Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 62
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Establish clear processes for reviewing and escalating multi-agency child safeguarding disagreements.
Conclusion
Multi-agency working is crucial in child safeguarding processes. Where there is disagreement between children’s social care and other agencies such as health, police and education on a safeguarding matter, there must be clear processes in place to review and escalate concerns providing a clear line of accountability and decision-making. (Recommendation, Paragraph 155)
Government Response
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