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Children and family care

You will find information here relating to children and family care. Please click on the links below and on the left-hand navigation for futher information.
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Child Protection - Dudley Safeguarding Children Board 

 

Children can only be safeguarded properly if the key agencies work effectively together. Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) are designed to help ensure this.

Further information on child protection

 

 

Family Centres


Families can need somewhere to go for advice and practical ideas of how to best look after their children. Family centres provide a variety of services from pre-school care to parenting groups.

Further information on family centres

 

 

 

 

Assessment

Our aim is to support families with caring for their children. We have a key responsibility to help ensure the wellbeing of children and young people through providing or arranging services to meet their needs and protecting them from harm.

Further information on assessment

 

 

 

 

Inspection of safeguarding and looked after children's services

An announced inspection of safeguarding and looked after children’s services in Dudley is due some time before March 2012. We do not know when it will be and will receive 10 days notice of the inspectors' visit.

Further information on the inspection

 

 

 

 

Children with Disabilities Services


This service supports children and young people aged 0 - 18 years and their families where the child has a severe physical, sensory or learning disability or the child has a life limiting condition which seriously affects their daily living.

Further information on children with disabilities services

 

 

 

Emergency Protection Order

 

 

 

 

Emergency Duty Team

Anyone needing to contact a social worker on behalf of an adult or child out of office hours, should contact the emergency duty team on their new telephone number 0300 555 8574.

:: more on the emergency duty team