Refer a child who you’re concerned about
If you’re a working for an agency that’s involved with a child who you suspect or believe is suffering, or is likely to suffer significant harm, you should report your concerns to the Children's Advice and Support Service (CASS) immediately.
To help decide whether to contact us to make a referral, you should look at Birmingham’s multi-agency threshold document, Right Help, Right Time, and speak to your agency’s safeguarding representative.
Report your concerns to CASS
To report your concerns to CASS you need to download and complete a referral form.
Guidance for completing referral form
You can view examples of completed referral forms on Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership’s website
If you're concerned about child sexual exploitation, you should also complete the child screening exploitation tool.
Child screening exploitation tool
Once you’ve completed the form, email it to:
Children's advice and support service
Alternatively, to make a referral directly to children’s social care you can call us using the contact details below. Please note that if you contact us by phone, you will still need to complete a referral form within 24 hours of calling us.
Contact details
Monday to Thursday: 8:45am to 5:15pm
Friday: 8:45am to 4:15pm
Telephone: 0121 303 1888
Emergency out-of-hours
Telephone: 0121 675 4806