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This edition provides updates from the Safeguarding Partnership and links to useful resources to support practice.
Please feel free to send us your safeguarding news and updates to share across our multi-agency partners, submissions to safeguardingboardscomms@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Please share widely within your organisation.
18th March 2022 Safeguarding is everyone's business
Our aim is to raise awareness of exploitation and encourage as many people as possible to talk about it, ‘Spot the Signs’ and to start some vital conversations.
The awareness-raising day can be simply on the day itself or you may wish to hold a week-long focus through your organisational channels.
Please share the SWAY below as far and wide as possible through your networks and social media channels using #CEADay22 - together we are a stronger voice in the fight against child exploitation
Please do click on our SWAY link
https://sway.office.com/kEDvAhdhMoDWrk1Y?ref=Link or click on the image below to read more about how you can support #CEADay22 - you will find information on
• Spotting the Signs
• Helping Hands
• Real Stories
• Say Something if you See Something
• Parents and Carers
• Abuse in Sport
• Key Messages, logos and social media
It continues to be the case that far more children are being sexually abused in England and Wales than are identified or safeguarded. Half a million children are estimated to experience some form of sexual abuse each year, yet research indicates only around one in eight cases of child sexual abuse ever reach statutory services’ attention
Both research and practice show that it can take years for a child to get to the point where they feel able to tell someone. Sadly, often the younger the child is when the abuse starts, the longer it can take for it to be uncovered. We cannot forget that there are many barriers to children telling adults about harm and they may not recognise what is happening to them is abuse. It is vital that anyone who works with children knows how to recognise what is happening and understands how to help the child to have that conversation.
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse have published a guide which aims to give all people working with children guidance in talking about child sexual abuse, explaining what may be going on for children when they are being sexually abused; what prevents them from talking about their abuse; and what professionals can do to help children speak about what is happening. It brings together research, practice guidance, and expert input – including from survivors of abuse - to help give professionals the knowledge and confidence to act.
Click here to view the Guidance
 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group are working alongside the Institute for apprenticeships in leading a trailblazer group to develop an Apprenticeship standard for the role of a ‘Safeguarding Officer’.
‘Safeguarding Officers’ may have different titles within employing organisations, but their key function is to work alongside designated safeguarding leads to support and enable their employing organisation to meet statutory responsibilities in safeguarding the vulnerable populations they work with as per The Children Act 2004, The Care Act 2014, The Child and Social Work Act 2017 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.
The trailblazer group recognise that the wider remit and focus of safeguarding is evolving and that future safeguarding workforce planning needs to be innovative to facilitate a widened pathway for entry into employment. This would enable people from all backgrounds (not just those with a professional qualification) to pursue a career in safeguarding; broadening recruitment, help protect against burnout and enhance long-term retention.
The trailblazer group are seeking evidence to support the development of this Apprenticeship Standard.
We therefore kindly ask that you could spend the next 5-10 minutes completing this brief survey monkey to enable the trailblazer group to provide evidence for route panel that these types of roles exist and are standalone roles (not in addition to other roles). https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=GBZ3tWawOUiPYW3o0yKrlv6kx0aGUoJOhKODVczWObFUQjFYWDBOMFcxSjBBREtSNVdRMlJLTTJNSS4u
Closing date for responses is 11th March 2022
The government has launched a review into whether those people who receive care in their homes have suitable protection from abuse against those providing the care. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 doesn't cover the role of the carer as it defines domestic abuse as abusive behaviour between people over 16 who are personally connected - such as relatives or those who have been, or are, spouses/involved in an intimate relationship.
The review is being carried out by the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Care and will be completed by the end of this year. It will cover all people receiving care at home, including supported living or other housing with care arrangements, in England. It won't cover care homes as they're monitored by the Care Quality Commission. In relation to those people providing the care, it will cover those who are personally connected (as stated in the Domestic Abuse Act) as well as unpaid carers, such as friends or neighbours, paid care staff and volunteers.
Read more here
 The Multi-Agency Risk Management (MARM) process provides professionals from all agencies with a framework to facilitate effective multi-agency working with adults (aged 18+) at risk of harm who are deemed to have mental capacity for specific decisions that may result in serious harm/death through severe self-neglect or risk taking behaviours and refuses or is unable to engage with services.
The guidance is currently being reviewed and an updated version will be launched later this month alongside a Sway (Virtual Briefing) for anyone who wants to know more about the MARM.
In May, the Safeguarding Partnership Board will be offering workshops (via Microsoft Teams) for professionals working with adults in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. These workshops will give participants an opportunity to review eligibility criteria, discuss case studies and ask questions for MARM leads from multiple agencies.
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For more details about the courses and to book a place on any of our training, please visit Multi-Agency Safeguarding Training | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Partnership Board (safeguardingcambspeterborough.org.uk)
For further information, email safeguardingboardstraining@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or telephone 01733 86374
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