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100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 74 – Low Level Concerns
Today's safeguarding message is aimed at organisations who employ staff/volunteers to work with children and young people. Employers will be aware of their statutory responsibilities towards managing allegations against staff, but sometimes employers may have lower level concerns which, by themself may not warrant a referral. The attached 7 minute...
Read more100 Days of Safeguarding – Day 73 – Your Voice on Violence in Merseyside
The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership is seeking the participation of young people from age 13-25 and parents/carers in a survey to help steer the prevention of the causes of violence across Merseyside, and inform the MVRP priorities and actions going forward. The surveys can be accessed by the links below...
Read more100 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....
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