Welcome to the Wigan Children's Services Procedures Manual

Welcome to the latest version of the Wigan Children's Services Procedures Manual which is produced and maintained in partnership with tri.x. This replaces all previous procedures manuals.

Please see 'Using this Manual' for details about the way this manual works. For further details, please contact Ian Wraith (I.Wraith@wigan.gov.uk) or Rachel Derbyshire (Rachel.Derbyshire@wigan.gov.uk).

This manual is updated on a regular basis and you can register to be alerted to any changes by using the 'Register for Updates' button.

There is a link in the tab above to the Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children Procedures.

This procedures manual also includes the adoption procedures of the Together for Adoption regional adoption agency.

See also WES (Wigan Workforce Essentials in SharePoint), which contains training material plus guidance for areas of practice to support social care teams.

See also North West regional protocols in the North West Resource.