Business Unit
The Business Unit is a small team that supports the Halton Safeguarding Children Partnership to carry out its core functions, including the subgroups, learning reviews, and delivering training.
The team also supports the development and implementation of the new safeguarding arrangements, and it ensures the effective delivery of roles and functions. The team is based at:
Rutland House
Second Avenue
Palacefields
Runcorn
WA7 2GW
PLEASE NOTE the Halton Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) is not a frontline service. It does not deliver services directly to children, young people or their families and therefore is unable to respond to any referrals and/or enquiries relating to concerns about individual children and young people.
If you have a concern about a child or young person, please visit our Report a Concern notice on the Home Page.
For initial enquiries relating to the work of the partnership please direct your enquiries to:
Email: CYPSafeguardingPartnership@halton.gov.uk
Phone no: 0151-511-7909
If your query relates to training, please direct your enquiries to the contact below: safeguarding.training@halton.gov.uk
The team are available Monday-Friday and will respond as soon as possible.
Occasionally situations arise when workers within one agency feel that the actions, inaction, or decisions of another agency do not adequately safeguard a child, young person or family.
All professionals have a duty to act assertively and proactively to ensure that a child’s welfare is the paramount consideration in all professional activity.
Therefore, all professionals must challenge the practice of other professionals where they are concerned that this practice is placing children at risk of harm. If resolution has not been sought in these situations, then the Procedure for Pan Cheshire Professional Challenge and Escalation should be followed.