Safeguarding and Policies
If you have any Child Protection concerns during the school holiday periods or outside of our usual hours, it is crucial to contact the local authority immediately.
If you believe a child or young person is at immediate risk you should contact the police on 999, non emergency 101
For those of you in the Hull area:
EHASH – 01482 448 879 option four
Emergency Duty Team – 01482 300 304 (Out of hours)
For those of you in the East Riding area;
East Riding Childrens safeguarding Hub-01482 395 500
Emergency Duty Team after 5pm- 01482 241 273
For North East Lincs
Members of the public and professionals can call 01472 326292 (option 2, option 2) (Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm and Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm).
· Emergency Duty Team (EDT), you can contact on 01472 326292 (option 2).
You can access all of our safeguarding documents here:
Michelle - Safeguarding Lead
Michelle@lifeskillshub.co.uk
Luke - Safeguarding Deputy
Luke@lifeskillshub.co.uk
Elly - Safeguarding Deputy
Elly@lifeskillshub.co.uk
Working in Partnership
As well as our in-house Safeguarding, we are also committed to working alongside services and professionals.
The Local Authority Designated Officers, or LADO's are available in every local authority area. LADOs can be contacted if someone needs to sound out or report a concern about a staff member causing actual or perceived harm or risky behaviour to a child or young person within our care and/or the staff member is alleged to have committed a crime. LADO's role is to advise, support, and, if necessary, investigate matters reported as part of keeping children safe structure.
The LADO links for the local authorities Life Skills Hub currently work with are:
Early help and Support:
Children and their families may need extra support at different times in their lives. Early Help Assessments are a way of parents and a professional working together to identify any difficulties a family may be facing and then identifying the best possible ways of resolving them.
Sometimes, Life Skills Hub is not able to provide the expertise or support required, and in this case a family might decide to request the support of the Early Help Team and a Team Around the Family (TAF). This is a group of people who want the best for the child or young person. They will work together in an open and honest way with the child and their family, to create a co-ordinated plan of support.
For more information, please speak to:
someone at school
a health professional (including your GP)
a professional involved with you or your family
Worried About a Child?
If you are worried that a child or young person under the age of 18 is at risk of harm or needs help and support, it is important that you share this.
If you believe a child or young person is at immediate risk, you should contact the police on 999.
In an emergency or for urgent advice, please contact the Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHASH) or the Emergency Duty Team by telephone.
Hull
EHASH - 01482 448 879 option 4
Hull Emergency Duty Team - 01482 300 304 (Out of hours)
If your concern does not require an immediate response, please submit your concern via the portal.
Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHASH) | Children in need | Hull
East Riding
East Riding Childrens Safeguarding Hub (SAPH): 01482 395 500: Support and protection for children (eastriding.gov.uk)
East Riding Emergency Duty Team (EDT) after 5pm: 01482 393 939
East Riding Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHaSH): 01482 395 500 Early help and prevention (eastriding.gov.uk)
Childline: Childline
Police: 101(Non-Emergency) / 999 (Emergency)
