COVID-19 Information for Partners

Darlington Safeguarding Partnership recognises that COVID-19 is putting increasing pressures on services providing support to children, young people and vulnerable adults. 

Safeguarding continues to be a priority, however the Statutory Safeguarding Partners recognise that we will all have to work a little differently in relation to our Statutory Safeguarding duties and responsibilities to safeguard children and vulnerable adults in Darlington. 

Partnership working is vital during this current time and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements will continue as usual, however agencies are to be mindful that this may be undertaken in a different way whilst trying to avoid as much face to face contact as possible.

Further information on how we are working together to safeguard children and vulnerable adults in Darlington are outlined below:

Partnership briefing documents

Darlington Safeguarding Partnership has developed briefing documents to keep you up to date with interim safeguarding arrangements.

• Read the findings and discussion of the March 2021; Adult Safeguarding Insight Project [pdf Document]
• Read the Practice Briefing of the December 2020; Supporting vulnerable children and families during COVID-19 [PDF Document]
• Darlington Safeguarding Partnership Briefing March 2020  [pdf document]
• Darlington Safeguarding Partnership Briefing April 2020 [pdf document]