Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from harm and promoting their welfare is everyone’s responsibility. Tamworth Children’s Trust works closely with Staffordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board to ensure robust safeguarding procedures are in place to protect children from harm. Tamworth Children’s Trust will require all partners to submit a copy of their organisations safeguarding policy to the Board.

The Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board brings together representatives of each of the main agencies and professionals responsible for helping to protect children from abuse and neglect. It is an inter-agency forum for agreeing how the different services and professional groups should co-operate to safeguard children throughout Staffordshire (except Stoke-on-Trent, which has its own Safeguarding Board) and, for making sure that arrangements work effectively in bringing about better outcomes for children.

The Staffordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board website provides information on safeguarding for children and young people, parents and carers and professionals. Details of safeguarding training courses are also available.

If you think someone is being abused or you think their safety is at risk, then it is important to tell someone.

Where a crime has been committed or if you're worried about someone's immediate safety, contact the Police by dialling999.

Otherwise you should report your concerns to a county council social work team.

Report child abuse

Report abuse of a vulnerable adult