N ottingham City Safeguarding Children Board
ALLEGATIONS MANAGEMENT
Any allegation or concern about the conduct or behaviour of a person who works with children and/or young people must be referred to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO). This will enable the management of the three strands of the allegations management process (potential safeguarding concerns, criminal investigation and disciplinary procedures).
All agencies have a Named Senior Officer responsible for allegations and information should go to them in the first instance before a referral is made to the LADO. Referrals must be made to the LADO when information suggests that an adult who has contact with children as part of their employment or voluntary work may have:
behaved in a way that has harmed a child or may have harmed a child
possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child; or
behaved in a way that indicates s/he is unsuitable to work with children.
In Nottingham City, the LADO role is undertaken by the following people:
Name |
Role |
Contact Details
|
Melissa Hopewell |
LADO Business Support
|
0115 8764776
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Richard Powell
|
LADO |
Tel - 0115 8764747 |
Gillian Quincey |
Schools and Education Safeguarding Co-ordinator
|
Tel – 0115 8765698 |
Karen Shead
|
0-19 Safeguarding Co-ordinator |
Tel – 0115 8764725
|
LADO e mail account
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The LADO should be contacted in the first instance for all allegations, so any of the above team can either take initial information on an allegation or direct you to the most appropriate person.
For more information on Allegations Management, please see NCSCB / NSCB Safeguarding Children Procedures (Chapter 5) available on www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ncscb
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