Childrens Services
Our shared vision is that Somerset’s children and young people grow up in a safe, child friendly county that supports them to be happy, healthy and prepared for adulthood.
The Somerset Children and Young People’s Plan 2024-30 sets out a shared vision to keep children and young people in Somerset safe and ensure they can grow up in a child friendly county that supports them to be happy, healthy and prepared for adulthood. Taking a whole family approach, we will support our families to be strong and resilient, working together to achieve long-term change and stability so that children can thrive and succeed.
The plan has been shaped by the voices of 6,000 children and young people across the county as well as co-produced by members of Our Somerset and its strategic partners, to provide clear direction to enable us to work better together on our shared priorities in order to make the necessary changes to improve outcomes for all children, young people and their families in Somerset.
Young people wanted priorities that were important to them to be central to the plan, these include key issues such as education, leading healthy lives, good mental health and wellbeing, safe communities, building great relationships and being prepared for adulthood.
Somerset Children and Young People's Plan
The Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) are responsible for safeguarding children in Somerset. This Partnership is made up of Somerset Council, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Somerset Integrated Care Board, who have joint and equal responsibility to safeguard children and young people.
Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
Our work makes a real difference for children and families in Somerset.
