Redbridge local safeguarding children board

News:      9  September 2024

RSCP Training Programme 2024 – 2025

Many thanks to all of you who joined us over the previous academic year in your learning to safeguarding children in Redbridge.  We are delighted to share our new RSCP Training Programme for 2024/25.  Over 70 sessions are grouped into three series, key to your work with children and families :

  • Understanding Safeguarding Risks
  • Contextual Safeguarding & Child on Child Abuse
  • Creating Safer Settings for Children and Families

We hope you find something here for your continual professional development.

New sessions this year include:

To book your place on any of the courses, please use our online booking form.  You will see there are some courses that have ‘dates and times TBC’; please don’t try and book a place on those yet – we just want you to know they’re in the pipeline for this year!  For notes on training fees and cancellation policy, please click here and visit our website for full details of our training programme.  If you’ve received this email from someone else and you’d like to sign up to our mailing list, you can do so using our contact form.

RSCP Multi-Agency Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) Information Guide

The RSCP has published a brief guide to trauma informed practice which compliments the work that has been undertaken in the Local Authority to introduce this new way of working into children’s social care.

 ‘Moving Up’ Resources for Parents & Schools

Moving up and changing schools can be a big change for children and parents/caregivers and can include feelings of both fear and excitement. During this transition it is important for parents to be able to support their children physically and emotionally to cope with these changes and nurture them to feel brave and capable.  Resources are now available free of charge via the NHS Moving Up webpage.  These include:

  • easy-to-follow video resources for parents to help support emotional wellbeing during school transitions: with insights from Headteacher of Balsall Common Primary School and NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist (as well as children sharing their thoughts!)
  • online learning and resources with tailored material for supporting children with additional needs and considerations
  • signposts for practical support and ideas to ensure smooth transitions, including information on mobile phone use and technology
  • extensive additional e-learning content for parents on childhood development and emotional health from 0-19+

With a focus on starting primary school and moving up to secondary school, these resources are designed to introduce the Solihull Approach and key concepts around childhood development and emotional health.  Below is a list of resources for accessing or sharing:

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Preschool age children Preparing to ‘move up’: support for parents and families (campaign-archive.com)
New incoming Reception parents Preparing to ‘move up’: support for parents and families (campaign-archive.com)
Children moving to secondary school Preparing to ‘move up’: support for parents and families (campaign-archive.com)

 

RSCP Annual Scrutiny Report October 2022 – March 2024

The Redbridge Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Scrutiny Report for October 2022 – March 2024 is now available to download from the link below:

Prevent Training Sessions

Connect Futures are offering the following free ‘virtual’ learning events

Challenging Extremism & Hate – Train the Trainer:

  • Tuesday 22 October 2024 – 9:30 – 12:30 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams
  • Tuesday 28 January 2025 – 13:00 – 16:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams

Considering neurodiversity ASC & SEMH:

  • Wednesday 18 September 2024 – 13:00 – 15:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams
  • Tuesday 12 November 2024 – 10:00 – 12:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams

Hateful Ideologies leading to terrorism:

  • Thursday 3 October 2024 – 10:00 – 12:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams
  • Tuesday 8 October 2024 – 10:00 – 12:00 – Online – TBA
  • Monday 2 December 2024 – 10:00 – 12:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams

Safeguarding Against Violent Extremism:

  • Monday 4 November 2024 – 13:00 – 15:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams

Contextual Safeguarding:

  • Tuesday 10 December 2024 – 10:00 – 12:00 –   Eventbrite    –     Teams

Fake News, Misinformation & Pathways to extremism/Redbridge:

  • Thursday 26 September 2024 – 18:00 – 20:00 –   Eventbrite

Kooth Suicide Prevention and Awareness

Any young person aged 10 – 18 in North East London can sign up anonymously online to Kooth.com for free, safe and accredited mental health support.  There is no waiting list or threshold.  Kooth can also be used alongside other support.

For Professionals supporting young people, we are running free info webinars to help demonstrate accessible support & resources to help navigate Suicide prevention and awareness. Click here to book the dates below:

  • Tuesday 10th September, 4-5pm (World Suicide Prevention Day)
  • Thursday, 12 September, 10-11am

Foster for Redbridge – Information Session

There are over 300 Redbridge children needing to spend time in foster care and there is a need for more local foster carers.  If you are interested in finding out more with no obligation, please contact hello@localcommunityfostering.co.uk or call 020 8496 3737.  Alternatively, join the next ‘virtual’ briefing taking place on 10 September from 18:00 – 19:00 – book here.

Staff Survey

As a member of the children and young people’s workforce here in Redbridge – have your voice heard.

A Child Friendly Redbridge staff survey has been launched which is open to Local Authority staff and those working in partner agencies, including the Redbridge Safeguarding Children Partnership (RSCP).

Your views are important.  Taking part is voluntary and all answers are anonymous.  Join in – it takes less than five minutes to complete – and let the Team know how the child friendly Redbridge programme is impacting. Scan the QR Code to access the short survey.

To find out more about the journey that Redbridge is taking to accreditation as a child friendly Borough, check out the website.

UNICEF Children and Young People’s Survey

A new survey for children and young people has been launched as part of the Child Friendly Redbridge Programme.  Please do share and encourage any children and young people you know to complete so that their voice is heard.  There are voucher prizes to be won.  The survey can be found on Let’s Talk Redbridge and the links is below: