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Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP)

Safeguarding Children Partnerships were set up following the Children Act 2004 resulting from the Victoria Climbie enquiry, which called for new arrangements to hold people to account in organisations responsible for safeguarding children. The WSCP has a really important role in coordinating and ensuring the…

Early Help IT System (EHITS)

EHITS has been decommissioned and replaced with a signposting and referral portal. The portal went live on 20th of December and we would encourage you to use the new portal. You can access it here: fis.wandsworth.gov.uk/kb5/wandsworth/fsd/advice.page?id=mUSnUT69qdw From the 7th of January 2022, EHITS has become read…

FGM Downloads and Updates

FGM Downloads and updates The Wandsworth FGM Guidelines and Wandsworth FGM Strategy are no longer in use and are now archived. Please download the following document for further information: Wandsworth FGM Updates May 2016  All FGM Pathways have also been replaced with a single document.…

Early Help Practitioners' Hub

The Early Help Hub is a resource for practitioners working with children and families to find services that can help to support these families. "It is important that children receive the right help at the right time.  For that to happen, everyone who comes in contact…

Guide to Early Help Processes

This handbook is written for frontline operational managers, but the processes and policies will be of use to all staff working with and supporting children, young people and their families. The guidance explains the framework, practice tools and processes that are used to support integrated working…

Guidance for professionals - domestic violence or abuse / forced marriage

This guidance is for professionals who come into contact with people who have experienced violence or abuse. Other documents include: Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage Forced Marriage Protection Orders The Right to Choose: Multi-agency statutory guidance for dealing with forced marriage  …

Continuum of Need – thresholds

In 2010 Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership and the Children and Young People’s Board adopted the London Continuum of Need.  The Continuum of Need is a guide to thresholds for four levels of service. The movement up and down the continuum of need is not exactly…

Safeguarding (MASH, WSCP)

All practitioners have a responsibility to safeguard children from harm and act as soon as they identify a child at risk.  The risk could be not meeting the development milestones, health issues going unchecked or risk of significant harm, physically and/or emotionally or due to…

Forced Marriage Myth Buster

If I tell someone, my parents will be told Absolutely not! Nobody will tell your parents anything that will put you in harms way. If I ask for help, my parents will go to jail This isn’t true; there are many ways that you could…

Forced Marriage Guidance and FMPOs

Most forced marriages take place abroad. If you are travelling overseas and worried that you may be forced into a marriage, before you leave: Give a photocopy of your passport, travel plans, details of where you’re staying, your parents’ details and a photograph of yourself…