| Telford & Wrekin and its partners work with children
in need and their families in the areas of family support, child
protection, disabled children, children in care (children who need
to live away from home), and care leavers (children who have
left/are leaving
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The service carries out its legal responsibilities
through the assessment of need (as described in the Children Act
1989) and providing services to meet these needs. This includes
support to parents, children, young carers, families with
relationship difficulties, disability issues or child protection
concerns. It also includes services such as foster care, adoption
or residential care.
Contact:-
The Mount, 1 Haygate Road, Wellington, Telford
TF1 1QX
Telephone: 01952 385700
Fax: 01952 385894
Office Hours:-
Monday to Friday from 9am - 5pm.
Emergency out of hours contacts:-
If you are concerned about the welfare of a child and need to
contact social services in an emergency please call:
Safeguarding Children Board
Telford &
Wrekin Safeguarding Board have approved multi-agency procedures
which all agencies will follow in managing child protection
concerns.
Complaints, Comments,
Compliments:
For information
on how to make a complaint, comment or compliment about children's
social care follow the link above. (Note that there are two
procedures - one for children and young people and one for
adults).
Additional advice:
If you would like some confidential
help and advice please contact Childline on freephone 0800 11 11
- this is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Disabled Children
The Integrated Service for Disabled Children brings together a
range of local authority and Health professionals into a single
service to support children and their families.
Learning and
behaviour
The service aims to work with pupils, staff in school, other
agencies and parents to maximise opportunities for children and
young people to reach their full
potential. | |
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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