Briefly describe the role of the different organisations that may be when a child or young person has been abused or harmed involved in safeguarding children (CYP 3.3/2.4) TW1/TW6
|Agency |Description of their role and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children |
| |Social services roles and responsibilities are: |
|Social Services |• To provide support for vulnerable children and families. |
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| |Children’s social care has a key role to safeguard and promote the welfare |
| |of children who are in need. To do this, they must work in partnership with |
| |parents and other agencies. When concern has been raised about a child, |
| |and they are thought to be at risk, children’s social care has particular |
| |responsibilities to decide on the course of action to take. If it is found that...