What does WSCP do?
The purpose of Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) is to support organisations to work together in a system where:
- Children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted;
- Organisations work together, share and have joint ownership to improve outcomes for children;
- Organisations challenge appropriately and hold one another to account;
- There is early identification and analysis of emerging safeguarding risks;
- Learning is promoted in a way that organisations can become more reflective and improve services for children and families
The role of the WSCP Business Unit
The WSCP Business Unit supports the work of the partnership by developing, delivering and monitoring:
Multi-agency safeguarding policies and procedures
Multi-agency and education safeguarding training
Quality assure safeguarding systems and practice
Share and embed learning to improve safeguarding systems and practice
Hold organisations to account
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WSCP Plan on a PageShow detailsWSCP have created a 'Plan on a Page' to highlight our priorities from 2022 - 2025.
WSCP Annual Reports
WSCP publishes an annual report providing an evaluation as to the effectiveness of the partnership's multi-agency safeguarding arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in Wakefield.
To download or print the 2023-4 interactive annual report on a page click here
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2022-23 Annual ReportShow details
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2021-22 Annual ReportShow details
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2019-20 Annual ReportShow details
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WSCP Multi-Agency Safeguarding ArrangementsShow details
WSCP’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements (MASA) are detailed in the document below. This document should be read in conjunction with the latest Annual Report for the Partnership which will reflect any updated information:
– WSCP Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements (MASA) Document 2024
Contact Us
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WSCP Business Unit TeamContact Us
The WSCP Business Unit is not the appropriate team to contact if you have a safeguarding concern about a child.
If you're worried about a child and need to speak to somebody about their safety and wellbeing, please visit the Worried About a Child Page for further information.
If you have a query, comment or would like to raise an issue about the work WSCP does please click Contact Us to do so.
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Privacy PolicyShow details
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership takes your privacy and the security of information you provide us very seriously and views secure personal data protection as its legal and social responsibility. Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership privacy policies state how and why we collect data, how we store it, how we use it and your rights concerning the personal information you provide to Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership.
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership processing of your personal data is now governed by the General Data Protection Act 2018 (GDPR). Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership lawful basis for obtaining your personal information is based on your clear, fully informed consent in pursuant to Article 6 of the GDPR. This establishes grounds for lawful processing which includes processing of consent and processing in the organisation’s legitimate interest.
If you have any questions regarding our privacy notices, please contact us by:
Emailing WSCP: wscp@wakefield.gov.uk
To view Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership Privacy Notices, please click below:
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership Privacy Notice
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership E-Bulletin Privacy Notice
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Freedom of Information RequestsShow details
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) provides the public with a general right of access to information held by public bodies, such as local government, the police, the NHS and state schools.
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) is a statutory partnership in its own right set up under the Children Act 2004 and is not a public authority for the purposes of the FOI. It is therefore exempt from the duty to provide information under the FOI.
Section 3 of the FOI provides that:
(2) For the purposes of this Act, information is held by a public authority if—
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person, or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.
A FOI request may be made directly to partner agencies of the WSCP. Where a WSCP partner which is deemed to be a public authority under the FOI holds information for its own purposes, then it does so otherwise than on behalf of another person and the information held will be subject to the FOI. However, partners in possession of WSCP minutes, documents, reports etc. are holding this information on behalf of ‘another person’ (WSCP) and it is therefore not liable to disclosure under a FOI request.
Details of how to access information from a public body can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/official-information/.
