Wirral Safeguarding News
100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 80 – Harmful Practices
Today's message is a reminder of the most common, and less common forms of harmful practices, and the importance of the 'one chance rule' - you may only have one chance to speak to a potential victim and may only have one chance to prevent harm or even save a...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 79 – Learning from JTAI Mental Ill Health
Today's message is the third in our series on learning from Joint Targeted Area Inspections (JTAIs). These are thematic inspections carried out jointly by four inspectorates which deep dive a single safeguarding theme in six areas across the country. Today, the focus is on the JTAI inspection about how agencies...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 78 – International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
This Sunday, the 6th February 2022 marks International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. The United Nations estimates that around the world in 2021 4.1m girls were at risk of FGM. To support the day the UNs have released a social media pack of messages, posters, gifs etc:...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 77 – Zillo and Sandbox website Briefings
Today's message advertises the Spotlight Sessions offered by the WSCP to all professionals about the Zillo and Sandbox websites. Zillo is Wirral’s brand new website for young people. ZILLO replaces Wirral’s previous Teen Wirral Website and is an amazing resource for young people to stay up to date on the...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 76 – Safe After School
Today's message is about keeping children safe in 'after school' activities such as sports or dance clubs, or any organised activity where parents/carers leave their children in the care of others. The WSCP has guidance encouraging parents and carers to ask the right questions of these activities to ensure, for...
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