Safeguarding - Protecting vulnerable children and adults
What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding means protecting adults and children at risk from abuse or neglect, and promoting their right to live in safety with dignity. It involves proactive identification, prevention, and multi-agency response while respecting people’s wishes and views.
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, if you have a concern please do something about it, do not assume someone else has already done it. Your intervention could make a difference to someone’s life.
More information is available from the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children's Partnership or for adults from the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board.
Report safeguarding concerns
If you are concerned about the immediate safety of a child or adult, please contact the Police on 101 at any time. In an emergency call 999.
Report concerns about a child
If you are worried that a child may be suffering or at risk or significant harm you can:
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Phone the Children and Families Front Door on 01452 426565 (office hours) or the Emergency Duty Team outside hours.
- Please see Gloucestershire County Council's report a concern pages for more information
Report concerns about an adult
If you suspect an adult is being neglected, harmed or suffering domestic abuse you can:
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Contact the Adult Social Care Helpdesk on 01452 426868 (Mon–Fri, office hours) or email socialcare.enq@gloucestershire.gov.uk
- Please see Gloucestershire County Council's keeping people safe pages for more information