Children’s Experiences of Unconscious Bias
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Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Third National Review
This month the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel have published their third national review, which provides important learning and recommendations regarding non-accidental injury of babies under 1 year old.
East of England Local Safeguarding Adult Boards – Learning from Local Boards
The eight SABs are running a series of webinars in 2021/22 to share learning on a range of themes emerging from SARs undertaken and lessons learned during COVID-19 . The themes have been identified as ones which will have relevance and interest within the East of England. Who should attend? The webinars are aimed at…
Updated Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, Assessment Tool and Resources
We are pleased to share the new Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Board’s – Child Sexual Abuse resources with you. The information and training materials have been developed in partnership with young people, parents / carers and professionals from across the County. A huge thank you to all the people who participated in the…
Essential Maintenance
We have been made aware of some essential maintenance being carried out on the Local Authorities’ online referral form system. This work is due to happen overnight, starting at 10pm on Tuesday 22nd June until 6am on Wednesday 23rd June. During this time, the system will be down for referrals but in the event of…
Feeling bored, flat and unmotivated?
If you’ve been feeling bored, you’re not alone. Pandemic-related restrictions have made it hard for us to get out and do many of the things we enjoy doing and it’s not surprising that this can make us feel flat and unmotivated. Research has shown that boredom has been a major challenge for young people during…
Open consultation – Introducing national standards for unregulated provision
The number of children in care placed in unregulated settings has increased from 2,900 in 2009 to 6,490 in 2020. The Department for Education wants to ensure these placements are of good quality. The Department for Education are seeking views on proposed standards for unregulated provision for looked after children and care leavers aged 16…
Making Safeguarding Personal
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A new campaign from the Internet Watch Foundation
Today, the Internet Watch Foundation launched their new self-generated child sexual abuse prevention campaign. Data shows 11-13 year old girls are increasingly at risk of grooming and coercion at the hands of online predators. In 2020, the IWF confirmed 68,000 cases of self-generated imagery, a rise of 77% on 2019 and self-generated imagery accounts for nearly half (44%) the…
Perplexing Presentations (PP)/Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) in Children Guidance
This guidance, published in March 2021, provides best practice advice for paediatricians in the medical management of PP and FII cases to obtain better outcomes for children. Below provides a background and summary of what’s covered in the guidance. You can download the full guidance below. Background Since the publication of the Royal College of…