Contacts and Information
If you have any concerns about the behaviour of someone working or volunteering with children please contact the LADO – Local Authority Designated Officer via the Front Door to Children's Services: 01275 888211 or email lado@n-somerset.gov.uk
Useful contacts:
- Mendip Primary School main office: 01934 513791
- Contact school DSL via the school office
Single Point of Access / Children’s Front Door on 01275 888808 or childrens.frontdoor@n-somerset.gov.uk
Out of hours social care Emergency Duty team: 01454 615165
- Childline: 0800 1111 https://www.childline.org.uk/
- Samaritans: 116123 https://www.samaritans.org/
- Next Link: Domestic Violence Hotline: 08082000247 https://www.nextlinkhousing.co.uk/northsomerset/
- Young Minds (resource for young person's mental health): 0300 1233393 https://youngminds.org.uk/
- Kooth (resource for young person's mental health) https://www.kooth.com/
- Action for Children: 0300 123 2112 ask.us@actionforchildren.org.uk
- NSPCC: 0808 800 5000 help@nspcc.org.uk
- Young Victims (help and support to young people (aged five to 18) who have been victims of crime, anti-social behaviour or domestic abuse) https://www.youngvictims.org.uk/
Should you need to be signposted to any other agency, would like to discuss a concern or request any additional support or guidance, please get in touch. Our Pupil Family Support Workers, Lorraine Young and Sarah Handcock, are here for you if you need a listening ear and can also support you in finding support from other agencies if you need more in depth advice.