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CHSCB News Bulletin May 2012
Friday 18th May
The second edition of our news bulletin is available here and includes the following updates: CHSCB Lunchtime Seminar: Safeguarding in a Digital World CHSCB Executive Group – Events Diary Hackney young people tell it like it is Child Safety We ...
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CHSCB News Bulletin
Friday 20th April
CHSCB is going to publish regular news bulletins to keep you up to date with what we are doing. The first edition which is available here includes the following updates: CHSCB Multi-Agency Training Programme 2012-13 Update on the work of the City and Hackney Child Death ...
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Advice on child internet safety
Thursday 9th February
UKCCIS has launched a guide on child internet safety for organisations and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to help parents and children get quality and consistent messages about internet safety. It encourages organisations to tell parents and children how to mitigate risk and how to handle inst ...
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Ofsted Annual Report 2010-11
Tuesday 13th December
Ofsted has published their latest annual report containing outcomes from their inspections of early years, schools, social care services. ...
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A-Z of Homelessness
Monday 12th December
The Connection has published an online resource to educate people about homelessness. The resource was produced by homeless young people and is based on an A-Z of the issues and challenges they have experienced whilst sleeping rough. ...
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Missing and runaway children
Monday 12th December
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has launched a suite of resources aimed at helping missing and runaway children, their families, and professionals. It includes 'My Choice', an awareness raising film for use by practitioners which looks at the risks faced by miss ...
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Resource Guide for Professionals
Tuesday 15th November
A resource guide has been developed by Hackney Children & Young People’s Services to assist professionals working within the London Borough of Hackney to navigate the diverse range of services for children and families with support needs, their contact details, referral pathways and thr ...
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Community Care release tools for direct work
Monday 14th November
Community Care has published a set of tools which social workers can use for direct work with children. Techniques covered include: dolls, observation, games, and drawing. Discusses the technique, what to do and what to look for. ...
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SCIE eLearning Resource: Parental substance misuse
Monday 17th October
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published an elearning resource for social work professionals looking at the issue of parental substance misuse. ...
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Munro Review - Government Response
Thursday 14th July
The Government has published its response to the Munro Review of Child Protection. The response was informed by an Implementation Working Group (IWG) drawing on expertise from local authority children’s services, the social work profession, education, police and health services. It is i ...
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Free online Safer Recruitment training
Wednesday 1st June
Children's Workforce Development Council online safer recruitment training can be accessed by everyone working or volunteering with children and families - and it's completely free. Go to the E-learning tools section of the website for more information. ...
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London Safeguarding Children Board Briefing of Munro Review
Thursday 12th May
The London Safeguarding Children Board has issued a briefing on the Munro Review of Child Protection. This briefing unpicks some of the key messages from the review, while considering the implications for London. ...
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Munro Review into Child Protection
Tuesday 10th May
The Department for Education has published Professor Munro's independent review into child protection in England. Recommendations include: a shift in emphasis in Serious Case Reviews from what happened to why; keeping experienced social workers on the frontline; and keeping child protection s ...
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Publication of London Child Protection Procedures 4th ed
Tuesday 14th December
The 4th edition of the London Child Protection Procedures is now available to download at www.londonscb.gov.uk/procedures/, along with a document highlighting the key changes and a training powerpoint for LSCBs. This edition has been fully updated in line with recent changes to statutory guidance ...
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Evaluation report of LSCBs
Monday 11th October
The Department of Education has published recently the research report 'The Evaluation of Arrangements for Effective Operation of the New Local Safeguarding Children Boards in England - Final Report'. The report is available online here. ...
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Munro Review of Child Protection - Part One
Friday 1st October
The first report, Munro Review of Child Protection – Part One: A Systems Analysis', of Professor Eileen Munro's independent review of child protection was published today. Professor Munro's aim for the first stage of this review has been to step back and think carefully about wh ...
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Research reports on SCRs
Friday 1st October
The Department of Education has published two research reports today on SCRs. The first is the biennial overview report of SCRs undertaken in 2007-09 and the second a report on learning lessons nationally from SCRs. These reports have helped infor ...