| Safeguarding Briefing - 17th January 2022
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Keeping Children Safe in Education Consultation for September 2022 version (DfE)
I can't believe it's already time for the DfE to consult on next academic year's Keeping Children Safe in Education! And yet here we are. Remember these are proposals and may be altered in the next few months. You are not expected to make any changes to your polices or current practice until KCSIE 2022 has been published.
Although, there are a few new ideas to consider, the biggest proposed change is that the stand-alone non-statutory guidance on sexual violence and sexual harassment is fully merged into KCSIE. As part of this change, the phrase 'peer-on-peer' abuse is to be altered to 'child-on-child' abuse.
Whilst many governors have had safeguarding and child protection training, it has never been statutory. In the consultation documents, the DfE say, 'We are proposing to strengthen KCSIE and explicitly set out that all governors and trustees should receive safeguarding and child protection training (including online safety) at induction. We will also say the training should be regularly updated.'
Recognising the ubiquity of social media and that people's online behaviour may indicate something of their personality and attitude, the DfE say that schools should consider online searches as part of their due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates. They say that 'this would explore anything that is publicly available online which may be worth testing at interview.'
The proposed revisions and consultation document can be found here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/
The consultation questionnaire can be found here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/consultation/intro/
Deadline for consultation responses is: Tuesday 8th March 2022
FREE WEBINAR: Healthy Relationships Measurement Tool (Dr Jessica Taylor)
Friday 21st January 2022 2 - 4pm
Dr Jessica Taylor, FRSA, PhD, is a specialist in Victim Blaming, Self-Blame and Recovery from Sexual Violence. In this free webinar attendees will be able to explore and discuss the VictimFocus Healthy Relationships Measurement Tool, released in winter 2021.
This vital resource is designed for teachers, social workers, and other youth workers to gauge the understanding and views of young people over the age of 11, to look at sex, relationships, and abuse.
The Healthy Relationships Measurement Tool also provides a series of interactive, fun, and interesting educational session plans tailored to the outcomes of the measurement tool, that you can roll out as and when needed, before re-testing children with the questionnaire to measure their progress, knowledge and attitudes.
You can find more details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-relationships-measurement-tool-webinar-tickets-223291640307
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Why we need to see the children of prisoners (Natasha Porter | Schools Week)
CEO of Unlocked Graduates, Natasha Porter, writes in this week's edition of Schools Week, that "an estimated 312,000 children have a parent in prison each year. That compares to just 100,000 children whose parents get a divorce each year. Statistically, there is more than one child with a parent in prison in every year group in every school in the country. But it is almost certainly true that big secondaries serving communities with entrenched social challenges have larger numbers of these children.
It is also a particularly urgent challenge, because 65 per cent of boys with a parent in prison end up in the criminal justice system themselves."
Read the rest of the article here: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/why-we-need-to-see-the-children-of-prisoners/
The Unlock Graduates website can be found here: https://unlockedgrads.org.uk/
Resources to help support children with a parent/carer in prison include:
National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (NICCO) https://www.nicco.org.uk/
Prisoners’ Families Helpline https://www.prisonersfamilies.org/
Booklet – Are you a young person with a family member in prison? (Action for Prisoners’ Families) https://www.nicco.org.uk/userfiles/downloads/5ad4850cb565e-action-for-prisoners-families-young-peoples-booklet.pdf
Families Outside http://www.familiesoutside.org.uk/
Storybook Dads https://www.storybookdads.org.uk/
Safeguarding.Pro Next Member Call
TODAY! Monday 17th January 2022 at 4.15 - 5.15pm
Just a reminder that the next member call for Safeguarding.Pro members is today at 4.15pm.
You can find out more and register in Safeguarding.Pro here: https://www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/products/safeguarding-pro-resources/categories/2149313100/posts/2154991151?cid=083c4112-e668-4a14-8ecf-111355246f16
It is best if you can send any questions in before the session starts.
If you're not already a member of Safeguarding.Pro you can join here: http://joinsafeguarding.pro
Youth justice - Getting the terminology right (Centre for Justice Innovation)
We know that the terminology frequently used on the frontline of the justice system is often complex, full of jargon and acronyms, and can change in meaning when used by different agencies, areas and individuals. To help practitioners combat confusion, the Centre for Justice Innovation has compiled a list of definitions of some commonly used terms.
Download the document here: https://justiceinnovation.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2021/youth_justice_faq_second_edition.pdf
Healthy eating: Food Scanner App (Public Health England)
The NHS Food Scanner app brings food labels to life and helps you make healthier choices. Simply scan the barcode to see how much sugar, saturated fat and salt is in your food and drink then choose one of the healthier swap suggestions.
The app is part of a healthy eating campaign and the 'scan, swipe, swap' take-home pack has plenty of resources to help encourage children to build healthier habits for life.
Find the resources here: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/healthy-eating/overview
Safeguarding Podcast (Louis Donald)
Director of Safeguarding at Stowe Valley MAT, Louis Donald, has created a safeguarding podcast called 'Safeguarding Days'.
I've had a few questions recently about the 'Incel' movement, and Louis has a really good episode on that topic.
You can find it on all good podcast apps, like these:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/safeguarding-days/id1537199699
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/144El6pcagCPcI7TlaZow0?si=3575bfa38a154e26
If you don't have a podcast app and you'd like to listen, you can find it here: http://www.cloud-caster.com/podcastdiscovery/PodcastData?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.buzzsprout.com%2F1439572.rss
Forthcoming Events
Advanced Safeguarding for DSLs
This is a four-session course for DSLs over a full-day. The course is offered live and as a recorded replay. When the course is live, there are plenty of opportunities to contribute with observations, questions or answers. As a recording, the interactions from other people are included and feedback notes that this makes it feel like you are not on your own.
"I came to a session in Birmingham back in 2019 (the day after the GE I think) and it was superb. Today [online] was just as good, if not better. The use of video mixed with live speaking was excellent and goes way beyond what other safeguarding courses provide. You've been there and done it, and your openness with your own story is inspirational."
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Whole School Safeguarding CPD Online Session
In this two and half hour online presentation aimed at staff in all roles, specialist safeguarding consultant, Andrew Hall, explores important aspects of safeguarding in schools including child protection, learning from case studies and the latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
"I would like to extend my thanks to Andrew for his fantastic online training. It was filmed so well - almost as if he were here with us! We were kept engaged throughout and felt so well informed - a huge thank you. It was a real success, and we look forward to booking you again in the future - with the staff team saying it was the best safeguarding training they have ever had. We really appreciated Andrew's real-life storytelling and the way such sensitive information was shared - it was excellent training."
You book your online session here: https://cpd.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/product/whole-school-safeguarding-course-online/
Until next time, keep safe and thank you for all the work you're doing,
Andrew Hall,
Specialist Safeguarding Consultant,
Success In Schools Ltd.
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