Appendix 4 – MOD child protection contacts |
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| 1. | Appendix 4 offers points of contact for the relevant Service agencies in child protection matters. |
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| 2. | All child protection matters within the Royal Navy are managed by the Naval Personal and Family Service (NPFS), the Royal Navy’s social work department. This provides a confidential and professional social work service to all Naval personnel and their families, liaising as appropriate with local authority children’s social care services. Child protection issues involving the family of a member of the Royal Navy should be referred to the relevant Area Officer, NPFS. |
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| 3. | The Royal Marines Welfare Service is staffed by trained but unqualified Royal Marine
senior non-commissioned officers (NCOs). They are accountable to a qualified social
work manager at Headquarters Royal Marines, Portsmouth. For child protection
matters involving Royal Marines families, social services departments should notify
SO3 (WFS) at Portsmouth. Tel: (02392) 547542. |
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| 4. | Staffed by qualified civilian Social Workers and trained and supervised Army Welfare
Workers, the Army Welfare Service (AWS) provides professional welfare support to
Army personnel and their families. AWS also liaises with local authorities where
appropriate, particularly where a child is subject to child protection concerns. Local
Authorities who have any enquiries or concerns regarding safeguarding or
promoting the welfare of a child from an Army Family should contact the Senior
Army Welfare Worker in the nearest AWS team location or: Chief Personal Support Officer HQ AWS HQ Land Command Erskine Barracks Wilton Salisbury SP2 0AG Tel: 01722 436564 Fax: 01722 436307 e-mail: LF-AWS-CPSO@mod.uk |
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| 5. | Welfare Support for families in the RAF is managed as a normal function of Command and co-ordinated by each Station’s Personnel Officer, the Officer Commanding Personnel Management Squadron (OCPMS) or the Officer Commanding Administrative Squadron (OCA), depending on the size of the Station. |
| 6. | A number of qualified SSAFA Forces Help Social Workers and trained professionally supervised Personal and Family Support Workers are located throughout the UK to assist the chain of Command in providing welfare support. |
| 7. | Any Local Authority who have any enquiries or concerns regarding safeguarding or
promoting the welfare of a child from an RAF family should contact the parent’s
unit, or if this is not known, contact the OC PMS/OCA of the nearest RAF Unit.
Additionally, the SSAFA Forces Help Head of Service RAF can be contacted at: Head of Service SSAFA-Forces Help HQ Air Command RAF High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 4UE Tel: 01494 496477 Fax: 01494 497971 e-mail: AirPersPol-SSAFAForcesHelpHd@mod.uk Or Director of Social Work SSAFA-Forces Help 19 Queen Elizabeth Street London SE1 2LP Tel: 020 7403 8783 Fax: 020 7403 8815 e-mail: directorofsocialwork@ssafa.org.uk |
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| The following should be consulted: | |
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| Area Officer (NPFS) Eastern HMS Nelson Queen Street Portsmouth PO1 3HH Tel: (02392) 722712 Fax: (02392) 725083 |
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| Director of Social Work SSAFA-Forces Help Contact details shown above. For any child being taken abroad and subject to child protection procedures or the subject of a child protection plan, the Director of Social Work SSAFA-Forces Help must be consulted, using the same contact details shown above. |
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