The Department for Education (DfE) published a new edition of its statutory guidance Working together to safeguard children in December 2023.
This 2023 edition replaces Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, which underwent a limited factual update in 2020.
The guidance outlines what organisations and agencies must and should do to help, protect and promote the welfare of all children and young people under the age of 18 in England.
The NSPCC have created a useful briefing outlining the main changes in the 2023 edition, including updates around:
multi-agency expectations for all practitioners
working with parents and families
clarifying the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding partners
the role of education and childcare providers
multi-agency practice standards
support for disabled children
tackling harm that occurs outside the home.
The Briefing can be found here.
Working Together 2023 can be found here.
Safeguarding Bedfordshire offers Working Together to Safeguard Children (£75 per person), a one-day training course to support those with safeguarding responsibilities to understand multi-agency working.