Children in need of help and protection (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

Key contacts and references

Carers

Key contact

Coralie Morton

E-mail

coralie.morton@southtyneside.gov.uk

Job Title

Quality Assurance and Improvement Lead, Children, Adults and Family Services

Phone Number

0743 6834047

Local Strategies and Plans

South Tyneside Children and Families Strategy (and Child Poverty strategy) 2017 -20

South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Board; https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/35808/Safeguarding-Children-Board

Market Position Statement for Care and Independence, September 2016, South Tyneside Council

Early Help Strategy 2016 - 18, South Tyneside Council

Children & families Service Improvement Plan, April 2017, South Tyneside Council

National Strategies and Plans

HM Government; Working Together to Safeguard Children, March 2015

HM Government; Putting Children First; December 2016

HM Government; Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice - 0 - 25 years - statutory guidance for organisations which work with and support children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities 

Additional Resources

HM Government ; What to do if you are worried a child is being abused : a guide for practitioners, March 2015

Department for Education Characteristics of Children in Need 2015-16 ; SFR 52/2016, November 2016

National Audit Office; Children in Need of Help or Protection; October 2016

Joseph Rowntree Foundation ; The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect : an evidence review; March 2016

Department for Education; Statistics collection - children in need and child protection, GOV.UK: Statistics for children in need 

Department for Education, report of Graham Allen MP , 2011, GOV.UK: Early intervention: the next steps

Last updated: 12/06/2017