How to Refer Children to Cumbria Children’s Social Care if you are concerned they may be being abused
Referrals should be made through customer advisers who are based at the Central Triage Team in Penrith which covers the whole of Cumbria.
If you are uncertain whether to refer a child you can ask to speak to a duty social worker to discuss your concerns and provide you with advice.
Referrals that suggest an immediate risk to a child will be taken by phone but professionals who wish to refer children should use the Children's Services Referral Form plus CAF pre-assessment checklist to make non-urgent referrals or confirm an urgent referral in writing. The CAF pre-assessment checklist and more information on the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) can be found here.
More detailed guidance on making child protection referrals and the process children’s services follow on receipt of a referral is given in chapter 6 of our safeguarding procedures.
Children's Services have a Children and Families Directory, which gives information on all services available to children from the Directorate by use of the referral form and CAF pre-assessment checklist.
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