- NEW: Learning Exchange Event: Disrupting Exploitation Multi-Agency Learning Session
- Don't Get in Open Water - It's Not Worth It!
- Why Do We Talk About Water Safety So Much?
- Exciting Opportunity for Young People aged 14 - 25 to join the West Yorkshire Youth Commission
- Refreshed Website: West Yorkshire Consortium Inter Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures
- NEW: Emotional Health & Well-being Directory for Professionals
- Education Updates
- FREE Self-Led School Visits & Bursaries
- Multi-Agency Training Dates
- #LookCloser June 2025: Building Positive Relationships with Children & Young People
- Me, Myself & AI: Understanding & Safeguarding Children's use of AI Chatbots
- NEW: Online Safety Live 2026 -Wakefield - BOOK NOW!
- NWG Updates
- Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse - Free Webinars & Resources to Support Practice
- Top Safety Tips for Families this June
- NSPCC Updates
- Useful Links
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1. NEW: Learning Exchange Event: Disrupting Exploitation Multi-Agency Learning Session
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WSCP are delighted to announce the next in our series of Learning Exchange Events which is titled "Disrupting Exploitation". This is a virtual event which will take place via MS Teams on Tuesday 15th July, 10:00am to 12:30pm. For more information please see the flyer below and to register for a place click here. |
2. Don't Get in Open Water - It's Not Worth It!
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The Wakefield district has a lot of open water sites such as canals, rivers and reservoirs, and on a hot day, it might seem like a great idea to cool down in open water. However, The Canals and Rivers Trust are reminding everyone that swimming in their canals and rivers is prohibited and for good reason! Swimming is prohibited because there are too many risks that you can't see hidden below the surface. These include:
- Depth perception - canals are often shallow - which you can't tell from the surface. If you jump in you could injure yourself. However, don't be fooled some are deeper than they look. If you can't put your feet on the ground, it'll be much harder to get out. Rivers, reservoirs and docks are generally much deeper and colder.
- Hidden dangers under the water - rubbish like shopping trolleys can be lurking below the surface of canals and rivers. If you're in the water you could injure yourself buy cutting yourself on a rusty old bicycle or broken glass.
- Cold temperature - even on a hot day inland waterways will be colder than you think. The sudden exposure to cold water can cause a number of involuntary bodily reactions - this is cold water shock. Click here for more information from the RLSS about what cold water can do to your body.
- Disease - waterborne disease, including Weil's Disease (leptospirosis), are extremely rare but if you are swimming you're more exposed to them. Canal water is untreated water and so may contain pollution, biological or chemical contaminants.
Please watch the short video below which highlight's some of the dangers/risks associated with open water: |
Calling all professionals - Please share this important information with any children and young people you work with, especially as we have just experienced a very hot spell of weather. Please remind them when thinking about getting into open water - its just not worth it, it is much safer to stick to your local swimming pool. There may be a cost to this but lifeguards are present and on hand to help you should you get into difficulty. |
3. Why Do We Talk About Water Safety So Much?
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Regular readers of the WSCP monthly ebulletin, will have noticed that throughout the whole year we have consistently featured an article about water safety in each edition, but have you wondered why this is? This is no coincidence as in the last few years there have been a number of water related deaths in the Wakefield district that could have been avoided. Therefore we want to do all we can to help children and young people stay safe near open water and prevent further fatalities from happening.
The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) recently published their latest data about child drowning deaths in England from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2024: This data showed that in this time frame:
- In total, there were 50 drownings of female children, and 115 drownings of male children reported. This represented a death rate of 1.74 per 1,000,000 for female children and 3.81 per 1,000,000 per year for male children.
- Children aged under 5 and those aged 13-17 years were most at risk of drowning, with a death rate of 4.10 and 4.51 per 1,000,000 population respectively.
- Death rates differed across regions with the North West having the highest drowning rate of 3.97 per 1,000,000 population per year, and East of England having the lowest (1.80 per 1,000,000 population per year).
- The risk of drowning was almost twice as high for children living in the most deprived areas (3.76 per 1,000,000 per year) compared to the least deprived (1.92 per 1,000,000 per year).
- Children of black ethnicity were at three times higher risk of drowning than children of white ethnicity (7.45 per 1,000,000 per year compared to 2.39 per 1,000,000 per year).
- 78 children (47%) drowned inland (in places such as rivers and lakes), whilst 42 children drowned in the bath (25%).
- 20 children (12%) from England drowned abroad during the five-year period, 13 of which drowned in a swimming pool.
- Where it was recorded, 132 (89%) of child drownings occurred in the absence of adult supervision.
- Of 12 infants (children aged under 1 year) that drowned in the bath in the last 5 years, 8 (67%) were using a bath seat.
What can be done to help keep children safe around water?
- Increase awareness and dissemination of water safety advice within the home, especially during hot spells like we're having now or during summer months. This should include the dangers for young children in baths, hot tubs, paddling and swimming pools and other water in the home. Click here for RLSS UK guidance on how to ensure your home and garden are safe.
- Ensuring appropriate supervision at all times for children and young people when in, or around water, is vital, including when on holiday aboard. Click here for a CAPT factsheet practitioners can download and share with parents when talking through the need for supervision.
- It is very important that children are taught to be water competent, to be familiar with water safety and to identify risk. This will ensure they can float if they find themselves in open water and reduces the chance of panic. The Float to Live campaign is recognised as a good example of this.
For further useful water safety resources please visit the WSCP Water Safety webpage. |
4. Exciting Opportunity for Young People aged 14-25 to join the West Yorkshire Youth Commission
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The Youth Commission will allow young people to support, challenge and inform the work of the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership. The Youth Commission will explore urgent violence and exploitation issues affecting young people in West Yorkshire, such as what type of support is needed. Please see the flyer below for more information. |
The Youth Commission are looking for a diverse group of young people from different backgrounds and life experiences to take part, including those who have direct experience of the issues or are part of traditionally underrepresented groups.
This is a brilliant opportunity for young people to gain new knowledge, skills and experiences that focuses on listening to the views of young people in West Yorkshire. Members of the Youth Commission will play an important role in helping to run consultation events and gather the opinions of other young people. They will work directly with the Deputy Mayor of West Yorkshire for Policing and Crime and the director of the Violence Reduction Partnership. How to Apply:The online application form can be found here: (They can also arrange informal phone call 'applications' for any young person who would prefer). Please click here to download application guidance information. Application deadline: Friday 18th July 2025If you have any questions or if you or any young person would like to chat further about the project, please don't hesitate to get in contact at Emily@leaders-unlocked.org |
5. Refreshed Website: West Yorkshire Consortium Inter Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures
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In case you’ve never visited it before, the West Yorkshire Consortium Inter Agency Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures hosts a raft of local policies, procedures and guidance on all topics safeguarding and this month sees a refresh of the website. Hosted on behalf of the five West Yorkshire districts by Tri.X, the new platform is designed to be much more user friendly and aimed at providing easier navigation and optimal usability for visitors to the site.
Do you need to update anything?
Tri.X have advised that where any links to the previous consortium website exist, that ‘old’ link will continue to direct users to a landing page which hosts the updated link as above, allowing them to click and continue to the refreshed pages.
However, where links are included which direct to specific guidance chapters in the manual – such as neglect, child exploitation or referrals – these links do have to be updated to their new location on the new website. When reviewing or auditing your own internal policy guidance documents, guides and training it may be helpful to verify and update links to any specific chapters that are contained within and at the same time, update to the new website as a whole. |
6. NEW: Emotional Health & Well-being Directory for Professionals
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Please click here to access a copy of the new Emotional Health and Well-being directory of services to help support, advise, and highlight key organisations across the district to help practitioners offer the right support at the right time. The directory was developed in response to feedback from a recent school staff survey and includes a wide range of local services, including many that may not be widely known within educational settings. |
Shaping the future of the Professionals Online Safety Helpline (short survey opportunity
Please click here to take part in the survey.
Guidance for Schools: Safeguarding and Filtering on Apple iOS Devices
https://saferinternet.org.uk/blog/guidance-for-schools-safeguarding-and-filtering-on-apple-ios-devices
#LookCloser E-Newsletter for Education Professionals
The Children's Society have created an e-newsletter for education professionals which is designed to raise awareness of child exploitation. To access, it please click here.
Supporting Students on Results Day
Whatever the feelings, click here to read Place2be's top tips to help you and your students with the ups and downs on exam results day.
Free - New Driver Education Input
Do you have students aged 15 years+ who are thinking about starting driving lessons or have passed and are now driving? West Yorkshire Vision Zero, in collaboration with TTC can offer a 2 hour education session to groups of up to 30 pupils. Click here to view a presentation for input details and how to book. Every young driver deserves to have this education which focusses on safe driving and avoiding risk. Telephone 03330 113 113 stating you are a WY school to claim this for free.
Talk Relationships
NSPCC Learning has updated the Talk Relationships service. Talk Relationships provides free resources for all UK secondary schools to support them in confidently delivering inclusive sex and relationships education. Talk Relationships has been updated based on feedback from teachers and young people. New additions include: fully editable lesson plans; a new lesson plan on preventing gender-based violence; the Youth Voice Matters toolkit, to help engage young people in a whole-school approach; and case studies from schools already using Talk Relationships. Access the resources: Talk Relationships
Online Safety
The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has updated its Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions for 2025. The definitions support education settings in maintaining appropriate filtering and monitoring systems to help prevent children accessing harmful content online. Key updates include: enhanced definitions of illegal content categories, including coercive control and intimate image abuse; and stronger emphasis on the role of filtering in managing access to AI-generated content.
Read the news story: 2025 Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions published
See also on NSPCC Learning: Online safety and school
Reminder: DSL Opinion Form
This is emailed out to all DSL’s following each half termly DSL forum - WSCP Online DSL Forums - Wakefield Safeguarding Children to capture the below. WSCP are interested in general themes, repeated issues or areas of good safeguarding practice which DSL's experience within Wakefield. This may then be raised at multi agency strategic level meetings. NB this is not the forum for individual case specifics - please raise these individual case details with the appropriate managers in accordance with the professional disagreement procedure. 2.7 Resolving Multi Agency Professional Disagreements and Escalation (proceduresonline.com)
These opinion forms are your voice as education settings at the WSCP so if you have anything to share please do complete and submit these forms which are sent out 6 times a year.
Reminder: DSL Forums & Network Meetings Open to All!
All school/college DSL’s are reminded of the free half termly DSL forums open to all Education DSL’s in the district. It is strongly advised to have a rota of attendance between the DSL team, to keep up to date locally in between official training courses. WSCP Online DSL Forums - Wakefield Safeguarding Children (wakefieldscp.org.uk) Also secondary and college DSL’s/ Independent school DSL’s please note dates for face-to-face DSL network meetings here: WSCP DSL Network Meetings 2025/26 - Wakefield Safeguarding Children (wakefieldscp.org.uk) |
8. FREE Self-Led School Visits & Bursaries Available
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There’s still time to book a free, self-led visit to Jason and the Wakefield Adventure at Wakefield Exchange — an exciting exhibition exploring local history, identity, and culture through the artwork of Wakefield-born artist Jason Wilsher-Mills.
Schools can access free, curriculum-linked teacher resources and benefit from transport bursaries of up to £250. Book your visit today and bring creativity and local stories into your classroom!
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9. 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 - Ready to Relate/Infant Parents Relationship Cards Training Session
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.
This session is suitable and available for all practitioners.
Available course dates & times:
- Wednesday 12th November 2025, 9am - 4pm, St George's Community Centre
To find out more about the above course and to book a place please click here.
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NEW - Relationship Matters: Reducing Parental Conflict Toolkit Training
Relationships affect everyone; they are part of being human and are one of the hardest to navigate around as both a child and an adult.
This course is designed to increase the participants knowledge and understanding of what parental conflict is, how to recognise it as well as encouraging participants to develop a range of practical strategies in supporting families to address conflict with the help of Wakefield’s relationship toolkit.
It is aimed at any multi-agency practitioners who work or volunteer with children and their families, from health, education, police, social care, early intervention and prevention and the voluntary sector for example.
Available course dates & times:
- Thursday 3rd July 2025. 10:00am - 11.30am via MS Teams
To find out more about the above course and to book a place please click here
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Domestic Abuse Training Opportunities
The following Wakefield District Abuse Training Opportunities are now available on various dates throughout the year:
- Behind Closed Doors: Understanding and Supporting those who have Experienced Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Abuse and Male Victims
- Working with Perpetrators
- Domestic Abuse Related Death Review Online Briefing
- Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)
- Claire's Law (Domestic Abuse Disclosure Scheme)
- Domestic Abuse Essential Training
- Domestic Abuse Act 2021
- Forced Marriage
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) - Recognising and Preventing FGM
To find out more about the above, including dates, times 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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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
- Introduction to Eating Difficulties in Children and Young People
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Through Teenage Years
- Nature Connectedness for Wellbeing
- NEW - An Introduction to Trauma & Sleep
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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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 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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NEW - Perinatal Mental Health Team - Multi-Agency Training by HDFT
This 2 hour session is delivered by the Perinatal Mental Health Team practitioners, specialist PNMH midwife and Perinatal and Infant MH Specialist Health visitor.
It covers the basics you will need to know about the impact of Perinatal Mental health on women, their children and family. Get a better understanding of the complex nature of perinatal mental health, recognise risk factors, red flags, learn about the support for men affected, and feel more confident knowing what you should do to help.
This is a multi-agency training session, and would be suitable for any staff who work or volunteer with children in Health and Social Care, Education, Maternity, Family Hubs, and the Voluntary sector.
Available course dates & times:
- Wednesday 10th September, 10:00am - 12:00pm - Online via MS Teams
- Tuesday 9th December, 10:00am - 12:00pm - Online via MS Teams
To find out more about the above training, including how to book a place please click here.
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NEW - Wakefield Parent & Infant Relationship Team Training Sessions
The Wakefield Parent and Infant Relationship (PAIR) team invite you to their free, drop-in lunchtime learning sessions.
These will focus on key areas of importance, impact, and interest when assessing the Parent infant relationship to help consider babies mental health and the Voice of the child. There will also be a regular chance to drop-in and find out more about PAIR team. Training is available on the following subjects:
- Introduction to the Wakefield Parent and Infant Relationship Team and ”Giving a voice of the Child”
- PAIR team updates to practice and “Working with sick and premature babies”
- Wakefield Parent and Infant Relationship Team and ‘The importance of engaging Fathers’
- The PAIR team updates to practice and ‘The impact of parental ACES on the Parent-Infant relationship’
- “How the Parent-Infant Relationship can be affected by a crying baby and feeding difficulties”
- The Parent and Infant relationship team “Working with behaviour that parents find challenging”
- The Wakefield PAIR team and “The role of Family Peer Support”
Audience:
Any professional working with babies and infants from conception to 2 years.
Booking InformationPlease click here for more information. If you would like to watch the Wakefield Parent & Infant Relationship (PAIR) Team Training Sessions from 2024, please click here to access the recordings. 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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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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NEW DATES - 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. Available course dates and times:
- Thursday 9th October & Friday 10th October 2025, 8:30am – 16:30pm – St Marys Community Centre, Pontefract For further information about this training course, including costs and to complete an expression of interest form, please click here
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NEW DATES - Young Lives Consortium (YLC) - SafeTALK Suicide Alertness Training
Young Lives Consortium (YLC) is currently offering SafeTALK training. What is SafeTALK?Know what to do if someone is thinking about suicide by following the easy to remember TALK steps - Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep-safe. Who can attend SafeTALK?Places are free for those that live, work or learn in the Wakefield district Available course dates and times:
- Tuesday 16th September, 4:00pm - 7:30pm at Lightwaves, Lower York Street, Marsh Way, Wakefield, WF1 3LJ.
For further information about this training course please click here.
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10. #LookCloser June 2025: Building Positive Relationships with Children & Young People
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The Children's Society are finding that young people are telling them that they feel judged by adults, and that their vulnerability is often overlooked or simply ignored. This needs addressing urgently and that's why The Children's Society is focusing their latest #LookCloser campaign on the importance of building positive relationships with children and young people. Their latest campaign week runs from the 23rd until the 29th of June and will include the launch of a new resource for professionals on this topic which is available here. What is #LookCloser?#LookCloser is The Children’s Society’s award-winning campaign supported by the British Transport Police and the National County Lines Coordination Centre, aiming to raise awareness about the exploitation of children and young people and the vital role that everyone can play in helping stop it. Visit the #LookCloser website to find out more here. |
11. Me, Myself & AI: Understanding & Safeguarding Children's use of AI Chatbots
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On the 17th July at 11:00 am internet matters.org are hosting a webinar to examine the findings from their latest report on how children in the UK are engaging with AI chatbots. This webinar will explore what children are using these tools for, the opportunities and risks, as well as the role of industry and regulators.
In addition to sharing insights and recommendations from the research, internet maters.org will host a panel discussion on how to support children in using AI safely, responsibly and positively.
To register for this webinar please click here |
12. NEW: Online Safety Live 2026 - Wakefield - BOOK NOW!
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The UK Safer Internet Centre are delighted to partner with Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) to deliver a FREE Online Safety Session, taking place on Tuesday 27th January 2026 2pm - 4pm.
Location:
- Wakefield Town Hall ,Wood Street, Wakefield ,WF1 2HQ
Duration:
Course Information:
Designed for anyone working with children and young people, this interactive session delivers the most up-to-date insights on emerging online risks, legislation updates, cutting-edge technology trends, and expert guidance. Plus, attendees receive exclusive access to presentation materials and a wealth of additional resources.
Why Attend?
- Stay informed – Get the latest online safety research, laws, and developments
- Save time – A concise, information-packed session tailored to busy professionals
- Access expert guidance – Our team is on hand to answer your questions
- Exclusive resources – Gain access to slides, research, and tools for later review
Who is this for?
- This session is open to all professionals working with children and young people, including:
- Schools (Primary, Secondary, and Further Education)
- Early Years and Childcare Professionals
- Local Authorities & Social Care
- Police & Safeguarding Teams
- Charities & Voluntary Organisations
Please click here to find out more and to sign up for this event. |
The NWG Digital Disruption Resource - Now Live!
The time it takes to interrupt and disrupt exploitation has just been slashed as the NWG have launched their Digital Disruption Resource. This is a cutting-edge platform built for speed, clarity, and action. Whatever your role or responsibility for tackling exploitation is, this tool is designed to cut through the chaos and bring you real solutions, in real time, for real people. The resource is freely available to all safeguarding partners; NWG members and non-members alike. No complicated process, just a simple ‘free membership’ login for immediate access to smart, targeted disruption guidance. And with Phase 2 already underway, including feedback-driven improvements and video content, this is only the beginning. To access the toolkit and find out more please click here. Safeguarding Missing People Briefing PaperThe NWG, in partnership with Missing People is delighted to be launching their ‘Safeguarding Missing People’ briefing paper. The purpose of this briefing paper is to provide a quick, easy access document with links to helpful resources for professionals working with children and families impacted by missing. NWG know that there is a close link between exploitation and missing, where push and pull factors to exploitation often increases the risk of going missing, leaving children at greater risk of harm, and leaving families and loved ones feeling helpless and worried. These resources have been designed to help professionals and multi-agency safeguarding partners to work alongside parents and carers to provide a holistic and solution focused repose to missing. (access to some resources will require NWG membership log in details) Click on the button below to read the briefing
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14. Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse - Free Webinars & Resources to Support Practice
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NEW: Support Matters 2025t Report
Click here to read the CSA Centre's latest report on support provision for children, adults and families affected by child sexual abuse, which reveals that almost two thirds of services struggled to maintain their capacity and meet demand. An estimated 500,000 children are sexually abused each year in England and Wales, meaning that the likely need for support overwhelmingly surpasses the amount that is available.
Communicating with Children Guide The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) has published the new edition of their popular guide titled "Communicating with Children". This provides essential new guidance on how to support children with a variety of different communication needs so professionals can provide all children with the opportunity to communicate about what has happened to them. Click here to find out more and download the guide. Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway
Last year's National review into child sexual abuse in the family environment recommended the use of a national pathway, to "promote greater consistency and quality in multi-agency practice in identification and response to child sexual abuse" - the CSA Centre's Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway can help do exactly that. The step-by-step Response Pathway is designed to support and empower professionals to learn more about the role they, and their colleagues, can play to best protect and support children. Click here to open and use the Response Pathway on the CSA Centre website. FREE Webinars
The Centre of Expertise also have a number of free webinars available throughout 2025, from helping with research, consultation events, to free practice guidance. To find out more about the FREE upcoming webinars please click here. New dates have recently been added! Other FREE Resources
Also available to access on the CSA website, is a range of practice resources. These can be utilised by professionals to identify, respond and support children who have been sexually abused. The resources include:
- Signs and indicators of child sexual abuse
- Communicating with children
- Supporting parents and carers
- Sibling sexual abuse and behaviour
- Managing risk and trauma after online sexual offending
- Resources for education settings
- Using supervision and team meetings
- Medical examinations and more!
Please click here to take a look and access the resources you need. |
15. Top Safety Tips for Families this June
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The Child Accident Prevention Trust have published the following safety tips for families this June. Calling all professionals - where possible please share this important information with any parents/carers that you work with. Top 5 Accidents to Under 5's
Did you know that most serious accidents to under 5s happen at home? Fortunately, some of the worst accidents are the simplest to stop. And CAPT have got top tips and resources to help families learn how: 1) Threats to breathing2) Falls3) Poisoning4) Burns and scalds5) Drowning
Click on the button below to download CAPT's parent/carer pack for all the top tips in one file! |
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.
Adultification
Listen Up has published a report on adultification within child safeguarding practice in England. Adultification is a form of bias where children from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities are perceived as being more ‘streetwise’, more ‘grown up’ and less vulnerable than other children. The review finds growing awareness of adultification amongst safeguarding practitioners but highlights some concerns about the depth of understanding and commitment to addressing the issue, including resistance to recognising adultification as a form of racism. The report includes recommendations and examples of promising practice. Download the report: Pushing forward - testing learning on adultification in child safeguarding practices in England
See also on NSPCC Learning: Safeguarding children who come from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities
Sexuality and Gender IdentityThe NSPCC has published a news story on 2,400 Childline counselling sessions regarding children's issues or concerns about sexuality, gender and identity issues in 2024/25. The story discusses young people’s concerns including discrimination, coming out and worries about prejudice or bullying. The story also signposts to help and resources for children, parents and carers.
Read the news story: Childline delivers thousands of counselling sessions to young people about sexuality and gender identity issues.
See also on NSPCC Learning: Protecting children from sexual abuse
Online Safety
NSPCC Learning has published a series of expert insight videos on online safety. The series includes talking head contributions from a range of practitioners and young people. The films aim to help those working and volunteering with children to explore what online safety means, recognise the risks children face, and understand how to support children’s safety online. Watch the films: Online safety: expert insight videos
Serious Incident NotificationsThe Department for Education has released data on the number of serious incident notifications involving children made by local authorities in England between 2019 and 31 March 2025. Key findings include: 338 serious incident notifications were made between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, down from 405 in 2023-24. 162 notifications were related to child deaths and 167 notifications were related to serious harm.
View the statistics: Serious incident notifications
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