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Safeguarding Children Board: Network Aims & Purpose - National Updates February 2018

Stay updated on national issues regarding children's safeguarding and education. Be part of a practice network promoting connectivity with the Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board. Enhance professional behavior and mutual support to ensure the safety and well-being of children. Find important resources, consultations, and guidance related to safeguarding in education. Explore key topics including mental health, special guardianship orders, and developing support services for children with disabilities. Participate in initiatives to prevent child abuse and neglect. Collaborate with local agencies for effective safeguarding measures.

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Safeguarding Children Board: Network Aims & Purpose - National Updates February 2018

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  1. DSL NetworkNational updates February 2018

  2. DSL NetworkAims and Purpose To promote connectivity with the Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board As a conduit for policy updates A   practice network  which demonstrates professional behaviours and mutual support

  3. John Dexter Director Education Do not underestimate the importance of your work • Statute and laws • Children’s services • Educational outcomes • Headteachers need you • Families need you • Most of all • Children need you • even when they think they don’t

  4. Do not underestimate your effectiveness as a partnership • Achieved more together • Influential, successful, shaping • Covered a wide range of issues • Respect from national players –– success story • Development of systems, protocols policies but more important the processes • Shared experiences

  5. DO • Enjoy your session • Share concerns • Ensure future sessions cover needs • Not go home with more worries but fewer • Go home with a renewed confidence • Know what a vital job you do

  6. Do not underestimate the Partnership network • Vulnerable Children at the forefront – thank you • Bothers, worries, sleepless nights > Quiet, self confidence, wisdom • Security, training and coaching of others – thank you • Resource issue • Difficult things to cope with for you >Look out for each other – kindred spirits • Think of your expectations for children and use them to look after yourself • Openness • Honesty • Help • Ongoing support

  7. Updates

  8. National issues Working Together consultation https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/working-together-to-safeguard-children-revisions-to-statutory-guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education – consultation https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/keeping-children-safe-in-education-proposed-revisions Sexual violence and sexual intimidation guidance https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/keeping-children-safe-in-education/supporting_documents/Sexual%20Harassment%20and%20Sexual%20Violence%20%20Advice.pdf The role of the Virtual School Head and Designated Teacher for Looked after Children https://consult.education.gov.uk/children-in-care/revised-guidance-for-virtual-school-heads-and-desi/

  9. National issues Special Guardianship Orders https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/children-and-families/safeguarding-children-board/ Mental Health https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/themed-work/review-children-young-peoples-mental-health-services-phase-one-report https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/451/451.pdf http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8163 https://schoolbusukdata.blob.core.windows.net/theschoolbus-assets/resources/218/Pupil%20Mental%20Health%20Crisis_%20Report.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper https://www.annafreud.org/training/training-and-conferences-overview/conferences-and-seminars/schools-in-mind-mental-health-and-wellbeing-workshop-nottingham/ IICSA County Lines http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/832-county-lines-violence-exploitation-and-drug-supply-2017/file

  10. National Resources Developing support and services for children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/developing-support-and-services-for-children-and-young-people-with-a-learning-disability-autism-or-both/ Child Abuse and Neglect NICE Guidance https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng76/resources/child-abuse-and-neglect-pdf-1837637587141 National Referral Mechanism NSPCC Safeguarding in Education resources https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/safeguarding/schools-protecting-children-abuse-neglect/

  11. Local issues Private Fostering survey Developing a lifelong disability service CGL Lifeline https://www.changegrowlive.org/young-people/cgl-journey-nottingham

  12. Local issues “Mocksted” Street harassment http://www4.ntu.ac.uk/soc/collaborative_working/nccypf/index.html?utm_campaign=nicypf&utm_medium=short_url&utm_source=short_url&utm_term=soc DASH RIC/Teen DASH RIC https://www.equation.org.uk/?s=dash+ric

  13. Local issues The provision of references When to report children missing from school Audit

  14. Multi Agency Risk Assessment conference(MARAc) The importance of The Education Welfare Service and the Designated Safeguarding Leads working together.

  15. Working together • It is imperative that the EWS Specialist and the DSL/ADSL communicate within the directed time lines to ensure vital information is gathered to enable a full multi agency discussion at the MARACwhich informs the safety action plan • Information gathering is undertaken before the MARAC, feedback and actions are undertaken following the MARAC • Sometimes additional children are identified at the MARAC. The DSL will be notified of this after the MARAC • Feedback is strictly at the discretion of the MARAC chair. On occasions feedback is prohibited due to ongoing Police investigations. Contact: Education Welfare Specialists: Elaine Parker 0115 8765820/Tina Stuart 0115 8762134

  16. Sonia Burton, Youth Offending Team Steve Harrison, Community Protection Street Aware and Knife Crime:Schools and Safeguarding

  17. What’s in it for schools? • Help to keep your children and young people safe • Support for children with concerning behaviour; • Reduced exclusions • Better response from the Police & clarity about how to respond to incidents and possession • Police input to lessons and assemblies • Free materials for use by teachers • Enhanced reputation for Nottingham’s schools

  18. NTU Evaluation of Street Aware “Street Aware helps to reinforce the dangers and risks associated with gang-related activity and knife carrying. As such, it is reasonable to conclude that introducing Year 6 children to this material is both appropriate and necessary.”

  19. Lesson Evaluation

  20. Year 6

  21. Josh has upset Mikhail by going out with one of his ex- girlfriends, Charli. A few days ago Mikhail threatened to beat him up. Charli knows what Mikhail is like and is scared he’ll hurt Josh so she decides to put a knife in her pocket to warn Mikhail off if he comes near him. Year 10

  22. Stepped Approach • Y6 Lesson – Knives – stay safe PCSO • Transition Day – Positive citizenship • Y7 Assembly – Law & responsibility PCSO • Y10 Assembly – Difficult situation PCSO • Targeted group work in school • Referral to Targeted Youth Support • Fair Access Panel + Use of Fearless publicity materials

  23. Process: • Street Aware and Knife Crime Guidance circulated to all schools • All PCSO-led sessions to be booked via YOT who will arrange a briefing note for class teachers, and letter for parents • Evaluate programme in June

  24. Local profiles

  25. Headlines High number of children subject to a protection plan High numbers of children in care Lower volume/high impact issues

  26. Child Protection (CP): Initial Category of Abuse for CP cases in 2017 A quarter of CP plans are made up of multiple categories of abuse. The table and graph below include all categories separately, therefore a child with all four categories is included 4 times, once for each category.

  27. Break

  28. IMARA - Who are we and what do we do?

  29. The Focus Group • Disclosure • What a difference professionals could have made/missed opportunities • Promoting Prevention • Allow young people to have a voice

  30. What blocks a disclosure?FEAR of…

  31. It’s all your fault

  32. Grooming and level of grooming – too much focus on disclosure and abuse and not enough understanding of grooming.

  33. Child feels responsible

  34. S/he loves me, s/he loves me not

  35. Distraction

  36. Liar, Liar…….

  37. Protection of siblings

  38. NSPCC research • Research from the NSPCC shows that on average it takes 7 years for a child to disclose abuse. • The Children’s Commissioner states that for every 1 child that does disclose, there will be 7 others that don’t. What does this mean in your schools and classrooms? • There is a huge level of cost to society involving Child Sexual Abuse.

  39. ‘What a difference professionals could have made.’

  40. A survivor of sexual abuse states….. ‘Remembering now, all these things from school – there was so much wrong in my behaviours that recurred, where I was just screaming out for someone to notice/to do something – I knew I had no damn power to change things, but I know somewhere I hoped they did and could. But they never used it if they did.’

  41. Unheard Voices

  42. The age and gender of victims Victims of abuse tend to disclose at the age of 12 yrs The average age of abuse taking place is 9 - 10yrs There is an additional pressure on males as it carries a ‘heavier’ stigma Children’s Commissioner Inquiry into Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment

  43. Prevention not treatment

  44. Language

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