Welcome to the West Berkshire Children's Services Procedures Manual

Welcome to West Berkshire Children's Services Procedures Manual which is produced and maintained in partnership with tri.x.

• Procedures (previously called contents) – contains the procedures that meet the national social work requirements required by the legislation and statutory guidance;
• Practice Guidance on the toolbar (previously called Local Resources) contains local guidance, tools and other information that supports and complements the main procedures. It is important that you use this area;
• The Multi-Agency Pan Berkshire Safeguarding Procedures be accessed from the button on the top toolbar titled SCP Procedures.
  The Berkshire West SCP Website also has a range of guidance on safeguarding topics that are relevant to your work.

The majority of electronic devices have the functionality to allow a shortcut to be downloaded to the welcome screen of their phone/tablet by loading the site using the web address above and tapping 'Add to Home Screen' from the menu on their browser

The 'Using this Manual' guidance explains how this manual works, and sets out the latest amendments.

For more information about this manual, please contact csmanageradmin@westberks.gov.uk.

This manual is updated on a regular basis and you can register to be alerted to any changes by using the 'Register for Updates' button below.