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Safeguarding Briefing - 7th November 2022
Dear Colleague
Working definition of trauma-informed practice (DfE)
This week the DfE published a 'Working definition of trauma-informed practice'.
Trauma-informed approaches have become increasingly cited in policy and adopted in practice, however, there has been a lack of consensus on how trauma-informed practice is defined, what its key principles are and how it can be built into services and systems.
The DfE hopes that they can address this gap by providing a working definition of trauma-informed practice for practitioners.
Trauma-informed practice is an approach to health and care interventions which is grounded in the understanding that trauma exposure can impact an individual’s neurological, biological, psychological and social development. The guidance covers the six principles of trauma-informed practice: safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment and cultural consideration.
Find the guidance here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-definition-of-trauma-informed-practice/working-definition-of-trauma-informed-practice
Coerced online child sexual abuse - Help for parents (UK Safer Internet Centre)
The UKSIC report that more than a quarter of girls who took part in their survey have had some kind of experience of receiving a request for nude or semi-nude photos or videos.
Children can be groomed, coerced or encouraged into sexual activities online. Any child with unsupervised access to the internet is potentially at risk.
To help parents understand this difficult topic and talk to their children, the UKSIC has produced a checklist and resources about online sexual abuse.
Find the information here: https://saferinternet.org.uk/online-issue/coerced-online-child-sexualabuse
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Sharing data to safeguard children (ICO)
The Information Commissioner's Office recently published a webinar recorded at the Data Protection Practitioners' Conference 2022. The seminar outlined their current work with the Children’s Commissioner in this sphere, including their plans to develop a practical resource to help practitioners.
The ICO's data sharing code and supporting resources aim help to help safeguarding professionals share data appropriately. They are producing a sector-specific resource with support from the Children’s Commissioners Office.
Find the 40-minute webinar here: https://youtu.be/SgeIY5AuYgU
A set of twelve written FAQs that follow the session can be found at the link below, including:
- Where can I find guidance and tools to support my role?
- How long should we keep data?
- What lawful basis should I use?
- Do I need to obtain consent to share a child’s personal data?
- Do I need to tell a child that I am sharing their personal data?
- How can we ensure the secure transfer of data between two organisations?
The full FAQs can be found here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-sharing-information-hub/sharing-data-to-safeguard-children-dppc-2022-session-faqs/
NEW UK Directory of Professionals (TAC Access)
Recognising how difficult it can be to find high-quality support for young people, a retired head teacher and former senior lead in alternative provision have founded TAC Access. This UK-wide directory is free to use for anyone seeking support for a child or young person.
TAC Access has no commission fees, so every penny spent goes to the professional to fund the support needed. The site offers the UK’s most accessible searchable directory of support professionals filtered by area, support type or specialism, with short videos from each specialist to compare and select the most appropriate person for your client.
So whether you are someone looking for a specialist to provide support, or you are a professional who offers services, TAC Access will help you connect.
For more information, go to: https://www.tacaccess.com/
Supervision in Schools Training (Julia Davey)
Julia Davey is an experienced senior leader, school advisor and qualified supervisor who worked in a large local authority for over 20 years.
More recently Julia has been offering personalised support to schools looking to develop practice in leadership, safeguarding and SEND.
Many schools are looking to develop is robust line manager and reflective supervision and Julia has now developed a school specific supervision training course.
Find out more about the course here: http://supervisioninschool.co.uk/
Webinar: Understanding emotionally based school avoidance (Anna Freud Centre)
I mentioned the 'Understanding emotionally based school avoidance' seminar a few weeks ago. This is now available to everyone to view on YouTube.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/NYq08Zqdk7A
DfE warned after gambling companies benefit from learning records database (ICO)
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Department for Education (DfE) following the prolonged misuse of the personal information of up to 28 million children.
An ICO investigation found that the DfE’s poor due diligence meant a database of pupils’ learning records was ultimately used by Trust Systems Software UK Ltd (trading as Trustopia), an employment screening firm, to check whether people opening online gambling accounts were 18.
Read more here: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2022/11/department-for-education-warned-after-gambling-companies-benefit-from-learning-records-database/
Mental Health Resources (Pooky Knightsmith)
Dr Pooky Knightsmith (PhD) is the former chair of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, the author of several books and educator of thousands through her speaking, online training and YouTube videos. Take at look at her website for lots of resources about mental health.
Find the resources here: https://www.pookyknightsmith.com/
PS Well-being Spot
I spotted this brilliant little animated video this week. It will brighten your heart just a little bit!
Watch Oktapodi: https://youtu.be/34BHDhACCxw
Forthcoming Courses
Implementing the role of the Senior Mental Health Lead (DfE Course Code SMHL105)
This is our DfE Quality Assured course for Senior Mental Health Leads. The course offers self-paced learning using the resources in our SMHL.Pro Hub, which is available for 12 months. Each month there is a live online member check-in to catch up with your tutors and each other. The course cost £397+VAT, some schools are eligible for a grant to cover this cost.
For more details, go to: https://www.smhl.pro/course
Advanced Safeguarding for DSLs
This is a four-session course for DSLs over a full-day. The course is offered live and as a recorded replay. When the course is live, there are plenty of opportunities to contribute with observations, questions or answers. As a recording, the interactions from other people are included and feedback notes that this makes it feel like you are not on your own.
"I came to a session in Birmingham back in 2019 (the day after the GE I think) and it was superb. Today [online] was just as good, if not better. The use of video mixed with live speaking was excellent and goes way beyond what other safeguarding courses provide. You've been there and done it, and your openness with your own story is inspirational."
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LIVE ON LOCATION remember that you can book Andrew to visit your school, cluster or MAT to share his DSL course. Please contact us for details and bookings.
Whole School Safeguarding CPD Online Session for 2022/2023
In this two and half hour online presentation aimed at staff in all roles, specialist safeguarding consultant, Andrew Hall, explores important aspects of safeguarding in schools including child protection, learning from case studies and the latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
"In my excitement, I forgot to add our star rating to the Safeguarding training we have just watched. If we could, we would give it 10 stars! That was the best Safeguarding training we have ever had, thank you so much. Feedback from staff has, so far, been overwhelmingly positive…I can't thank you enough."
"I would like to extend my thanks to Andrew for his fantastic online training. It was filmed so well - almost as if he were here with us! We were kept engaged throughout and felt so well informed - a huge thank you. It was a real success, and we look forward to booking you again in the future - with the staff team saying it was the best safeguarding training they have ever had. We really appreciated Andrew's real-life storytelling and the way such sensitive information was shared - it was excellent training."
You book your online session here: https://cpd.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/product/whole-school-safeguarding-course-online/
Until next time, keep safe and thank you for all the work you're doing,
Andrew Hall
Specialist Safeguarding Consultant,
Success In Schools Ltd.
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