Author Archive: David Robbins
Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy
The WSCP and the Domestic Abuse Alliance are delighted to publish our three-year Violence Against Women and Girls strategy. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) refers to a range of crimes, with the common theme that they disproportionately affect women and girls. This strategy has been developed to help professionals...
Read moreSpotlight on County Lines Questionnaire for Young People
Wirral young people have designed a questionnaire about understanding of County Lines for local young people to complete. Please follow the link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=sOAlLM-9YES5gxk3NccYO4AUupq0ZLpDmWSFJaUxttRUNzZENDBQOUw1MkpENFlUVVpIVFFFUjNQNC4u&sharetoken=c4TkJlKA1xLn5xjpxZdy
Read moreThe Contextual Safeguarding team are delivering three awareness raising spotlight sessions about County Lines next week. No booking required, just follow the link for the session of your choice: Click here to join the County Lines Spotlight Session 3rd October @ 8.30am Click here to join the County Lines Spotlight...
Read moreLearning from pan-Merseyside Case Reviews
The Wirral Safeguarding Children Partnership has been working in conjunction with colleagues from Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Knowsley to consider common themes appearing in Case Reviews across the Merseyside area. Five common themes were identified from all of the Case Reviews considered: Voice & Lived Experience of the Child,...
Read morePublication of new Pan Mersey NRM Exploitation Practice Guidance
Child exploitation is a major, cross-cutting issue involving drugs, violence (including sexual violence), gangs, safeguarding, criminal and sexual exploitation, modern slavery, and missing children. Child victims of modern slavery should be referred into the Home Office National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The Practice Guidance document sets out the identification and local...
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