Child abuse

Useful contacts

If you have concerns regarding child abuse you can contact:

• our children and young people's social care team between Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Outside of these hours please use our children's social care out of hours service
  
• Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children's Board: the key statutory mechanism for agreeing and ensuring that local organisations within Bournemouth and Poole work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people effectively
  
• Dorset Police Child Protection Investigation Unit
  
• NSPCC
  
• ChildLine
  
• Family Lives