One in eight (12.8%) of children and young people aged between five and 19, surveyed in England in 2017, had a mental disorder[1] according to a major new report which provides England’s best source of data on trends in child mental health. Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017, published today by NHS…
What a child sees, hears, thinks and experiences on a daily basis impacts on their personal development and welfare whether that be physically or emotionally. As practitioners we need to; actively hear what the child has to say or communicate, observe what they do in different contexts, hear what family members, significant adults/carers and professionals…
The Effective Support for Children & Families in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Threshold) document” has been updated and will be published this Friday (16th November).
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adult’s Board would like to find out about what people across the region understand about safeguarding adults at risk of abuse and neglect. This will then help us to get the right information and messages to the community and to professionals to help make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough a safer place to…
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report for the period April 2017 – March 2018 has now been published. The report outlines both the activity and the contribution of the Board and its partners that has taken place during the last year. You can view or download the report from our Annual Reports page
The latest version of Working Together to Safeguard Children was published by the Department for Education on 4th July 2018. The 2018 version replaces the 2015 version and the Transitional Guidance helps explain how to move to a new system of practice reviews. The Statutory Framework sets out the legislation relevant to safeguarding and it should be read alongside the…