Welcome to the professional page for Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children Board. Here we plan to create an on-line portal, bringing together information, links and news about all aspects of safeguarding children. You may find it useful to bookmark this page; be sure to visit us regularly as we will be updating the content on a regular basis.
Safeguarding children is a shared responsibility
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children – and in particular protecting them from significant harm - depends upon effective joint working between agencies and professionals that have different roles and expertise.
Individual children, especially some of the most vulnerable children and those at greatest risk of social exclusion, will need co-ordinated help from health, education, children’s social care, and quite possibly the voluntary sector and other agencies, including youth justice services.
For those children who are suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm, or causing or at risk of causing physical or sexual harm to others, joint working is essential, to safeguard and promote welfare of children and, where necessary, to help bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes against children.
About the WFSCB
Who we are and what we do.
If you need to make a referral or seek advice on an allegation against a professional or volunteer working with children in Waltham Forest, » see our guidance and referral form on the allegations process
London Child Protection Procedures (Edition 4 - Dec 2010)
The latest version of the London Child Protection Procedures are available from the London Safeguarding Children Board .
Project Azure: Female Genital Mutilation
For the second year running, the Met are running an awareness campaign around Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Summer holidays have been identified as the time that girls are sent to countries that practice FGM or have the procedure carried out in the UK. This highly dangerous and emotionally damaging practice is illegal and is clearly a form of child abuse. The LSCB is developing a strategy to raise awareness among professionals in time for the holiday period.
Agency Report to a Child Protection Conference template
Non-social worker multi-agency report template for child protection conferences. This template should be used by all non-social worker staff from across all agencies for their reports for child protection conferences.
Download the agency report to a child protection conference template (55KB Word file)
Multi-agency Training
Access our training brochure and flyers here. All Multi-agency training is open to all agencies working with children and young people and is free of charge
Integrated Working Training
This training is essential for an understanding of information sharing, CAF and the Lead professional Role. It is free of charge. For a list of available dates click here.
WFSCB Briefings and Policies
Policy, procedure and practice guidance as well as briefing papers and other useful information on safeguarding children in Waltham Forest
Engaging with young people in Waltham Forest: basic safeguarding information (45KB PDF file)
A leaflet designed for officers in Waltham Forest who want to involve children and young people in the design and delivery of their services
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The WFSCB produce a weekly e-mail bulletin packed with articles, news, conferences and events as a service to all our partners. To subscribe, please send an e-mail to safeguardingboardtraining@walthamforest.gov.uk . Please include the words: Information Bulletin in the subject line of your message.
