In July 2018, the Department for Education published a new edition of the statutory guidance Working together to safeguard children: a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (Department for Education, 2018)1.
The guidance sets out what organisations in England must to do safeguard all children and young people under the age of 18.
This briefing outlines the main changes in the 2018 version. Key areas covered include:
It also summarises further updates made in December 2020 in relation to information sharing, homelessness duty, references to domestic abuse and school's awareness of child mental health.
References
Department for Education (DfE) (2018) Working together to safeguard children: a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (PDF). [London]: Department for Education (DfE).The DfE published a new edition of its statutory guidance Working together to safeguard children in December 2023.
> Read Working together to safeguard children 2023: summary of changes CASPAR briefing
References
Our CASPAR briefings help people working or volunteering with children and young people understand changes to safeguarding and child protection policy and guidance. They also summarise key research and reports from independent bodies such as Ofsted or the Care Inspectorate.
Find out how the child protection works in the UK as well as information on multi-agency working, case reviews, children and young people's children's rights and a list of key dates and terminology.
Provides an overview of how and when case reviews are carried out as well as the terminology used and guidance for each UK nation.
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