Safeguarding explained
Safeguarding is about:
- Protecting children and adults at risk from harm, abuse and neglect
- Preventing damage to health and development
- Ensuring children are growing up safely, have the best life chances and enter adulthood successfully
Children and adults at risk can be abused in a family, institution or community setting. Abuse can include:
- Physical abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Neglect - persistent failure to meet basic physical and / or psychological needs
- Financial or material abuse
- Discriminatory abuse
- Institutional abuse
Worried about a child or adult at risk
If you have concerns, please contact:
- Stockport Council's Children's Social Care on 0161 217 6028
- Stockport Council's Adult Social Care on 0161 217 6029
- Stockport Council's out of hours service on 0161 718 2118
- Stockport Police on 0161 872 5050
- NSPCC Child Protection helpline on 0808 800 5000
- In an emergency situation please call 999
Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy
Please read the Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy
