Welcome to the Wokingham Children's Services Procedures Manual

This is the procedures manual for Wokingham Children Services.

The manual is laid out as following:

• Procedures - this contains the procedures that meet the national social work requirements required by legislation and statutory guidance;
• Practice Guidance - this contains local guidance, tools and other information that supports and complements the main procedures. It is important that you use this area;
• The Berkshire West Safeguarding Children Partnership has a range of guidance on safeguarding topics. These can be accessed from the button on the top toolbar titled 'SCP Guidance';
• The Pan Berks Child Protection Procedures can be accessed from the same button and contain the multi-agency procedures for safeguarding.

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For more information about this manual, please contact the Policy and Quality Assurance Team on impactandinspectionteam@wokingham.gov.uk.