Are you concerned about a child?

If you are concerned or worried a child may be suffering, or at risk of suffering harm you should take the following steps –

• If you believe that a child or young person is at immediate risk, this should be reported without delay to the police service as a 999 emergency.
• If you have some concerns about a child or young person but beleive them not to be at immediate risk please contact your local authority’s children and young people’s services on –
  
  For Hackney:
  Access and Assessment on 020 8356 5500 (9am-5pm)
  Out of hours service 020 8356 2346 (5pm-9am)
  
  For City of London:
  Children’s Social Work Team on 020 7332 3621 (9am-5pm)
  Out of hours service 020 8356 2346 (5pm-9am)

For information on signs of abuse see the Hackney Child Protection page.

If you are in any doubt as to the immediate safety of any child call 999

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Page updated: 4 Jun 2008