• Threshold document (being updated from 1st April 2026)

• From 9.2.2026; Shropshire Council Safeguarding Referral Portal.(replaces the MARF) A "how to" video is available at: Children's Referral Portal Guide - YouTube

Early Help: Information for Professionals

Information for young people: Health for Young People

Local area/Safer Neighbourhood Team Info

Sign up to Neighbourhood Matters Updates.

Non-School Alternative Provision Directory | Shropshire Learning Gateway

Report Hate Crime (True Vision)

Victim Support I Am Me! Programme Leaflet

Specific support at your school/setting can be offered on request. Please contact hateincidents@shropshire.gov.uk for further information.

Exploitation and vulnerability training | West Mercia Police

• AmazingICT

• AI Youth

• TREES

• Exploitation and vulnerability training | West Mercia Police

• Prevent - WM Cyber

Links raised/shared during the network:

• Online Safety and Generative AI | Shropshire Learning Gateway

• Preventing cybercrime by children (Cyberchoices) | Shropshire Learning Gateway

• Preventing Terrorism & Hate Crime | Shropshire Learning Gateway

• Shropshire Council Online Safety Training Padlet (Please sign up to Joint Training Newsletter for regular updates on local multi-agency safeguarding training)

• Me, Myself & AI: Chatbot research | Internet Matters

• Top 10 Gen Al Use Cases (Harvard Business School)

• AI Confidential with Hannah Fry - BBC iPlayer

• The risky new world of tech's friendliest bots | Office of Strategy and Evidence Innocenti

• Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves - BBC News

• Safeguarding Alert: Sextortion and the Rise of AI - Safer Schools

• AI PSA (Show this to Uncle Frank before he shares another fake video!) on Vimeo

See also: TREES Newsletter below

Transformation Leads:

• Families First Partnership: Charlotte Saywell <Charlotte.Saywell@shropshire.gov.uk>

• Special Educational Needs: Sarah Court <Sarah.Court@shropshire.gov.uk>

• Best Start in Life: Rosie Boardman <Rosie.Boardman@shropshire.gov.uk>

• Youth: Helena Williams <helena.williams@shropshire.gov.uk>

Also provides: CPI Safety / Verbal intervention™ Training

Post network update: The local Shropshire CCE INTEL EMAIL CETeamShropshire@westmercia.police.uk has now been permanently closed and therefore cannot be used to submit intelligence.

The Shropshire Child Exploitation team ask that intelligence is submitted on the attached “Protected Partner Intel Form.docx” (attached above) to protect@westmercia.police.uk. The usual routes of via 999 for emergencies/101 for non-emergencies or online submission on the West Mercia Police website still remain.

Only refer to the online document here (as further changes will be coming later in Autumn Term: see Children's Transformation Programme Updates left)

Message from the Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership: Designated Child Safeguarding Partners:

Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership is pleased to share with you the new Family Help Together-A Framework for Action which replaces the previous Thresholds Document.

It is a multi-agency safeguarding framework designed to help professionals identify a child and family’s needs, it maps out the stages of risk and determines the type and level of support and intervention that may be needed by families.

Central to this framework are a new Blended Practice Model, Decision-Making Matrix, and associated indicators, which we are required to begin using from today, Wednesday 1^st July 2026.

Our Blended Practice Model brings together four complementary approaches: our relationship-based practice as our overarching approach, supported three other pillars of restorative practice, trauma-informed practice, and safe uncertainty. This model will ensure children and families experience consistent, child-centred support across the whole system (pages 6-13).

The new Decision-Making Matrix has been designed to inspire confident and consistent decision-making in a timely manner. It will enable practitioners to build a full picture of a child’s lived experience and keep children safe (pages 27-33).

A video narrated by Shropshire’s children, and training is being planned and will be available to support you in implementing the framework.

In the meantime, we welcome your questions and feedback. There are likely to be several updates to this framework, so to ensure you are always using the most up-to-date version, please do not download this document, instead follow this link Family Help Together - A Framework for Action — Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership or search on the website.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to getting the framework to publication stage.

We look forward to implementing this new framework with you, receiving your feedback and improving the safeguarding of children and young people in Shropshire.

Please share widely.