Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Strategy Meeting

Strategy meetings are usually held within 24 hours of Social Workers or the Police hearing that it may not be safe for a child or young person to continue living where they are because they may be in danger.

A social worker, a police officer and a senior person in Children & Young Peoples Services talk about the information they have gathered and what needs to happen next to keep the child or young person safe. They will decide who needs to be seen and by who. When and how the child or young person will be seen. Whether there is a need to talk to more people and whether a doctor needs to see the child or young person.

The most important thing to the people at strategy meetings is keeping children and young people safe from harm.