Make a referral about a child
In Torbay this goes to the MASH.
Phone: 01803 208100
Out of hours: 0300 4564 876
Local safeguarding contacts › Torbay
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Torbay 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 Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership (TSCP)’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
In Torbay this goes to the MASH.
Phone: 01803 208100
Out of hours: 0300 4564 876
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: 01803 208541
How Torbay describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Right Help, Right Service, Right Time: TSCP Threshold document 2026 (July 2026)
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