CSCP Newsletter - June 2020

Cumbria County Council sent this bulletin at 17-06-2020 04:40 PM BST

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CSCP Newsletter

You Can Save Me

you can save me

During lockdown, some children and young people may be being abused and exploited at home. They can be made to believe that they should never tell anyone and that the abuse is their fault. Shut in with their abusers, they have little chance to escape or to tell anyone.

These children need your help! As a neighbour or key worker visiting homes for any reason, you may be the only person able to spot abuse and report it.

You Can Save Me - Poster

#OnlineSafetyAtHome

think u know

Think U Know have now published their fifth #OnlineSafetyAtHome pack with new activities for parents and carers to use at home. 

#onlinesafetyathome

Learning Disability Week 2020

LD week 202

To mark Learning Disability Week (15 to 21 June), NSPCC Learning has published a webpage providing information about safeguarding children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The webpage includes legislation and guidance on supporting children and young people with SEND.

Visit the webpage: Safeguarding children with special educational needs and disabilities
Read about the awareness week: Learning Disability Week 2020

Coronavirus: impact on adolescents, parenting and neglect

children's society

The Children’s Society has published a briefing looking at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on adolescents and their parents. The briefing discusses: how adolescents are likely to be severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis; and how parents’ capacity to provide care and support may be compromised, leading to increases in neglect.

Read the briefing: Supporting young people and parents: the impact of Covid-19 on adolescents, parenting and neglect

LGBTQ young people

LGBTQ

INEQE Safeguarding Group have published a safeguarding factsheet for teachers, safeguarding professionals and parents and carers providing information on how to best respond to the needs of LGBTQ young people. A resource pack for young people provides secondary-aged pupils with facts, written activities and key discussion opportunities on Pride and the LGBTQ community.

Read the news story and download the resources: LGBTQ young people: contextual safeguarding factsheet and resource pack

Early Help COVID-19 RAG Rating

During this challenging time the Early Help Team are still working to support Children and Families through the Early Help Process.

Agencies have been requested to look at all registered Early Help Assessments and send information and a RAG rating for each Early Help Assessment they are coordinating to the Early Help mailbox by Wednesday 1st July 2020.

For full details please refer to the recently published CSCP 5 Minute Briefing : Early Help COVID-19 RAG Rating