Your Local Safeguarding Children Board/ Local Safeguarding Partners' multi-agency procedures should set out how you will be informed of the outcome of your referral. A social worker will most likely need to discuss your referral with you.

The Working Together to Safeguarding Children guidance sets out the requirement for the social worker, within one working day, to acknowledge receipt of the referral and make a decision about next steps and the type of response required including:

• No further action is required
• The child requires immediate protection
• The child may be at risk of significant harm and a section 47 enquiry is needed
• The child should be assessed under a section 17 child in need assessment
• The child and family would benefit from an early help assessment being initiated

If you do not hear from children's services about the outcome of your referral, you should contact them.