5.2 Ensuring Immediate Safety

If you have immediate worries that a child or young person is in danger you should call 999. Any action taken should ensure that no child is left in immediate danger. Following this or if Police are not required then call Sefton’s Children's Help and Advice Team (CHAT) on 0151 934 4013 for an immediate referral. 

If the call is being made outside of CHAT opening hours, including on weekends and bank holidays, call the Emergency Duty Team on 0151 934 3555.

The law empowers anyone who has care of a child to do all that is reasonable in the circumstances to safeguard her/his welfare.