Website updates

Website updates

August 2017

• Our child safety page contains a Drowning prevention video clip
• The government published Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance (Home Office, 2017)
• Updates to the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) page for professionals which includes information on a new support centre for victims
• An updated Domestic Abuse Practitioners Guide for 2017

July 2017

• Ofsted has published its inspection report for the LSCB

June 2017

• there is a new LADO (managing allegations) toolkit

May 2017

• The LSCB has included a new page ‘CSE victims share advice to help prevent abuse’
• An update to the ‘Guide to the LSCB’
• Supervision safeguarding policy and guidance is available for organisations that do not have their own and to enable identification of minimum standards

April 2017

• The LSCB training calendar and strategy for 2017-18 have been updated
• LSCB Forum minutes from 7 April 2017 are available
• The LSCB has published an update to its Business Plan 2017-18

March 2017

• Thresholds guidance to support safeguarding and permanency planning
• Minutes from the LSCB meeting on 27 January and 24 March are now available
• A new child incident notification form is available

Feb 2017

• Details of new Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) website 
• A revised CSE screening tool is available for professionals under local documents
• A specialist course regarding parents with mental health issues is being held on 3 October 2017

January 2017

• Berkshire LSCBs Data and Information Sharing Agreement and advice for practitioners on sharing personal information can be found on the links and publications
• The FGM referral process
• An animation depicting information from the LSCB Thresholds can be found on the home page (bottom in orange box)

November 2016

• Keeping Children Safe in Education has been updated with the latest 2016 version
• The LSCB Membership and Structure Chart has been updated
• MARAC/DASH and CAF training dates have been updated
• LADO referral form added to the allegations against staff, carers and volunteers page

October 2016

• The LSCB has updated its Threshold document which is linked to the Planning for Permanency report.
• The LSCB has published its latest Annual Report 2015/16
• An update to the CSE strategy for Bracknell Forest
• Private Fostering report to the LSCB 2015/16

September 2016

• A video for parents that puts sexting under the spotlight and offers advice
• Young people have created six short animated clips on ‘what do young people think about mental health stigma?’

August 2016

• Information about becoming a lay member
• Updated Quality Assurance, Learning and Improvement Framework
• Update to the safeguarding cue card

July 2016

• An update to the FGM guidance and pathways for Bracknell Forest and free online training
• Lay Member vacancy
• CDOP Newsletter (June 2016)
• New LSCB Training Strategy for 2016-17
• Additional information and resources have been added to the following pages Hate crime, extremism and radicalisation page, Domestic abuse and Sexual abuse and exploitation
• There are two new pages called ‘Vulnerability of babies’ and Men and fathers with information for professionals
• Additional information has been included for the Community and Voluntary Sector safeguarding self assessments (S11)
• Details of free online training for preventing radicalisation

June 2016

• FGM information from Bracknell Forest JSNA
• Update to LSCB Minutes
• An update to the Bracknell Forest document ‘Data and Information Sharing Protocol for Agencies Working with Children and Young People’
• Update to the LSCB Learning and Improvement Framework document

May 2016

• New Section 11 Safeguarding Toolkit
• New publications ‘A framework for supporting teenage mothers and young fathers’  and ‘Keep Children Safe Online’

April 2016

• Multi-agency guidance on FGM 
• Boys Don’t Cry  – a boys and trafficking report summary from The Children’s Society
• Bracknell Forest LSCB 2016-17 Safeguarding Training Calendar

March 2016

• Update to the Guide to the LSCB, the ‘multi professional bruising protocol for those not independently mobile‘ and the Safeguarding Cue Card
• Handle with care – a guide to keep your baby safe
• A ‘Cue Card‘ in respect of the PREVENT duties

February 2016

• Berkshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) website
• Free online course for honour based violence and forced marriage
• The Berkshire Child Protection Procedures have been updated
• Serious case review – child C

January 2016

• Controlling behaviour in relationships: talking to young people about healthy relationships added to Domestic Abuse advice for parents
• Information added for parents on Child Online Safety – a practical guide for parents and carers whose children are using social media
• Free online FGM training for professionals
• Short online CSE course for parents

December 2015

• The Learning and Improvement page for professionals was updated

November 2015

• LSCB Annual Report 2014-15
• Learning and Improvement Framework
• LSCB Structure Chart and Board Membership
• New information for professionals on female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriage and preventing radicalisation
• New information for parents on forced marriage, preventing radicalisation and online risks

October 2015

• Perinatal healthcare teams: learning from case reviews – a summary of risk factors and learning for improved practice for the health sector

September 2015

• Practice guide to support professionals to meet the needs of young people with learning difficulties who experience, or are at risk of, child sexual exploitation

August 2015

• CDOP Newsletter
• A 2015 version of the practitioners guide to domestic abuse across Bracknell Forest and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

June 2015

• We have the right to be safe– Protecting disabled children from abuse is a recent publication by the NSPCC and highlights the key issues facing disabled children and young people.
• Health: learning from case reviews can be found with other NSPCC case review briefings on the Learning and Improvement page
• Everything you need to know about keeping your children safe around water in the garden can be found in the Water Safety Leaflet 
• The NSPCC have written a report, ‘How safe are our children?  giving an overview of child protection in the UK
• Thinkuknow have new online safety resources: Nude selfies – what parents and carers need to know
• Update on Child Sexual Abuse and FGM in the professionals section
• New guidance is available for professionals on FGM risk and safeguarding
• The sexual abuse and exploitation section for professionals has been updated and includes further information on female genital mutilation (FGM)

May 2015

• NSPCC Case Reviews Repository April 2015
• The NSPCC have added an Underwear Rule video to help protect deaf children from abuse
• PACE has written a booklet for parents ‘Keeping it Together’, for those whose children are being sexually exploited by an individual or group of adults outside of the family unit

April 2015

• Working Together 2015
• What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused
• NSPCC Share Aware – help for parents to talk to their children about the risks of online pornography and sexually explicit material.

March 2015

• From the NSPCC series Keeping Children Safe is a new addition on Self Harm
• Public Health England has launched the Rise Above website, created by young people for young people, it offers advice and tackles issues of concern including: relationships, alcohol, drugs, self-harm, peer pressure and mental health
• The joint protocol between the Health and Wellbeing Board, Local Safeguarding Children Board, Safeguarding Adult Partnership Board and Children and Young People’s Partnership
• Forum minutes from 17 October 2014
• The current CSE Risk Assessment Tool for Bracknell Forest
• Details of the MARAC and DASH training course for Bracknell Forest
• A new website for victims of Domestic Abuse in the armed forces and for professionals supporting these victims has been launched by the Ministry of Defence
• aSk UK is a health information app for young people in the UK encouraging safer sex and signposting to advice and services
• Brook have developed a sexual behaviours traffic light tool which is designed to help professional identify and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours
• The LSCB training calendar for 2015/16 has been updated
• Local documents relating to CSE have been included in the Professionals section
• The NSPCC have provided a briefing that provides a summary of risk factors and learning for improved practice around hidden’ men

February 2015

• Sorting Out Separation is a FREE online service for parents and couples dealing with divorce or separation.
• Information on the Bracknell Forest Safe Places Scheme
• Two new documents have been produced to go with LSCB Continuum of Help and Support – a Continuum of need booklet that provides examples of some of the indicators of need that may be identified by professionals working with children, young people and families and a Continuum of Need diagram
• Bracknell Forest Prevention Strategy – Working Together to Safeguard those at risk of going Missing from Home and Care to look at the local multi-agency arrangements assisting with the prevention of missing children incidents
• Missing Kids UK have information and advice for young people, parents and professionals
• An unstable start’ All Babies Count:  Spotlight on homelessness (NSPCC, 2015) is a report that sets out the impact on babies who don’t have a secure place to live
• Board minutes from 28 November 2014
• If it’s not better, it’s not the end”: inquiry into child sexual exploitation in gangs and groups: one year on from the OCC who have warned that, too many child victims and children at risk of CSE are not being identified by local authorities

December 2014

• Missed opportunities: indicators of neglect – what is ignored, why, and what can be done? (DfE)
• Neglect or emotional abuse in teenagers aged 13-18 (Core Info)

November 2014

• Honour Based Violence and Forced Marriage training

 Newsletters

• LSCB Newsletter – Spring 2014 (BFLSCB. 2014)
• LSCB Newsletter – January 2013 (BFLSCB, 2013)
• LSCB Newsletter – February 2012 (BFLSCB, 2012)