Amendments

This chapter was added to the manual in February 2024.

This chapter was refreshed in February 2024.

This chapter was refreshed in February 2024 and additional links were added into Further Information.

This chapter was refreshed in February 2024.

In February 2024, information on the Channel Programme was added into Section 4, What to do if you have Concerns. 

In February 2024, a new section 'Principles' was added into Section 2, Serious Violence Duty to include information from the Ofsted Framework Joint Targeted Area Inspections of the Multi-agency Response to Serious Youth Violence.

Section 5, Safe Sleeping was added in February 2024.

This chapter was refreshed in February 2024 and additional links were added into Further Information.

In February 2024, information was added into Section 13, Transitional Safeguarding.