Safeguarding Key Contacts in North Yorkshire and Links to Key Information
| Early Help Service (replaced the old Prevention Service). | To support this there are nine Locality North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Early Help Consultants based across North Yorkshire. Their role is to offer support, advice and guidance to all Practitioners in the Early Help system. The numbers are shown below depend on the locality within the County |
| Dedicated Early Help webpage | https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/professionals/early-help/ |
| North Yorkshire Council Customer Contact – Multi Agency Screening Team (MAST) | 0300 131 2 131 |
| Emergency Duty Team (EDT) | 0300 131 2 131 |
| Duty Local Authority Designated Officer – LADO | lado@northyorks.gov.uk or 01609 533080 within office hours. |
| Worried about a child ? Make a referral | https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/about-us/worried-about-a-child/ |
| Training Offers including guidance from North Yorkshire Council: Safeguarding Children Training | Training Offers including guidance from North Yorkshire Council: Safeguarding Children Training |
| Procedures: developed as a framework for services working in child safeguarding within North Yorkshire. Practice Guidance: a framework for multi-agency working in child protection across North Yorkshire. They reflect the relevant national legislation, current guidance and local context in North Yorkshire. Professionals that are or may be involved in the safeguarding of children need to have a working knowledge of these documents and to refer to relevant sections as needed. One Minute Guides: designed to provide professionals with bite sized briefings on key issues to support frontline practice | https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/professionals /procedures-practice-guidance-and-one-minuteguides/ |
| Safeguarding audit – a self-assessment tool for childminders who work on their own. | https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/wpcontent/ uploads/2021/12/2021-Locked-Childminder- Safeguarding-Audit-Tool.docx |
| Safeguarding audit – a self-assessment tool for Early Years Providers: Day Nurseries, Playgroups, Pre-schools, Childminders with Assistants, Cochildminders or Childcare on Domestic Premises and Out of School Clubs. | https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/wpcontent/ uploads/2021/12/2021-Locked-Early-Years- Provider-Safeguarding-Audit.docx |
| Information for Parents and Carers on a variety of subjects including caring for your baby and bereavement support. | https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/helpguidance- and-support/ |
| North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership e:Bulletin | Sign up to receive free monthly safeguarding e:Bulletins https://mailchi.mp/9a88b9818a6d/nyscpe-bulletin |
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