This website provides easy access to safeguarding information for 

• Parents and carers

• Professionals and volunteers working with children, parents, children and young people

• Children and young people

We aim to inform you how East Riding Safeguarding Children Board works and encourage you to find out more about safeguarding from this website. 

Follow this link to find out how to report abuse

'YOUR SAFETY MATTERS' POSTER

A poster has been developed with the Young People's Safeguarding Group which signposts children and young people to help. This printer friendly poster is available to download on the Children/Young People section of the site.

Private Fostering: Get Informed

• Is your child living and being cared for away from home?

• Are you looking after a child who is not closely related to you?

• Are you a child or young person living away from home?

Is this a full-time arrangement?

and/or

Will it last for 28 days or more?

If you have answered "yes" to any of the above.........

and you live in the East Riding of Yorkshire, you can get information, advice and support by contacting Children's Social Care (Social Services) on (01482) 395500.

You can also download further information and leaflets by clicking on the 'Private Fostering' section of this website.

Alternatively, call in at any of East Riding Council's Customer Service Centres.

NEW TRAINING DIARY FOR 2012

Our new training diary has been released. It is available on the Training/Workforce Development page.

Yorkshire and Humber Children's Social Work Matters

Do you want to find out more about Social Care and how to take it up as a profession?

A new website has been launched  which contains a lot of input from real-life social workers, including some really good video content, genuine case studies, a unique pledge, a chance to contact frontline staff from different parts of Yorkshire and Humber, and a lot more.  

East Riding of Yorkshire is one of the fifteen localities that are involved in the campaign to raise awareness and the profile of social care. Please follow the Children's Social Work Matters link to find out more.

 Updated November 2011