Website updates
November 2017
- The form has been updated for professionals wanting to bring a serious case to attention of the LSCB
October 2017
- A new document Resolving Professional Disagreements about Safeguarding Children (Escalation Policy) (Berkshire LSCBs, 2017)
September 2017
- Updates to ‘learning from serious case reviews’ page
- A new page with learning notes from local audits which include key points, recommendations and learning for practitioners
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
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
Newsletters
- LSCB Newsletter – Spring 2014 (BFLSCB. 2014)
- LSCB Newsletter – January 2013 (BFLSCB, 2013)
- LSCB Newsletter – February 2012 (BFLSCB, 2012)