Useful Contacts when reporting child protection issues:
| Designated Members of Sackville staff | Dennis Hayden Paul Street Amy Steer |
01342 414910 01342 414905 |
| West Sussex Local Authority Designated Officer | Claire Coles, Lyndsey Tunbridge-Adams, Room 41, South Wing, Durban House, Durban Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9RE Claire.Coles@westsussex.gov.uk Lindsey.Tunbridge-Adams@westsussex.gov.uk
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0330 2223339 |
| Head of Sackville School | Jo Meloni | 01342 410140 |
Child Protection Referrals
| West Sussex Children’s Access Point: Monday to Friday between 9 am-5 pm: 01403 229900 At all other times, including nights, weekends and bank holidays, contact the ‘out of hours’ emergency team: 0330 222 6664 |
| East Sussex Duty and Assessment Team – West of county: 01323 747373 Duty and Assessment Team – East of county: 01424 724144 Out of Hours Social Care Service – Children’s services: 01273 335905/6 |
| Brighton & Hove Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) C/O Whitehawk Community Hub and Library 179A Whitehawk Road Brighton BN2 5FL Telephone: 01273 290400 Email MASH@brighton-hove.gcsx.gov.uk |
| Surrey Duty and Assessment Team Surrey County Council’s Contact Centre by calling 0300 200 1006.The Contact Centre is open from 8 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday. If you want to make a referral outside of those office hours, you should contact the Emergency Duty Team on 01483 517898. If it is an emergency, you may need to contact the Police as well. |
Contacting the Child Protection Team
If you need to make a referral, you should phone one of the above numbers:
- You should state that you are making a child protection referral and will be asked for the name and address of the young person and their address
- You will then be put through to a duty Social Worker on a childcare helpdesk in the relevant Social and Caring Service office who will take the details if the case
- Ensure you ask how this will be followed up and ask for progress to be communicated to either yourself or the appropriate school contact.