News and Updates
Wirral Harmful Sexual Behaviour Tool –
The tool is now available: https://www.wirralsafeguarding.co.uk/harmful-sexual-behaviour/
Training on the HSB Tool is also available –
Delivered by by the Youth Offending Service, this two hour session will include a brief overview of the policy, understanding the process that guides referral and the assessment & intervention that a young person will receive.
The session is suitable for all front line practitioners working with children and young people or managers of practitioners who do so. Examples would be those working in Social Care, Schools, Youth Work, Family Intervention and Health
Spotlight sessions on how to use the tool can be found here: https://www.wirralsafeguarding.co.uk/harmful-sexual-behaviour-briefing/
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Pan Merseyside MASA – Practice Learning Reviews Emerging Themes
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, Professional Curiosity & Challenge, Contextual Safeguarding, Recording and Decision Making, and Information Sharing.
To share the learning from these Case Reviews we have put together some resources, using Sway and can be accessed below:
Pan Merseyside MASA – Practice Learning Reviews Emerging Themes
Keeping Children Safe in Education – Webinar Series from the DfE
The DfE has engaged four subject matter experts for a series of four 60-minute safeguarding webinars to support the statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE). The webinars focus on four important topics: Low level concerns; single central record; safeguarding partners and sexting/online harms. The first two seminars have already taken place, but you can see the recordings; the final two webinars are this week and next.
1. Low-Level Concerns: Delyth Lynch, Deputy Head (Safeguarding), Wellington College (Recording here: https://kcsie.orcula.co.uk/)
2. Single Central Record: Louis Donald, Director of Safeguarding, Creative Education Trust (Recording here: https://kcsie.orcula.co.uk/)
3. Sexting and Online Harms: Jon Needham, Director of Safeguarding and Well-being, Oasis Community Learning (Weds. 1st March 4pm)
4. Safeguarding Partners: Cynthia Davies, Safeguarding Strategy and Systemic Improvement, Department for Education (Mon. 6th March 4pm)
To book the future seminars, register here: https://orcula.com/kcsie/register/Site/Register