Parents & Carers
Safeguarding is not only about protecting children from abuse and neglect. It is also about doing what is best for children to ensure that they are provided with opportunities to become successful adults.
Safeguarding children is everybody’s responsibility and children have a right to be safe in all environments, for example, at home, school, on the street and even on the internet.
This part of the website is especially relevant if you are a parent responsible for a child, a carer who works closely with children or are just an active member of the community
If you are concerned about your child / young person's emotional well being, please contact the Sutton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Single Point of Access (SPA) on 020 3513 3800 (option 1) and ask to speak to the duty clinician, who will be available 9am-5pm to discuss any concerns.
Keeping Children Safe online here are links to help parents keep children safe online:
- Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
- Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Net-aware (support for parents and carers from the NSPCC)
Inspire Sutton
Inspire is a community drug and alcohol service for anyone over the age of 18 living in the London Borough of Sutton. You can refer yourself or be referred by your GP, housing provider, probation and other professionals. We also run a service for under 18s called Switch Sutton. Contact details are: Orion house 19 Cedar road Sutton SM2 5JG 0208 773 9393 referrals@inspirepartnership.org.uk
Switch Sutton
Switch is a young person's drug and alcohol service in the London Borough of Sutton. We work with young people offering them support and information that is needed to help make healthier choices around their drug and alcohol use; Switch also offer advice and information to parents and carers who have concerns about a young person's drug and alcohol use. Switch can come and support you in a place you feel comfortable, which could be your home, school or youth club. Please call 0208 773 9393
Sutton Off the Record Services
Sutton Off the Record website
Samaritan Step by Step
Samaritan
Connect Safely - Parent Guides
By parents, for parents: A growing collection of clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens. In PDF format. Feel free to download, print and share.
Sutton Children's Health Services: A Parent's Guide - Common Illnesses & Wellbeing from 5-11 years
This site has been developed by Sutton School Nursing Service delivered by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and London Borough of Sutton Public Health Team. The site has a dedicated section on mental, emotional health and safeguarding.
EARLY HELP service directory
EARLY HELP service directory
Sutton Family Information Service
Information and advice about services for children and young people aged 0-19 and their families.
Radicalisation
Messages of hate can take many forms. Extremist groups use them to recruit young people. Here you will find Q&A and resources to help you protect your child.This website gives parents practical advice and information on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation.
Parents Against Sexual Exploitation
Pace helps parents across the UK understand what is happening to their child and how parents are the prime agents in helping their child exit exploitative relationships. It does this by offering: One-to-one telephone advice and support to parents; Facilitating meetings with similarly-affected parents for peer support; Befriending scheme.
National Domestic Violence Helpline
If you are experiencing domestic violence or know someone who is, this is a free 24 hour helpline run by Women's Aid and Refuge - 0808 2000 247.
Get the Facts
Met Police's e-safety website with lots of useful information for parents and carers.
NSPCC Net-aware
In today's fast moving digital world it can be difficult for parents to keep up to date on the latest sites, apps and games. Therefore the NSPCC have launched an interactive parents guide, Net Aware, which explains what other parents and young people think about 60 of the most popular social apps and games, what's the right age, and details on privacy and safety settings.
Online Safety Resource Centre for Parents
Information on all aspects of internet safety that a parent would need to know, e.g. sexting, parental controls, online gaming, radicalisation etc.
NSPCC Share Aware
This campaign encourages parents to speak to their children about online safety and gives them the knowledge and confidence to do this effectively.
Think U Know
Protecting your children from online abuse - information for parents
Facebook - information for parents
Help you teens stay safe on Facebook - information for Parents
Parentchannel.tv
Parentchannel.tv is a free video service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children from ages 0-19, with a collection of over 200 videos addressing day-to-day questions and concerns spanning wellbeing, behaviour and learning. In producing these videos we have engaged experts and parents every step of the way.
Children First Contact Service
London Borough of Sutton
Sutton Civic Centre
St. Nicholas Way
Sutton, Surrey
SM1 1EA
Sutton Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
London Borough of Sutton
Sutton Civic Centre
St. Nicholas Way
Sutton, Surrey
SM1 1EA
The LSCP team is home-based, please contact us via email unless it is about a child safeguarding incident. If you have something confidential to send to us, our email system is accredited to Government Digital Service secure email standards. If your email system also meets these standards, your email to us will be secure. If you do not meet these standards you'll need to follow your organisation's secure email policy.