Welcome to the Wakefield District Safeguarding Children Board web pages.
These pages provide information on:
- the membership of the Wakefield and District Safeguarding Children Board (WDSCB)
- the work of the WDSCB,
- the training it provides and the procedures it has developed.
The main responsibility of the Wakefield District Safeguarding Children Board is to ensure children and young people in the Wakefield District are safe from harm.
The Children Act places the Safeguarding Boards on a statutory footing, giving many agencies a duty to cooperate with regards to the safeguarding of children. This duty sits within the context of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children.
Please go to 'Related Links' and click on 'Every Child Matters' to find out more about local safeguarding boards and for guidance on how the boards should work effectively.
The documents listed below are part of the Interagency Procedures to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children Handbook.
You can also access policies, procedures, general information, etc about Child Protection from the links below.
