pool of professionals is creating a joined-up, more responsive approach
to child protection, as Gabriella Jozwiak reports.
The revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) coming into force on 1 September states providers must have and implement policies and procedures to safeguard children in line with the guidance and procedures of their Local Safeguarding Children Board. In some local authority areas, this will mean playing a role in the local Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - a joined-up approach to child protection and designed to prioritise the most important cases.
A MASH brings together staff from a range of agencies, such as local authority children's social care, education, probation, police and health. The multi-agency team of people are still employed by their individual agencies, but are co-located in one office. The aim of this arrangement is to improve the quality of information sharing and decision-making at the earliest opportunity to reduce potential risks to children and young people.
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