Make a referral about a child
In Tower Hamlets this goes to the MAST (Multi-Agency Support Team).
Phone: 020 7364 5006 option 3
Out of hours: 020 7364 4079
Local safeguarding contacts › Tower Hamlets
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Tower Hamlets
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Partnership (THSCP)’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: 020 7364 0677
Email: LADO@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Tower Hamlets describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Pan-London Threshold Document: Continuum of Help and Support
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