Hartlepool Safeguarding
Safeguarding children is everyone’s concern
Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:
- protecting children from maltreatment
- preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
- ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes
If a child is in immediate danger or left alone, you should contact the police or call an ambulance on 
999. There are numerous ways to report concerns about a child. Information on how to report both emergency and non-emergency abuse and neglect of a child is provided here.
As a concerned member of the public, if you suspect or believe a child is suffering or is likely to suffer Significant Harm, including any form of mistreatment or abuse, you should report your concerns. Any referral will be treated in the strictest confidence
In an emergency always call 999.
Safeguarding Board
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSSCP)
Contact
Phone Gateshead Council's Children's Services (in confidence) on:
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 5pm
01429 284284
Out of hours, at night, at weekends and bank holidays
01642 524552
childrenshub@hartlepool.gov.uk