Make a referral about a child
In Suffolk this goes to the Integrated Front Door / MASH (via Customer First).
Phone: 0808 800 4005
Local safeguarding contacts › Suffolk
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Suffolk
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Suffolk 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 Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership’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: 0300 123 2044
Email: LADO@suffolk.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Suffolk describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
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