Welcome to the St. Helens Multi-Agency Procedures Manual

Welcome to the latest version of your online Procedures Manual which is produced and maintained in partnership with tri.x. This replaces all previous procedures manuals.

Please see 'Using this Manual' for details about the way this manual works.

This manual is updated on a regular basis and you can register to be alerted to any changes by clicking here. Please note, if you identify any errors/broken links within documents please kindly notify the safeguardingchildrenpartnership@sthelens.gov.uk for these to be amended accordingly.

This procedures manual is to be read in conjunction with Working Together to Safeguard Children, St. Helens Descriptions of Need and the relevant local documentation contained in the ‘Documents Library’ (Core Procedures Section).

See also: North West Resource. Here you will find regional protocols across the North West region, including relating to children and young people moving across local authority boundaries.

For any further /queries please contact the Safeguarding Children Partnership. Email: safeguardingchildrenpartnership@sthelens.gov.uk.

See also Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements Resource.

Please note: this Manual will be updated regularly, so staff should avoid retaining printed versions - hard copies are only valid for 72 hours and should then be discarded.