Hi all, New Working Together to Safeguard Children December 2023 Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great break and have returned to work with renewed energy and purpose. As a great way to focus your mind on safeguarding in 2024, the news is that ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, the main statutory …
Checking adults who work with children – what people can get wrong In recent weeks my inbox had been full of enquiries concerning matters to do with safer recruitment, the single central record and all things to do with disclosure and barring checks. These matters are one area of safeguarding where I consistently encounter a …
We are now well into the new academic year, and I hope you’ve all had a good start to term. I have finished my madcap few weeks that usually mark the beginning of September, which usually entail me flying across Bristol and beyond to fit in as much training as I can. I’ve already delivered …
Hello everyone, hope this email finds you well. There may be many people opening this email who may have been wondering where I have been forthe last few months. The truth is, I have been hugely busy and unable to send out newsletters with the same level offrequency as in the past. My workload has …
Hi there everyone The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that I have not issued a newsletter in some time. I’m afraid I have been so busy this term that I could not allocate the time to produce newsletters. But I am taking pause right now to touch base with you all and to …
‘Teachers call POLICE on enterprising primary schoolboy, nine, selling air fresheners to boost his pocket money The mother of a nine-year-old boy who sold air fresheners to boost his pocket money has revealed his teachers called the police on him. Alicia McHale, from Gorton, east Manchester, said she was shocked when two officers were sent round …
In the weeks running up to the end of 2021, the stories of two children who died because of child abuse hit the headlines. Many members of the children’s workforce, including many of those I support through training and supervision, were upset, and concerned, and have closely examined their own knowledge and practice as a …
‘Ask if someone’s OK. Say you’re sorry. Just say hey. In a world that can sometimes feel like it’s filled with negativity, one kind word can provide a moment of hope. It can be a turning point. It can change someone’s perspective. It can change their day. It can change the course of a conversation …
“How do you say what you don’t know? Words around sex and child sexual abuse are literally barriers to disclosure in that children do not have the words.” Mental health organisation “The repercussions are huge, threats to take children away, fear of losing everything and at the hands of white people who don’t understand my …
Case Study 1 (Suffolk Police): A 16 year old male had been reported as missing from London and was considered at risk due to his age and link to gangs. He had recently failed to appear at court for his alleged involvement in a stabbing. He was found in possession of a 6-inch kitchen knife …