A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

This document sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. It is addressed to practitioners and front-line managers who have particular responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and to senior and operational managers, in:

• organisations that are responsible for commissioning or providing services to children, young people, and adults who are parents/carers, and
• organisations that have a particular responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.