Local Resources
Adoption
Find out about step parent adoption with Cumbria Adoption, supporting families to create permanent legal relationships with stepchildren.
Child contact advice
Get practical guidance, support and resources on child contact arrangements, handovers, mediation and grandparents’ involvement to help families manage separation or divorce in the best interests of the children.
Contextual safeguarding
Learn about what Contextual Safeguarding is and how to identify and respond to the associated risks.
Domestic abuse
Learn to identify the signs of domestic abuse with specific focus on the impact on children.
Emotional abuse
Identify what emotional abuse is, including examples, signs and consideration of those at risk.
Emotional wellbeing and mental health
Find emotional wellbeing and mental health guidance and resources.
Exploitation and missing
An overview of child exploitation, including types, signs, reporting pathways, and professional resources—plus downloadable toolkits, policies, and contact information.
ICON
ICON Babies cry, you can cope — a simple, supportive message sharing practical coping strategies, promoting parent wellbeing and helping keep babies safe from harm.
Modern slavery
On this page you will find local documentation regarding Modern Slavery and the Partnership response to this in Westmorland and Furness.
Neglect
What is neglect, how to identify signs of neglect and respond appropriately.
Online safety
Understand key online safety risks and practical tips to protect children and families while using the internet.
Physical abuse
Understand the signs, risks and multi-agency response to physical abuse, helping professionals and the public identify and report concerns.
Private fostering
The page explains what private fostering is, outlining the legal requirement to notify the local authority and providing information, resources and contact details for doing so.
Report a child death
How to report a child death and how the cases are reviewed by our Cumbria Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP).
Signs of safety
The page provides an overview of the Signs of Safety approach, explaining how it helps children, families and professionals work together to ensure child safety through clear communication, shared planning and a focus on strengths.
Sexual abuse
Information regarding what sexual abuse, including official definition and information regarding the signs to look out for and the effect on children and young people.
Supervision guidance
Learn about why supervision is important.