This document is currently being updated and the draft Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 is now available. We would appreciate your comments on the proposed changes. You can give your views by using this form.
Both the draft document is available and the consultation document are available on the government website.
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 is the government’s statutory guidance for all organisations and agencies who work with, or carry out work related to, children in the United Kingdom. The guidance aims to set the goalposts for inter-agency working and for promoting the welfare of children from all backgrounds, in all settings.
Definitions of abuse
Definitions of the different types of child abuse and related terminology are included in Working Together to Safeguard Children. Key definitions are highlighted in this glossary.
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