What to do if you're worried about a child
If a child is at immediate risk of harm
- call the Police on 999
If you have a concern about a child
Please call –
- the Children and Family’s First Response Service via Waltham Forest Direct on 020 8496 3000 Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, or
- the Police on 020 8556 8855, at any time
Social work emergencies outside office hours at weekends and on public holidays
- Outside working hours and at weekends, call Waltham Forest Direct on 020 8496 3000.
An out of hours emergency duty social worker will be contacted who will call you back.
Child Protection
The Child Protection and Review Service
Children in Waltham Forest who are Looked After or the subject of a Child Protection Plan, will have their Care or Protection Plans overseen by staff from the Child Protection and Review Service.
Children the subject of a Child Protection Conference and a Child Protection Plan
To view the following information leaflets in PDF format click on the relevant link
- Child protection enquiry for children & young people (1MB, PDF file)
- Child protection conference for children & young people] (1MB, PDF, file)
- How to complain about a Child Protection conference for children and young people (133KB, PDF file)
- Child protection enquiry for parents and carers (1MB, PDF file)
- Child protection conference for parents and carers (1MB, PDF file)
- How to complain about a Child Protection conference for parents and carers (119KB, PDF file)
Some of these documents are in PDF format . To view them you may need to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Local Safeguarding Children's Board
Visit the Waltham Forest's Local Safeguarding Children's web pages.
