- WSCP Launch New Starter Section of the Knowledge Hub
- WSCP Independent Scrutineer Vacancy
- Have Your Say - Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) Next Delivery Plan 2025 - 28
- NEW Learning Exchange Event - Financially Motivated Sexual Exploitation
- Safeguarding Welfare in Sport Information Session
- WSCP and The Children's Society: Disrupting Exploitation Survey
- LGBTQIA+ New Resources
- Neglect Champion Drop-In Sessions
- WSCP Website Updates
- NEW - One Minute Guides
- Help Support Child Exploitation Awareness Day 2025 - #CEADay25
- WSCP Social Media Platforms
- SUDC Awareness Month
- Education Updates
- Wakefield Education Services (formerly Wakefield Traded Services)
- Multi-Agency Training Dates
- NEW DATES - Multi-Agency Neglect: A Shared Responsibility Training
- Save the Date: Early Years Fest - Local Support and Advice for Families from Pregnancy to Age 5
- Challenging Stereotypes Training 2025
- Young Carers: Awareness Identification Training
- Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse - Free Webinars to Support Practice
- Youth Voice Report: Everyone Has a Role to Play in Safeguarding Children from Exploitation
- Top Safety Tips for Families this February
- National Road Victim Support Service by Brake
- NSPCC Updates
- Useful Links
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1. WSCP Launch New Starter Section of the Knowledge Hub
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Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) is launching a ‘New Starter’ section of the Knowledge Hub. This addition to the website has been designed for all new employees and volunteers as an introduction to multi agency work which will both promote and support partnership engagement.
With information specific to who the WSCP are, and how we can help with ensuring safeguarding practice is robust, as well as being supportive to their role, new employees will have access to information that will enable them to more effectively safeguard children in and around the Wakefield area.
What does the new starter page include?
This page can be used as part of your internal induction and will provide a basic understanding of the WSCP. Information includes:
- Who we are
- How we function as a partnership
- Local safeguarding arrangements
- Our most popular and accessed resources such as one-minute guides, briefings, toolkits and hot safeguarding topics
- How employees can access policies, procedures and frameworks
- Basic safeguarding training and access to the WSCP training offer
- Understanding the Partnership Intelligence Portal
- Understanding the role of the Integrated Front Door and MASH
- Where to access more information and support
What next?
The New Starter page is now live, and you can use this resource as part of an induction or a refresher for new employees or for those who have limited knowledge of the partnership.
Feedback, as always, is extremely important to us. If you notice something amiss or think there could be additional information included in this guide, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Business Unit team at wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk
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2. WSCP Independent Scrutineer Vacancy
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Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) is seeking to appoint an Independent Scrutineer who will take on a key leadership role within our Partnership arrangements.
Recently WSCP has made some governance developments which has included the launch of a new Partnership delivery plan, alongside making arrangements at an Executive level to have a sharp focus on evidencing the impact the Partnership achieves through a robust scrutiny and assurance model.
WSCP is well established, with good partnership relationships, built on a culture of high support, high challenge. The appointment of an Independent Scrutineer will support the Partnership on its journey towards excellence. To find out more above this vacancy and to download the Job Specification please click here
The closing date for applications is the 9th March 2025.
If you would like to apply please submit a comprehensive CV with a supporting statement detailing your relevant knowledge, skills and experience against the Job Specification to wscp@wakefield.gov.uk. For more information about this role please contact Jonathan Giordano, Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership Manager - wscp@wakefield.gov.uk / 07920 587615.
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3. Have Your Say - Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) Next Delivery Plan 2025-28
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Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) is beginning to start work on a new delivery plan for 2025-28.
The delivery plan will launch later on this year (likely in the summer / early autumn time) and will shape the work the partnership does for the next 3 years.
To help inform what the partnership sets its focus on, we want to know what you think is important when it comes to the multi-agency safeguarding of children.
Please take 5 minutes to complete this short survey to share your views, which will feed into the planning for the new plan. The survey will close on Monday 31st March.
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4. NEW Learning Exchange Event - Financially Motivated Sexual Exploitation
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Hold the date 19th March (time TBC) to hear more about Child Financial Exploitation from West Yorkshire Police and learn about the latest trends in financially motivated sexual exploitation and risks to children in the Wakefield area. Further details will be available closer to the date but if you wish to book on visit the WSCP booking page Training Wakefield Safeguarding Children or email wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk to register your interest and receive the email update. |
5. Safeguarding Welfare in Sport Information Session
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On the 19th March, 6pm - 7pm, Measha Harris from the Yorkshire Sport Foundation will be delivering a Safeguarding Welfare session in relation to sport and safeguarding children. The session will be hosted by Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP), and is aimed at anyone who works or volunteers with children and young people in a sporting environment (e.g. sports clubs, activity providers). For more information see the flyer below and to book a place please click here. |
6. WSCP and The Children's Society: Disrupting Exploitation Survey
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As a part of the WSCP’s ongoing workstream around responses to child exploitation within the Wakefield District, and following completion of The Children's Society's Prevention Programme's Disruption Assessment, we are reviewing our multi-agency approach to disrupting child exploitation.
The aim of the project is to establish what disruption activity currently looks like across the partnership, to gauge understanding of disruption and the tactics being used and to identify areas of good practice and those which may require further development and strengthening.
To enable us to better understand the current picture around disrupting child exploitation, we have created a brief survey containing three questions, which should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. We want to capture feedback from practitioners at all levels and across all services so would appreciate you taking some time to provide your answers using the link below.
The survey closes on Friday 25th April at 5pm.
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7. LGBTQIA+ New Resources
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WSCP have launched a new LGBTQIA+ resource page with links to guidance, frameworks, case studies, reports and videos as well as the latest training from Spectrum which was recorded in January 2025.
Visit the knowledge hub for more information and scroll down to the Bite-sized section to find out more. If you missed the training session in January please visit the training section of the WSCP website to find out what new dates are available to book onto. |
8. Neglect Champion Drop-In Sessions
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Neglect Champion drop-in sessions for 2025 have now been scheduled. If you haven't received an invite and would like to attend, please email wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk
Dates of the sessions:
- 17/06/25 12 noon – 1pm
- 01/10/25 12 noon – 1pm
- 03/12/25 12 noon – 1pm
Please note that this forum is intended to share good multi-agency practice, new resources, training dates and the latest in information relating to Neglect.
Any complaints or operational issues need to be channelled through the correct procedure.
Please note that when we have sent out the invites for the neglect champion sessions we have had some bounce backs. Therefore if you were expecting an invite but haven't received one, please contact us so we can check that we have your correct email address. |
The WSCP Business Unit have been busy updating the content on some of our published webpages. Please see the links below for the sections that have been updated this month:
- Schools and Colleges - Key Links & Resources - we have added a new resource titled "Knife Crime resource for SEND: Knife Crime Social Story - this is available under both the SEND and Serious Violence & Knife Crime sections.
- Bereavement Support for Children and Families - under the Bereavement Support Booklets, Leaflets and Useful Resources tab, we have added a table that can be used to help you identify which organisations/agencies you need to contact to notify them of the death.
- WSCP Home Page - we have added a link to the national support services directory published by the Centre of Expertise on child sexual abuse. Use the directory to find help for those affected by child sexual abuse in England and Wales.
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10. NEW - One Minute Guides
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Updated Feb 2025 the Neglect & Neglect Toolkit 1MG-NEGLECT-FEB25.pdf.
Please can practitioners update their resource by downloading this latest version as we realised some of the links were not working in the previous one, and this has now been resolved. |
11. Help Support Child Exploitation Awareness Day 2025 - #CEADay25
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Child exploitation is a form of abuse that involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age of 18. On 18th March 2025 NWG want to highlight the issues surrounding Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) In Communities; for 2025 they are encouraging everyone to think, spot, and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero tolerance to child exploitation - #CEADay25Please click here to read more about how you can support #CEADay25 - you will find free downloads, social media images, resources, helpful links and key messages to help you make your awareness-raising as impactful as possible. You will find out more information on:
- Spot the Signs
- Raise Awareness
- Helping Hands
- Real Stories
- Parents and Carers
- Abuse in Sport
- Safe to Play
- Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts
- Bystander
- Disruption
- Faith and Communities
- Exploitation, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
- Training and Awareness
- Legacy of Abuse
- Logos, Social Media and Key Messages
- Live Events Map
You can also find out more about child exploitation, including the signs and indicators and support services available in the Wakefield district by visiting the WSCP Child Exploitation Knowledge Hub. |
12. WSCP Social Media Platforms
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Did you know WSCP are on Social Media?
On the social platforms we are on, we share safeguarding campaigns, policy and procedure updates, information on safeguarding topics, and we promote each addition of our monthly e-bulletin! We celebrate our colleagues and service, we promote our partners and their organisations, and we take part in national and local awareness days / weeks, such as Drowning Prevention Week, Child Exploitation Awareness Day & Safeguarding Week.
We have an X account and LinkedIn for the practitioners and professionals across the district. On here we share information for colleagues, parents and the general public. We also have an Instagram account which is aimed at promoting safeguarding messages directly to children and young people on a platform we know they use and enjoy.
Please show us some support and drop us a follow or request to connect. Safeguarding is everyone’s business, and this is just another way to encourage and support the safeguarding of the children and young people within the Wakefield District.
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March is Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Awareness Month. The SUDC UK organisation would love for all families, professionals and supporters to help them raise awareness of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. Throughout March SUDC UK will be sharing lots of information and launching an impactful campaign called "EVERY" on their social media channels. Follow them on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, and LinkedIn to share the posts including #SUDCAwareness. The 18th of March is National SUDC Day and on this day you can help in any of 3 ways: 1) Share SUDC UK socials, wear SUDC items, contact your MP or complete acts of kindness to lend support and raise awareness. 2) Join the free webinar on SUDC on the 18th March at 1pm to learn about the facts, family stories, research and our recommendations for care and resources. 3) Shine light – light a candle in support of families and their children at 6pm on the 18th March or light up a local landmark. Please note - instead of sending out awareness packs in the post SUDC UK have all resources available to download or order from their website by clicking here. |
Also secondary and college DSL’s/ Independent school DSL’s please note dates for face-to-face DSL network meetings here:
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15. Wakefield Education Services (formerly Wakefield Traded Services)
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We are just letting you know that Wakefield Traded Services has rebranded and is now Wakefield Education Services. The education training and services provided will remain the same. For more information visit the Wakefield Education Services website.
If you had a login for Traded Services, this can be used on the new website.
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16. Multi-Agency Training Dates
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UPDATE: Working Together - A Shared Responsibility
Please note that the advanced face to face training is now on hold and unavailable to book onto. You can still access the Basic Awareness training here. We will update you as soon as we can and apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. |
NEW - Harmful Sexualised Behaviours Training
The Learning Academy in collaboration with FCAMHS have three courses on Harmful Sexualised Behaviours for 2025 available to multi-agency staff. These three courses will run on various dates this year, see below for descriptions for each and the date they are scheduled for.
- Introduction to Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB)
Available course dates & times:
- Friday 14th March 2025, 09:30am - 12:30pm, taking place at Chesney's Centre
Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviours (TA HSB)
Available course dates & times:
- Wednesday 18th July 2025, 09:30am - 12:30pm, taking place at Chesney's Centre
Harmful Sexual Behaviours Safety Planning (HSB SP)
Available course dates & times:
- Thursday 25th September 2025, 09:30am - 12:30pm, taking place at Chesney's Centre
To find out more about the above courses and to book a place please click here
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Risk and Resilience Framework Training
The training is delivered by Wakefield Public Health and colleagues from across the Wakefield District.
The aim of the training session is to:
- Increase confidence in navigating the Risk and Resilience website
- Explore the support tools, interventions and resources on the website
- Understand how it can support your work
- Share best practice
Available course dates and times:
- Thursday 10th April, 09:30 - 15:30
To find out more about the above course and to book a place please click here
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Managing Allegations Against Staff Training
This session aims to provide employers and managers with an introduction to the systems and procedures that are in place for responding to allegations made against people who work with children. This course is delivered by the Wakefield Council Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) and the WSCP Safeguarding Advisor for Education Vicki Maybin. If you are interested in this training please email wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk
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Ready to Relate/Infants Parents Relationship Cards Training Sessions
The Ready to Relate cards, developed by Bradford District Community NHS Trust, are a visual, interactive tool to help all practitioners assess, discuss and share healthcare information with families and to make National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended interventions accessible.
The cards aim to improve and enhance the parent‐infant relationship and promote infant attachment and optimal infant development.
These sessions take place face-to-face and are suitable and available for all practitioners. Please note services are limited to 5 places per booking.
Available course dates & times:
- Wednesday 19th March 2025, 09:00am to 4pm - Wednesday 21st May 2025, 09:00am to 4pm To find out more about the above course and to book a place please click here
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NEW Dates added for Spring/Summer 2025 - Future In Mind Workforce Development Training (CAMHS)
CAMHS are delivering training on the following subjects, with dates available throughout the year:
- An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Understanding and Working with Anxiety in Children and Young People
- An Introduction to Depression and Low Mood in Children and Young People
- Supporting Children and Young People who have experienced Bereavement or Loss
- The Impact of Sleep on Emotional Wellbeing
- An Introduction to Attachment in Children and Young People
- An introduction to Self Harm
- An Introduction to Suicide and Awareness and Prevention
- Full Day Sleep Workshop for Professionals working with Children, Young People & Families
- NEW - Introduction to Eating Difficulties in Children and Young People
These sessions will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. For further information including dates and times, and to download a booking form please click here
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NEW Dates - Impact of Parental Mental Illness on Children
A virtual package that considers the impact of a variety of parental mental illness on children at various ages and stages of development.
Available course dates & times:
- Thursday 3rd April 2025, times TBC
- Thursday 7th August 2025, times TBC
- Thursday 13th November 2025, times TBC
To find out more about the above course and to book a place please click here
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YGAM Training - Gaming and Gambling Harms
Ygam’s mission is to ensure that every young person is resilient to, and safeguarded against, gaming and gambling harms. They do this through awareness raising, education and research.
This training equips you with the knowledge and confidence to deliver the programme directly to young people. The workshops are 100% fully funded and on completion all trained staff will gain access to resources to use with the young people you support and City and Guilds certification. The training is aimed at a range of youth-facing professionals, including teachers, youth workers, practitioners, universities, faith leaders and health professionals. Please click here for more information. Available course dates and times:These are virtual workshops with various dates available. Please click on the link above for more details.
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Young Lives Consortium (YLC) Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Training (ASIST)
Young Lives Consortium (YLC) is currently offering a Two-day ASIST training course. What is ASIST?An accredited two-day, interactive training that prepares professionals to provide suicide first aid interventions. Who can attend ASIST? Anyone over 16 can learn to use the ASIST model. No previous mental health or suicide prevention experience is necessary. For further information about this training course, including costs and to complete an expression of interest form, please visit the Young Lives Consortium website
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17. NEW DATES - Multi-Agency Neglect: A Shared Responsibility Training
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Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership have published new dates throughout 2025 for the free Multi-Agency Neglect: A Shared Responsibility Training course. Please see the flyer below for the dates that are available, and click here for further information and to book a place. |
18. Save the Date: Early Years Fest - Local Support and Advice for Families from Pregnancy to Age 5
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Are you an expectant parent or have a child under 5? Join Wakefield Families Together for their FREE event and find out about the amazing support local to you! From infant feeding to play and learning at home, find out from experts about the advice and support in place for you and your family. If you’re curious or have a burning question, pop-in and see the friendly staff from their Family Hubs, the NHS, and voluntary organisations across the district. They have FREE mini-masterclass and taster sessions to show you what you can do at home, or groups you can join locally. There are FREE resources you can take home and entertainment for your children to meet their favourite TV characters! Pop in from 10am to 4pm on Wednesday 5 March at Wakefield Trinity RLFC Stadium on Doncaster Road, Wakefield, WF1 5EY.If you work with families, the event will provide a learning and development opportunity in many areas of support for pre-birth to children under 5yrs. Attending either in the morning or afternoon session, you can book on a number of mini-masterclasses focussing on infant feeding, parent-infant relationships, perinatal mental health, parenting support, home learning environment and speech and language. The event will also have organisations represented via information stalls where you can find out more about what is available across the district, and ask the teams that deliver these amazing services specific questions about the offer or learn in more detail how your families can be supported. There is FREE parking at the stadium, or please contact your local Family Hub (to find your local Family Hub, click here) for a FREE bus pass to get you to and from the event. See the poster below for more details, and click here to download the mini masterclass timetable. |
19. Challenging Stereotypes Training 2025
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Wakefield Council's Learning Academy have arranged two dates this year for Challenging Stereotypes Training that is designed and delivered by Young People. This training is available to anyone within the Wakefield Families Together partnership, free of charge.
Course description:
The training is designed and delivered by care experienced young people. Challenging Stereotypes training is available for those in the wider partnership to help them recognise the barriers that children in care and care leavers face and give an insight into how to build productive trusting relationships.
This training is interactive and does not shy away from the impact of professional’s decisions on young people’s lives.
Dates:
Click on the links above to book onto this training and for any enquiries please email learningacademy@wakefield.gov.uk |
20. Young Carers: Awareness Identification Training
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Young Carers Awareness and Identification Training is being delivered by The Children's Society on the 18th March, from 10:00am to 1:00pm.
This training is completely FREE and is aimed at professionals who work with and support children and young people in the Wakefield District and who would like to strengthen their knowledge and understanding of how to identify young carers and better support them.
Learning Outcomes:
The training will cover the factors that can influence a young carer’s likelihood to remain hidden; associated vulnerabilities of being a young carer; and how a whole systems, whole family approach can be utilised to better support young carers.
By the end of the training participants will:
- Be aware of the law and legislation in relation to Young Carers
- Be aware of the potential impacts of caring responsibilities
- Be informed about the potential identifiers of young carers
- Understand factors which may make a young carer 'hidden’
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21. Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse - Free Webinars to Support Practice
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The Centre of Expertise have added new dates to their popular free webinar series in 2025, to help you use their popular resources in practice. The engaging online sessions are designed to help all professionals who want to learn more about using their useful guides and tools, including:
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22. Youth Voice Report: Everyone Has a Role to Play in Safeguarding Children from Exploitation
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The Children's Society Prevention Programme are excited to announce the launch of their first youth voice report.
They wanted to understand how children and young people perceive current responses to those who are at risk of or experiencing exploitation including from both professionals and wider society.
They have spoken to 324 children and young people during consultations across England and Wales, including at the annual Young Carer’s Festival hosted by the YMCA and The Children’s Society.
Hearing these insights from children and young people has been a stark reminder that there is still much work needed to ensure that all children and young people get the support they need and deserve.
The Children's Society hope this report will encourage everyone, regardless of their role, to think about their own biases and assumptions and provides evidence for changes that are desperately needed.
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23. Top Safety Tips for Families this February
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The Child Accident Prevention Trust have published the following safety tips for families this February.
Help keep children safe at bath time
Shocking data on child deaths exposes the risk of young children drowning at home. Findings show that in the last four years:
- One child a month drowned at home, usually in the bath
- 70% of babies who drowned in the bath were using a bath seat
It only takes a few centimetres of water, happens surprisingly quickly and there’s no noise or struggle to alert a parent who may have stepped out just for a second.
That’s why CAPT have created two brand-new posters for you to download, print and display to help families stay safe at bath time. Please click here to access them. Please be aware that bath seats are NOT safety devices. Many parents and carers are lulled into a false sense of security that a bath seat will keep their baby safe. This is not true.
Babies have drowned in bath seats when parents mistakenly believed it was safe to step out of the room for a moment.
A baby or small child can’t be safely left alone in one even for a moment. They can easily wriggle or slip out, or the seat can tip over and immerse the baby in the water.
The only way to keep babies and small children safe in the bath is to stay with them and keep them in arms reach. Click here to access more bath time safety resources
Washing pods and capsules warning
While washing pods and capsules can make doing the laundry much easier, they can do serious damage to your child’s insides, skin and eyes if they burst them or bite into them. That’s why CAPT have created a brand-new information page explaining the risks and the simple things you can do to keep your child safe. Click here to find out more. What costs as little as £1 but could save a small child's life?
In just 15 seconds a young child can lose consciousness if they get tangled in a blind cord. They can stop breathing in 2-3 minutes. Yet something as simple as a £1 cleat hook and some strong adhesive can help to stop that happening. Please take a moment to check that any blind cords in your home have suitable safety devices. Click here to learn more FREE product safety webinars
Throughout March product safety expert Geraldine Cosh is running a number of free product safety webinars. Click here to find out more and sign up. Fire safety tips for for e-bikes, e-scooters and hoverboardsE-bikes, e-scooters and hoverboards are becoming increasingly popular. But the lithium-ion batteries they’re powered by can start fires that spread quickly and are difficult to extinguish. Fortunately, there are several ways you can reduce the risk of fire, click here to discover how. |
24. National Road Victim Support Service by Brake
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If someone you love has been hurt or killed in a road crash, Brake is there for you. Their National Road Victim Service is a free, professional support service for road victims run by Brake. They can help you in your darkest and most difficult times, including with practical challenges and provide emotional support, from day one of the crash onwards.
Please watch the short video below for details of the support that is available:
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The NSPCC have recently released the following updates which may be of interest to professionals working with children and families, and to share with parents/carers where applicable.
Case Reviews
Eight new case reviews have been added to the collection this month featuring issues including sibling sexual abuse, suicide, neglect identification, and intersectionality. Click here to take a look.
Perinatal Support
The NSPCC is resuming its Baby Steps service, a perinatal education programme designed to support parents-to-be. Currently being redeveloped to enhance the programme, Baby Steps will be delivered as a year-long pilot through NSPCC hubs and external partner organisations from Summer 2025. The programme teaches parenting skills and sessions cover baby development, giving birth, and how new parents can look after themselves and their baby.
Visit the page: Baby Steps
Online Child Sexual Exploitation
WeProtect Global Alliance has released a new film exploring how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to exploit children online. The film discusses the use of generative AI technologies to create fake yet convincing sexually explicit images and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The film also highlights the need for governments, technology companies, and society to work together to address these issues.
Watch the film: New film exposes AI's role in online child sexual exploitation and calls for urgency global action
Fathers and Safeguarding
Future Men has released a podcast episode looking at how to engage fathers in safeguarding practice and involve them in support for children and young people. The episode explores current research, engagement strategies and the impact this can have on children, families and communities.
Listen to the podcase: Effectively engaging fathers in safeguarding practice podcast
Child Mental Health
NSPCC Learning has published a podcast episode about the use of mental health first aid kits to help young people manage their mental health if they are struggling. The episode features a discussion with a practitioner in the Childline Online Services team and members of the NSPCC’s Young People’s Board for Change, covering: what a mental health first aid kit is and what it is useful for; recognising when a young person would benefit from using one; and supporting a young person with the creation of their kit. Listen to the episode: Podcast: mental health first aid kits
Listen on YouTube: Mental Health First Aid Kits | NSPCC Learning
Parenting Support
Foundations has published a new practice guide on parenting support for families facing adversity. The guide sets out key principles and recommendations for supporting parents of children aged 10 and under, whose circumstances include challenges such as poverty, substance misuse, intimate partner violence and mental health problems. Key principles are grouped into three themes: working with families, programme design and local system integration. Case studies and systematic reviews of the evidence underpinning the practice guide are also available.
Access the guide: Parenting through adversity
Children and Violence
The Youth Endowment Fund has published a blog post on the scale of knife crime in England and Wales. The blog post looks at: young people’s concerns about knife crime; the rates of knife-enabled crimes over the past decade; and how children and young people have been affected. It highlights the need to focus on the reasons why children use knives, and on interventions and strategies, such as psychological therapies and focussed deterrence, that can have a positive impact on reducing children’s involvement in violence.
Read the blog post: Beyond the headlines update: a data-driven look at the rise in fatal stabbings
Online Safety
The UK Safer Internet Centre has published a report on children and young people’s exposure to online scams. The report draws data from a survey carried out with 2,013 children aged 8- to 17-years-old and their parents. Findings show: 79% of children are coming across scams online at least once a month; 27% of parents and carers say their child has been the victim of an online scam; and 26% of children who had been scammed said they blamed themselves. The report highlights the emotional impact on children and a culture of victim-blaming surrounding online scams.
Read the news story: Almost half of 8 to 17-year olds have been scammed online
Read the report: Safer Internet Day research report 2025 |
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