News: 14 April 2025
New! Multi-Agency Referral Form for Safeguarding Children – Now Online!
As of 14 April 2025, the LBR Children and Families Service referral form for children is now on-line.
The form can be accessed via the Local Authority website (link below):
The form is for professionals only. Referrals from the general public should continue to be made via the telephone (020 8708 3885, Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00; or, 0208708 5897, Evenings, Weekends and Public Holidays).
The attached document provides some guidance and FAQs which accompany the launch of the new form.
7 Minute Briefing – Professional Curiosity
Below is the link to our newly published 7 Minute Briefing on Professional Curiosity. This has been developed by the Redbridge Safeguarding Adult Board (RSAB) following on from learning from a number of Safeguarding Adult Reviews but it is equally applicable for children.
CSA Centre – What you need to know about child sexual abuse
The CSA Centre have published a useful briefing for all working with children, young people and families.
- What you need to know about child sexual abuse (March 2025)
Child Sexual Abuse Report
The national review into child sexual abuse in the family environment, undertaken by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, was published in November 2024 and can be downloaded via the link below:
There are key recommendations for development for individuals, agencies and Safeguarding Children Partnerships (SCPs). One relates to the finding that professionals receive little training and support to respond to this particularly difficult type of abuse. The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse has made available a number of free webinars to help. These include:
- Responding to harmful sexual behaviour in education settings – 5 March, 09:00 – 10:00
- Spotting the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse – 9 April, 09:00 – 10:00
- Supporting parents/carers when their child may have been sexually abused – 14 May, 09:00 – 10:00
Find out more and sign up via the CSA Centre events page. The RSCP is also holding a free briefing (online) Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse – An Introduction on Friday 14 March 2025 which is facilitated by the CSA Centre.
RSCP Training Programme 2024 – 2025
Our RSCP Training Programme for 2024/25 is available to all working or volunteering with children and families in the Redbridge area. There are 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 continued professional development. 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.