Wirral Safeguarding News
Learning from pan-Merseyside Case Reviews
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,...
Read moreTopic 3 of this year’s Section 11 audit is now live.
Topic 3 of this year’s Section 11 audit is now live. Please follow this link to complete the audit: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2022Section11Topic3 If you are a School or College – please follow this link to complete the Section 175: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2022Section175Topic3 Deadline: 19th August If you have not yet completed topics 1 and...
Read morePublication of new Pan Mersey NRM Exploitation Practice Guidance
Child exploitation is a major, cross-cutting issue involving drugs, violence (including sexual violence), gangs, safeguarding, criminal and sexual exploitation, modern slavery, and missing children. Child victims of modern slavery should be referred into the Home Office National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The Practice Guidance document sets out the identification and local...
Read moreIndependent Review of Children’s Social Care
The Independent Review of Children's Social Care, chaired by Josh MacAlister was published today and can be found here: https://childrenssocialcare.independent-review.uk/final-report/
Read moreSection 11 Topic 2 is now LIVE!
Topic 2: Contextual Safeguarding Deadline 30th June 2022 Section 11 Section 175 (for schools and colleges only )
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