Wirral Safeguarding News
100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 59 – Engaging with Fathers
Today's message is a simple guide to strategies designed to help professionals engage with father's when working with families. Evidence suggests that father's and male carers are much less likely than mother's and female carers to be directly engaged with (or to engage) by professionals, and this contributes to a...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 58 – Bruising in Non-mobile Babies
Happy New Year! Today's safeguarding message is publication of the Bruising in Non-mobile Babies guidance and procedure that was updated in September 2021. The aim of the guidance is to provide front line professionals with a knowledge base and action strategy for the assessment, management and referral of children who...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 57 – Happy Christmas from the WSCP
On behalf of the Wirral Safeguarding Children Partnership I would like to wish you a very Happy Christmas, and a very safe 2022. 100 Days of Safeguarding will return on the 4th January 2022. 100 Days Day 57 Happy Christmas from the WSCP
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 56 – ACES
The topic for day 56 of 100 days of Safeguarding is Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). ACEs are stressful or traumatic events that happen in childhood and can affect people as adults. They include events that affect a child or young person directly, such as abuse or neglect. ACEs also include...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 55 – Dangers of Button Batteries
Today's safeguarding message is about the dangers of button batteries to children if swallowed - particularly relevant in the run-up to Christmas as they are common in children's toys and other small electrical devices. If swallowed, as well as a choking risk, button batteries pose a greater risk to a...
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