Working Together to Safeguard Children: changes to statutory guidance
Overview
Working Together to Safeguard Children is the multi-agency statutory guidance that sets out expectations for the system that provides help, support and protection for children and their families. It applies at every level from senior leaders to those in direct practice with families, and across all agencies and organisations that come into contact with children. It gives practitioners clarity about what is required of them individually and how they need to work in partnership with each other to deliver effective services.
Why your views matter
Updating Working Together now is central to delivering on the first phase of our ambitious plans to transform Children's Social Care, set out in Stable Homes, Built on Love. We want to see strengthened multi-agency working across the whole system of help, support and protection for children and their families, a system re-balanced towards help at an early point, and strong, effective and consistent child protection practice.
Your views are important, and we want to hear them. They will make sure our changes do what children and their families need them to do. We encourage you to read the consultation document before responding to the corresponding questions in the survey.
What happens next
The results of the consultation and the department's response will be published on GOV.UK in Autumn 2023.
Events
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Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 open access consultation event
From 29 Jun 2023 at 10:00 to 29 Jun 2023 at 11:00Join one of our upcoming webinars to hear about and give your views on the update to Working Together to Safeguard Children.
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Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 open access consultation event
From 5 Sep 2023 at 15:00 to 5 Sep 2023 at 16:00Join one of our upcoming webinars to hear about and give your views on the update to Working Together to Safeguard Children.
Audiences
- Teachers
- Headteachers
- Governors
- School support staff
- Early learning and childcare providers
- Local authorities
- Further education colleges
- Sixth form colleges
- Independent specialist colleges
- Designated institutions and 16-19 academies
- 16-18 year old students resident at these institutions
- Designated safeguarding leads
- Virtual school heads
- SENCOs
- Educational Psychologists
- School business managers
- Governing bodies and academy trusts
- Bodies representing schools and local authorities
- Faith bodies
- Pupils
- Young people
- Parents
- Foster carers
- Adoptive parents
- Employers
- Community representatives
- Volunteers
- Social workers
- Social workers
- Team managers
- Service managers
- Principle social workers
- Directors of children's services
- CAMHS
- Adult and mental health practitioners
- Health visitors
- School nurses
- Clinical commissioning groups
Interests
- Education
- Accommodation (Looked after children)
- Care leavers and former looked-after children
- Friends and family care
- Social care standards and guidance
- Keeping children safe in education and other settings
- Preventing neglect, abuse and exploitation
- Safeguarding disabled children
- Social workers' standards
- Disabled children
- SEND code of practice
- Teaching and learning (SEND)
- Careers guidance
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