Safer Referral Form
This form should be used to request support for a child who has suffered or is at risk of suffering significant harm; where you believe they are unlikely to achieve or maintain a reasonable level of health or development without the provision of a social work service. This is Level 4 of need.
What do you need to do?
- Discuss your concerns with the child and family if appropriate and where you can, gain their consent.
- Where you are able, reflect on the right support at the right time with your agency’s safeguarding lead to determine that a request for a social work service is the most appropriate response for the child.
What is the level of need? (To ascertain the level of need based upon the information you have, consult the the Framework of Assessment (Threshold document). (Practitioners working in Middlesbrough should consult the Middlesbrough Threshold of Need Document)
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