ICON Week 2025
ICON Week 2025 is dedicated to raising awareness about infant crying and how to cope with it. It will take place from 22 - 26 September 2025.
ICON stands for Infant crying is normal, Comforting methods can help, Ok to walk away, and Never shake a baby. The week aims to support parents and carers, reduce stress, and prevent serious injury, illness, or death of young babies due to abusive head trauma.
Further information will be published via 5 Minute Briefings during ICON Week.
You can also find more information about ICON our website: https://cumberlandsafeguardingchildren.co.uk/icon
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Following a three-week inspection in July 2025, Ofsted and the CQC have published their report on Cumberland Council's Local Area Partnership, which provides services to children and young people with SEND and those educated in Alternative Provision.
The Inspection Team found no areas for priority improvement and, overall, the partnership has been given the middle rating (2) of the three possible outcomes for the delivery, planning and commissioning of SEND services.
You can read the full report on the Ofsted website here.
Cumberland SEND Partnership is committed to delivering on these improvements within the SEND system in Cumberland. Families can keep up to date with the work of the Cumberland SEND and AP Partnership through the following Local Offer pages:
Getting Involved
You Said, We’re Listening
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 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
On 17 October 2024, the Department for Education (DfE) published its official response to the consultation on proposals to strengthen safeguarding requirements in the statutory EYFS Framework. These reforms are set to be implemented from September 2025 subject to parliamentary procedure. With thanks to the Local Authorities who contributed, the DfE has produced some FAQs in regard to the new safeguarding reforms.
Please find the FAQs document here
The Department for Education (DfE) recently published Martyn's Law, how educational settings can prepare for the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 and protect their children and young people.
This information explains how to comply with the act and will be useful for:
- local-authority-maintained schools
- academies
- further education colleges
- independent schools
- DfE-funded independent training providers
- privately owned training providers
- universities and other higher-education establishments
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Danny from Lads Like Us has presented his lived experiences with thought provoking comments and reflections, which we encourage you to take the time to read and watch.
Please note: this may be disturbing for some viewers.
For helpful resources to raise awareness on masking and toxic masculinity, please visit: Resources - No Whispers
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The Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership have a range of training sessions on offer.
Please visit our training page on the website for all eLearning/face to face courses offered to professionals and volunteers working with children/young people and their families who live in Cumberland.
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Training Cancellation & Non-Attendance Policy
The CSCP appreciate that, at times, organisations may need to cancel places they have booked on training courses. However, this can be costly in relation to wasted resources.
Therefore, the CSCP have implemented a training cancellation and non-attendance policy and if you need to cancel a training course you have booked, you should email the CSCP Business Team within the timescales outlined in the our Training Cancellation and Non-Attendance Policy.
Training Cancellation & Non-Attendance Policy
Safeguarding Level 3
Safeguarding in Practice - Working Together to Safeguard Children - Multi-agency approach to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children. The course is designed for Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) and Deputy DSLs only.
This training is part of a programme of learning events that practitioners and professionals, working with children, can access to support their learning at Level 3.
- Monday 6 October (1.30-4.30pm) - Workington
- Wednesday 12 November (9.30am-12.30pm) - Workington
To book your place, please click here
Online Safety
The CSCP are delivering a virtual briefing session on Multi-Agency Online Safety. This training is for practitioners and teachers, but is also suitable for parents/carers.
Join us for an informative and practical webinar designed for teachers and parents who want to better understand how to keep children safe in today's digital world. We'll cover essential topics, including:
- online safety
- cyber security basics
- and how to prevent common online threats
Whether you're new to the topic or looking to stay up to date, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to create a safer online environment at home an din the classroom.
- Tuesday 7 October (3.30-4.30pm) - Microsoft Teams
To book your place, please click here
Child Exploitation
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.
Those practitioners who work more closely with children and young people, and are involved in their safety planning, should complete Child Exploitation (CE) Level 2 training.
- Thursday 13 November (10am-1pm) - Wigton
To book your place, please click here
Cumbria Constabulary Partnership Responsibility to Police Missing Children Procedure
Cumbria Constabulary, with the support of the Local Authority, are updating their Missing Persons policy and procedures in line with national guidance. Changes are due to go live from January 2026.
The changes to be made are focused on ensuring a proportionate response by Police on receiving a report of a missing child. Sometimes, Police involvement in the first instance may be disproportionate, negatively impact on a child's life or relationships with professionals and on occasion, may lead to unnecessary criminalisation of that child should they commit a criminal offence on being located by Police.
Identified risks to all children will continue to be fully assessed during the initial call to Police. Where it is deemed proportionate, it may be that reasonable actions available to the parent or carer and are to be carried out prior to Police Officers being deployed. This is in accordance with the children who go missing from care framework and approved Police professional practice.
To provide you with the required skills and knowledge prior to changes being implemented, an event is being and we encourage Education, Children Services and care placement personnel to attend.
The police will provide an overview of changes to their procedures, invite discussions around safety planning and provide an insight into the role of the Police METCO (Missing, Exploited, Trafficked coordinators).
- Thursday 11 December 2025 (10am-12noon) - Carlisle
Should you wish to attend, please email CSCP.Training@cumbria.gov.uk, to express your interest.
Impact Chronology
The CSCP are delivering training on Impact Chronology. The following session will be a face to face workshop and the aim of the session is to enable practitioners to develop skills in using Impact Chronologies.
- Tuesday 4 November (1.30-3.30pm) - Carlisle
To book your place, please click here
How to Support Children & Families through Early Help - Signs of Wellbeing Training
The aim of this training is to increase knowledge and enable practitioners to work more effectively with children, young people and their families using Early Help, and identify needs early to give all children the opportunity to thrive and succeed.
- Friday 7 November (9.30am-3.30pm) - Workington
- Friday 5 December (9.30am-3.30pm) - Carlisle
- Friday 6 February 2026 (9.30am-3.30pm) - Whitehaven
- Friday 6 March 2026 (9.30am-3.30pm) - Carlisle
- Friday 1 May 2026 (9.30am-3.30pm) - Whitehaven
- Friday 5 June 2026 (9.30am-3.30pm) - Carlisle
To book your place, please click here
IN THE NEWS
North West Safeguarding Partnership New Website
New North West Safeguarding Partnership has been launched, which aims to centralise tools, guidance and key updates.
Safeguarding Partners and frontline practitioners are encouraged to sign up to their website to access.
North West Safeguarding Partnership MoU | NWADCS
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Child Sexual Abuse
Ofsted, alongside the Care Quality Commission (CQC), HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP), have published guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment in local authority areas in England. This second round of thematic inspections will focus on how agencies work together to: respond at the point of identification; assess, plan and make decisions in response to notifications and referrals; provide support; and prevent children from becoming victims of child sexual abuse in the family environment.
Read the press release: Joint targeted area inspections to focus on child sexual abuse in the family environment
See also on NSPCC Learning: Protecting children from sexual abuse
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