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Safeguarding Briefing - 10th October 2022
Dear Colleague
Upward Trend In Children Arrested For Terrorism Offences (Counter Terrorism Policing)
Senior Counter Terrorism officers say upward trend in youth arrests is ‘of real concern’, as figures reveal that more under 18’s were arrested in the year to March 2022, than any other annual period.
The latest Home Office figures relating to the police’s use of powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 show that there were 196 arrests for terrorist-related activity between March 2021 and March 2022. Of those arrested, 15% were aged 18 or under, which equates to 29 teenagers being detained for suspected terrorist offences. In the previous year, this figure was 12%.
Counter Terrorism Policing’s Senior National Coordinator, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, said: 'There is certainly evidence that this younger generation of offenders are accessing and viewing dangerous propaganda online. Something we believe has been accelerated by a greater dependence on technology during the pandemic.'
Resources for addressing the Prevent Duty(Educate Against Hate)
Hate is often fuelled by victimisation, harmful stereotypes and false information. As children and young people spend an increasing amount of time on social media platforms, online forums and websites, they can become further exposed to hateful ideologies and groups.
When the Prevent Duty first came into force in 2015, many schools received WRAP training (Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent) often led by police officers. The Prevent Duty is still in place and school are expected to include training around the topic in their usual Safeguarding CPD.
Find the resources here: https://educateagainsthate.com/category/teachers/prevent-duty/
Study: Almost all Black British children have experienced racism at school (World Economic Forum)
The vast majority of young Black British people have experienced racism at school, with one in two feeling that racial stereotypes hinder their academic achievement, research shows.
• 95% of young Black British people have witnessed racist language in education
• More than half of males said they hear racist language in school ‘all the time’
• Teacher perceptions are seen as the biggest barrier to educational success
• Two-thirds say they do not trust the police to act fairly towards them
Read more here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/racism-united-kingdom-schools-black-children-inequality/
Further information
Young and Black (YMCA) https://www.ymca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ymca-young-and-black.pdf
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Checking suitability of teachers recruited from overseas (DfE)
Individuals who have lived or worked outside the UK must undergo the same checks as all other staff in schools. They should also undergo additional checks related to international recruitment and training.
Schools can use a range of information sources and evidence as part of their safeguarding procedures for international recruitment, including the items included in this guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/recruit-teachers-from-overseas
Safeguarding.Pro Member Call
Wednesday 19th October 2022 4.15 - 5.15pm
The next Safeguarding.Pro Member Call is on Wednesday 19th October 2022. If you have any topic ideas or questions for the call, please complete the form here: https://www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/question-or-topic-for-safeguarding-pro-member-call
Register for the Member Call here: https://www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/products/safeguarding-pro-resources/categories/2149313100/posts/2162071174
The Member Call is an exclusive benefit for members of Safeguarding.Pro. To become a member and join us on Wednesday 19th October, go to: joinsafeguarding.pro
Is sharing nudes just harmless flirting? (Revealing Reality)
Is nude image-sharing among young people just one way of flirting in the digital age? Is it merely what any generation of young people would do if they had smartphone cameras and messaging apps? Some people certainly think so.
If you pull back the curtain and explore the subject in depth and at scale, nude-image sharing among teenagers is not always as it can first appear. Technology, power dynamics, confidence and disadvantage all play a part in how the experiences of image-sharing can play out.
Revealing Reality has uncovered how the widespread sharing of nude images among teenagers can lead to troubling experiences and sometimes long-lasting problems for young people, who can lack the confidence, knowledge or language to handle it.
Read the report here: https://www.revealingreality.co.uk/2022/06/23/is-sharing-nudes-just-harmless-flirting/
Just One In Five Teachers Confident In Delivering Lessons To Tackle Sexual Harassment (Children and Young People Now)
The NSPCC and teachers’ union NASUWT warns in a new report that almost half of secondary school teachers do not feel confident to deliver lessons around sexual harassment. This was highlighted in Ofsted's research published last year, Review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, and appears not to have improved greatly since then.
Forty per cent of the 1000 teachers asked in the survey said they lack the confidence to deliver lessons on pornography and less than a third are confident enough to talk about issues around consent.
Delivering sex and relationships education training (NSPCC)
The NSPCC has developed online training to support secondary school teachers to deliver inclusive sex and relationships education. This course is currently free and can be found here: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/services/talk-relationships
Thrive Online: Resources for children with SEND (Childnet)
There are relatively few resources to help children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Childnet has created a set of free, adaptable resources cover the important topics of healthy relationships, digital wellbeing and online pornography and are designed to equip and enable educators, parents and carers, to support young people aged 11 and over with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
The Educators' Guidance includes lesson plans, links to videos and the necessary vocabulary with Widget symbols.
Download the resources here: https://www.childnet.com/what-we-do/our-projects/thrive-online/
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 is self-paced learning using the resources in our SMHL.Pro Hub. 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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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.
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"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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