Working together to safeguard children

This guidance is for:

• statutory safeguarding partners (health, local authorityauthorities, chiefand executivespolice)
• directors of children’s services
• safeguardingeducation partners
• teachers and educationchildcare staffsettings
• social workers
• health service professionals
• police (including British Transport Police)
• adult social care services
• policehousing officersand homelessness services
• voluntaryPrison and communityProbation sectorServices
• children’s workershomes
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  Statutory framework

  The updated statutory framework sets out the legislation relevant to safeguardingsafeguarding. andIt it should be read alongside the statutory guidance.

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  Improving practice with children, young people and families provides advice for local areas on embedding working together to safeguard children and the children’s social care national framework.