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The Youth Substance Misuse (YSM) Teams in Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness work with children and young adults across the spectrum of need from those children and young adults, who may not be open to any services other than universal ones (such as school), right through to those children and young adults, who are care experienced or open on Child Protection. Officers in the teams work directly with children and young adults on a 1:1 basis to deliver personalised interventions and harm reduction advice relating to substance misuse and related risk-taking behaviour, coaching them to make change.
Within the Cumberland YSM Team, they have seen a significant increase in referrals for solvent use over the past month and therefore have produced a briefing note highlighting:
The Department for Education (DfE) have published a revised information sharing advice document from May 2024. You can access the revised advice document here
This HM Government advice document outlines the importance of sharing information about children, young people and their families in order to safeguard children. It should be read alongside the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.
The advice document is non-statutory and replaces the HM Government Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers published in July 2018.
The advice is for:
- all individuals who are directly involved in safeguarding children, including frontline practitioners, managers and senior leaders
- individuals and organisations that work with children, parents, carers and families, in sectors such as social care, education, health, justice and voluntary
The advice document provides useful advice on consent and re-emphasises that GDPR and Data Protection legislation is not a barrier to sharing information where there are safeguarding and child protection concerns and also emphasises that practitioners should be proactive and seek out relevant information from other practitioners and agencies or organisations to build an accurate picture of a child and the family’s life.
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The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has published a briefing on elective home education in England. The paper collates learning from rapid reviews and local child safeguarding practice reviews to inform the work of safeguarding partners. It explores common themes and highlights practice issues.
Read the paper: Safeguarding children in elective home education
Financially motivated sexual extortion: an alert for education settings
Globally there has been an increase in reports of children and young people, particularly teenage males, being forced into paying money or meeting another financial demand after an adult offender has threatened to release nudes or semi-nudes of them. This is financially motivated sexual extortion, sometimes referred to as ‘sextortion’, and is a form of child sexual abuse.
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to education settings that provides advice on how to:
- recognise the signs of financially motivated sexual extortion
- raise awareness and support children to seek help
- support victims
Visit the CEOP Education’s website to download the alert and a template letter for parents and carers with advice on how to talk to their child about financially motivated sexual extortion, and how to support them if they become a victim.
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CADAS have developed a leaflet to help and support parents and carers if they are worried about young children vaping.
The leaflet provides information on:
- what is vaping
- vaping concerns
- how to talk to your child about vaping
- education matters
- and much more...
Click here to download a copy of CADAS's vaping information leaflet for parents and carers
Free Helpline 0800 2 54 56 58
email contact@cadas.co.uk
www.cadas.co.uk
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Westmorland and Furness - 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Public Consultation
A consultation has been launched by Westmorland and Furness Council on a proposed redesign of their Healthy Child Programme services.
The Healthy Child Programme (HCP) offers every family a range of support, including screening tests, immunisations, developmental reviews, and information and guidance to support parents, children, and young people to grow, develop and thrive.
The council has engaged significantly with families, children, and young people to develop the proposal they are now consulting on.
The Healthy Child Programme aims to build healthy communities for families and children and reduce inequalities and vulnerabilities. It includes a range of activity from universal services for all through to intensive support.
The latest data and feedback shows the needs of children, families and diverse communities have changed and the need to ensure services change with them.”
There are two surveys available as part of the Healthy Child Programme consultation, one for families and one for professionals. Both are available to complete online now.
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Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness Early Help Teams are reviewing their Early Help Training at present to reflect developments in their Early Help offers.
There will be no multiagency Early Help training until September 2024 at the earliest. We can still offer bespoke training with your school or agency to ensure you have the current Early Help knowledge to support children and families in your Local Authority.
If you wish to discuss the possibility of bespoke training please get in touch with your Early Help Teams at either:
Cumberland Early Help Team early.help@cumberland.gov.uk
Westmorland and Furness Early Help Team early.help@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
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REMINDER - what training is still available
The CSCP are delivering an array of training sessions in 2024. Please review below what is currently available.
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Parental Substance Misuse Training
Recovery Steps Cumbria are providing Parental Substance Misuse Training, this will explore the impact of substance misuse on adults and children.
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Thursday 6 June 2024 (9.30am - 12pm) - delivered via MS Teams
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Wednesday 13 November 2024 (9.30am - 12pm) - delivered via MS Teams
To book your place please email CSCP.Training@cumbria.gov.uk
When booking onto this training please DO NOT share the Microsoft TEAMs link with anyone else, as numbers are restricted. This has a serious impact on delivery of the training and the numbers attending.
The CSCP recommend that anyone working with children should complete Child Exploitation (CE) Level 1 eLearning as mandatory training. Click here to access the training.
For those practitioners who work more closely with children and young people and are involved in their safety planning, these practitioners should complete Child Exploitation (CE) Level 2 training,
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Thursday 11 July 2024 (9.30am - 12.30pm) - Kendal Rugby Club
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Friday 11 October 2024 (9.30am - 12.30pm) - Cumbria House, Carlisle
To book your place please email CSCP.Training@cumbria.gov.uk
Are you aware of your responsibilities in informing the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) of all allegations against adults who work with children?
This bitesize session is an opportunity to meet the LADO team manager Paul Cooper, who will explain your responsibility and how to inform the LADO as set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.
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Thursday 3 October 2024 (3.45 - 4.30pm) - delivered via MS Teams
To book your place please email CSCP.Training@cumbria.gov.uk
When booking onto this training please DO NOT share the Microsoft TEAMs link with anyone else, as numbers are restricted. This has a serious impact on delivery of the training and the numbers attending.
Responding Well Domestic Abuse Training
Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council, in partnership with SafeLives, are offering the training opportunity to complete ‘Responding Well’ Domestic Abuse Training.
SafeLives are a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good. They are independent, practical and evidence-led, with survivor voice at the heart of our thinking. They work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse.
This face-to-face training is free to all professionals and the sessions will last a full day. To learn more about this training, dates available and how to book a place, please click HERE.
Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment / Combined Homicide Timeline Training
In conjunction with Victim Support and Cumbria Constabulary, the CSCP are delighted to advertise the following training for all professionals potentially working with Victims of Domestic Abuse.
The training aims to equip colleagues to:
- Identify the signs of Domestic Abuse
- To be able to effectively assess Risk with the use of the DASH Risk Assessment and combined Homicide Timeline
The training is recorded and can be accessed at any time. It is 3 hours and 33 minutes in duration Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-Based (DASH) Training - YouTube
The assessment documents can be found HERE.
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