 01782 235100
Email: LADO.sp@stoke.gov.uk
How Stoke-on-Trent describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Thresholds for Intervention (June 2025)
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