News: 06 February 2024
New! National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Annual Report 2022 – 2023
The National Panel has published a report from 2022 – 2023 which can be accessed via the link below:
The NSPCC have published a useful summary of the report as a CASPER Briefing:
New! Foster for Redbridge
Make memories. Foster for Redbridge.
We often take some things for granted. Taking our children to the park or to a playground; jumping in puddles; getting your wellies stuck in thick mud. Many children in Redbridge, however, have never experienced these fun and free activities. A care leaver remembers the time that she was fostered and had a picnic in a park, “I had never had a picnic in a park before. I was 11. It was so exciting.” If you would like to create happy memories for our most vulnerable children and are considering fostering, please email fostering@redbridge.gov.uk or call us on 020 8708 6068 or visit our website https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/adult-and-childrens-services/fostering/?utm_source=RSCP&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=fostering to book onto one of our virtual information sessions.
Trauma-Informed Training
Lifeline Proj
ects are hosting on-line training on the topic of how a parent’s own trauma can have a significant effect on the development of a young person.
The training is for professionals, volunteers and parents/carers and lasts for 2.5 hours.
A number of dates are available across February 2024. For more information, including the process for booking, please see the flyer.
RSCP Newsletter – Winter 2024
The latest edition of the RSCP Newsletter can be downloaded via the link below:
Safer Sleep Conference
Professionals working in the North East London (NEL) area are invited to attend a Safer Sleep Conference taking place on 22 March 2024 from 09:00 – 16:00 in Stratford, E15. The Conference will include presentations on the science behind SIDS, sleeping right for young children, infant feeding and safe sleep and an update from the Hackney SUDI Prevention Project. Full information is available on the flyer below. Bookings should be made via e-mail to bhr.cdop@nhs.net .
Duty to Refer – Homelessness
Guidance has been issued for professionals by the Local Authority on the duty to refer when a family are at risk of homelessness.
- LBR Duty to Refer – Homelessness – Guidance (PDF 91KB)
- LBR Duty to Refer – Referral Form – Homelessness (PDF 89KB)
- LBR Duty to Refer – Referral Form – Homelessness (Word Version for download)
Updated Redbridge SCP Multi-Agency Safeguarding Referrals and Threshold Guidance
An updated version of the RSCP Multi-Agency Safeguarding Referrals and Threshold Guidance has been published which includes how to access early help and thresholds for referrals into children’s social care. It includes the London SCP Threshold – Continuum of Need Matrix which has been adopted by agencies working with children and young people in Redbridge.
HM Government Statutory Guidance – Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023
The Government have published revised multi-agency statutory guidance – Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. Below is the link to the document and a summary of changes made from the previous version, dated 2018.
The NSPCC have published a summary of the updated Statutory Guidance.
RSCP Priorities 2023 – 2024
The RSCP has agreed its priorities for 2023 – 2024 which can be downloaded via the link below:
RSCP Multi-Agency Child Neglect Toolkit
Our Neglect Toolkit has had a refresh and is ready for use. The full Toolkit and Guidance and the Checklist can be downloaded from below or on the neglect page in the professionals are of the website.
- RSCP Child Neglect Toolkit – 2nd Edition, September 2023 (PDF 335KB)
- Child Neglect Toolkit Checklist [September 2023] (Word version)
If you need training on neglect, check out the Understanding Neglect Course on our Training Programme.
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Children Training Programme 2023 – 2024
Our new Programme is now out and bookings are open. It covers a range of essential safeguarding topics based on understanding safeguarding risks, contextual safeguarding and child on child abuse, and working together safeguard and create safer settings. Some examples of what we have included are:
- Children’s Mental Health
- Safeguarding Children with Disabilities
- Harmful Sexual Behaviours and the Brook Traffic Light Tool
- Understanding Neglect
- Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children
- Supervising Safeguarding Practice
Information on booking etc. can be found in the Programme and in the Notes for Training Attendees and Managers. Spaces are limited and we expect some of our courses to sell out so get in quickly with your bookings.
Private Fostering Arrangements
Are you aware of a child who is being cared for by someone who is not a close relative for a period of more than 28 days? If so, they may be part of a private fostering arrangement. This is where someone who is not a close relative cares for a child under the aged of sixteen (or eighteen if the child has a disability). A close relative is considered to be an aunt, grandparent, step-parent, or a sibling. Other family members, for example, cousins or great aunts, are not classed as close relatives under the definition of private fostering. An example of a private fostering arrangement is a child from overseas, such as a student, being hosted by a family whilst being educated in the UK. All private fostering arrangements should be notified to the Local Authority. In Redbridge, this can be undertaken by contacting Children’s Services via 020 8708 3885 or by e-mail via CPAT.Referrals@redbridge.gov.uk . More information is available on private fostering on the Council’s website.