Tameside Safeguarding Children Board

Child Protection

• Statement of Purpose
• What to do if I am concerned about a child's safety or welfare
• What is Tameside Safeguarding Children Board?
• Who is part of TSCB?
• What is the TSCB responsible for?
• How do you find out more about the TSCB?

Statement of Purpose

Everyone is responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Sharing information and practice across agencies helps protect children. The Tameside Safeguarding Children Board is the designated multi-agency group with the authority to carry out this responsibility.

It works by:

• Leading collaboration across the agencies.
• Developing and setting policies and procedures.
• Monitoring and auditing their implementation.
• Providing training.
• Promoting awareness in the wider community.

What to do if I am concerned about a child's safety or welfare

Child protection is the proper concern of everyone living in Tameside. If you have concerns that a child is being abused or neglected, or that they may be at risk of harm, you should contact:

Children's Social Care, Assessment and Family Support Unit, 56 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7JX
 office hours) 0161 342 4150 / (out of hours) 0161 342 2222 0161 342 4123 0161 342 4152 
 Send a Message to Children's Social Care

In an emergency, contact the Police.

Simple guidance about children who may need protection from harm is available.

For national guidance please see 'What to do if you're worried a child is being abused'

What is Tameside Safeguarding Children Board?

The protection of children from abuse and neglect in Tameside is overseen by a body called the Tameside Safeguarding Children Board (TSCB).

The TSCB co-ordinates the way in which statutory agencies work together in Tameside to protect children from harm.

Who is part of the TSCB?

The TSCB meets regularly throughout the year, and is made up of representatives from:

• Services for Children & Young People
• Housing
• Health Services
• Probation Services
• Greater Manchester Police
• NSPCC
• Children & Family Court Advisory and Support Services
• Connexions
• Youth Offending Team

What is the TSCB responsible for?

• Agreeing local policies and procedures to guide inter-agency child protection work.
• Improving local ways of working to achieve better outcomes for children.
• Undertaking reviews of cases where there is a concern about the effectiveness of services.
• Providing training and development programmes to help improve the quality of working together.
• Raising awareness of the need to safeguard children in the wider community.
• To undertake work as outlined in the Business Plan.

How do you find out more about the TSCB?

If you would like to find out more about the TSCB , how it works, or to make a comment, please contact

Contact Information
Send us a Message	Tameside Safeguarding Children Board Union Street Building Union Street Hyde SK14 4ND View local map
0161 342 4348
0161 368 8612