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Working together to safeguard children (published March 2010) [2.6Mb]

E-Safety Course [25kb]

WHAT'S NEW?

The following links will take you to new articles posted on the site recently. Please contact us if you are unable to download them or need an alternative format.

Links to articles removed from this page will be transferred to the Reference Library where appropriate.

GENERAL:

The NEW telephone number for LSCB TRAINING has now changed to 01872 322404.  For information about the training programme and available dates, please contact Kate or Ross on the new number.

A new section for Local Safeguarding Projects has been added to the website.  This section will provide information about and links to safeguarding projects within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Newquay Safe publications are now available, within this section, for parents,young people and accommodation providers in Newquay, or from the Newquay Safe website.

Central Referral Unit - A central unit has been set up by the Council's Children, Schools and Families Directorate to handle referrals to its children's social care services.  The Unit can be contacted through a designated telephone number which is 0300 123 1116.  For further details about the unit, please click here.

Working together to safeguard children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children - Revised March 2010. This publication is the latest version of the 'Working together' guidance previously published in 2006 and includes the revised Chapter 8.

Safeguarding Children Information and News Update  - Issue for 29th June and the latest Safeguarding Conference  and Consultation Updates are now available.

FLOW CHART FOR REFERRAL to be used by CORNWALL COUNCIL STAFF - This diagram explains the process of what to do if you are worried about a child.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS/CONFERENCES/TRAINING:

Tri-X Childcare Serious Case Reviews: Outcomes and Key Messages - This free course will be available online in the summer of 2010.  To register your interest, please contact Liz Kinver quoting 'Tri-X SCR training' in subject bar.  For further information click here.

ARTICLES:

Children and Young Person's Bill

Independent Safeguarding Authority

POLICY DOCUMENTS:

Safeguarding Disabled Children Practice Guidance

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Policy.

LSCB and SAB Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults Policy

Cornwall Multi-Agency Transition Protocol

Guidance for conducting Serious Case Reviews

The Corporate Parenting Strategy 2008-9 (Please note that this document will be reviewed within the next 3 months and a link to the updated version will be provided when it becomes available.)

NEW LINKS:

Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) - New Interactive version on line!!   This interactive version has been developed by Tri X Childcare who have provided it as a free resource.  It is clearly laid out and easy to use with easy navigation throughout the whole document using links.  This would be a useful bookmark for your website favourites folder! 

Social Care TV is a new online channel for everyone involved in the social care sector, from managers to front-line staff, trainers to people who use care services.  As part of the Social Care Institute for Excellence's (SCIE) family of resources, Social Care TV brings to life the work and lives of people involved in all aspects of the social care sector, through a series of short films and links to multi-media and e-learning resources. This site offers access to video based training resources and general interest programmes, reflecting the issues, challenges and rewards in current social care practice.

Social Care Institute of Excellence - The Social Care Institute for Excellence's (SCIE) mission is to identify and spread knowledge about good practice to the large and diverse social care workforce and support the delivery of transformed, personalised social care services. It aims to reach and influence practitioners, managers and the sector leadership who have responsibility for service delivery in adults' and children's services.

Cornwall Sports Partnership:The Cornwall Sports Partnership (CSP) is an affiliation of organisations that have joined forces to make sport a part of everyday life in Cornwall. 

LIBRARY:

The Vetting and Barring Scheme Guidance - March 2010 - The new Vetting and Barring Scheme aims to protect children and vulnerable adults by ensuring that people who are judged to present a risk of harm are not allowed to work with them. It does this by improving the way barring decisions are made. In the past, barring decisions have been taken by Ministers and civil servants.They are now made by an independent body of experts, the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), and follow a clear and structured judgement process, which is about assessing the risk of future harm based on the information that is known about the individual(see page 3 of this document).

ISA Referral Guidance - This document contains information about the scope of the Scheme, barring arrangements, responsibilities and duties for both employers and volunteer organisers, and the duties for those individuals you take on, timescales for the phased implementation of the Scheme and explanation of transitional arrangements around Scheme introduction.  It will also have details about areas where the Scheme does not apply and discussions around the points made by Sir Roger Singleton in December 2009.   The referral form has also been published and instructions for completing it are available in the ISA Referral Guidance.

MAPPA Guidance 2009 - MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements) are the statutory arrangements for managing sexual and violent offenders. MAPPA is not a statutory body in itself but is a mechanism through which agencies can better discharge their statutory responsibilities and protect the public in a co-ordinated manner.

Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who Work with Children and Young People

Cornwall Sports Partnership Working Together Booklet

Cornwall Sports Partnership Stay Safe in Sport Leaflet