Wirral Safeguarding News
100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 72 – Child Exploitation audit using the JTAI framework
Today's safeguarding message is about the Child Exploitation audit using the JTAI framework. A repeat audit will be undertaken by the Contextual Safeguarding Committee in the next few months and findings will be published on the WSCP website. Attached is a 7 minute briefing outlining the methodology of the audit...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 71 – Missing and Emotional Wellbeing Report
Today's message is a recent report from Catch22 about the increasing evidence of a strong link between emotional and mental ill health concerns amongst young people who go missing. Since the pandemic, Catch22 Missing Services have recorded an increase in the proportion of missing incidents caused by young people’s emotional wellbeing,...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 70 – Impact of DA on CYP NSPCC Briefing
Today's message is a briefing from the NSPCC which highlights the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people during 2020/21 from parents and carers contacting the NSPCC helpline. It reveals that in 2020/21 the NSPCC helpline experienced a 35% increase in contacts about domestic abuse compare to 2019/20....
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 69 – Body Image
The past couple of years have been really tough for many children and young people due to the Coronavirus pandemic, not least for those young people who struggle with their body image or suffer from eating disorders. During the pandemic calls to Childline about body image have substantially increased. The...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 68 – Harmful Sexual Behaviour Support Service
Developed in collaboration between SWGfL, the Department for Education and the Marie Collins Foundation, the new Harmful Sexual Behaviour support service is available for anyone in England working with children and young people. If children within your care have been displaying or are affected by specific incidents of Harmful Sexual...
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