DASH Update: Spring Term | 24 March 2017 I Issue 6

   Spring Term  |  24 March 2017  |  Issue 6

DASH Summer Conference  |  Friday 7 July 2017

B O O K   O N L I N E

This all-day Summer event is returning to the beautiful Bovey Castle in the heart of Dartmoor National Park.  Speakers are now confirmed and include

• Professor Tanya Byron  |  Consultant Clinical Psychologist specialising in child and adolescent mental health and author of The Skeleton Cupboard, Your Child Your Way, Your Toddler Month by Month
  
• Dawn Stabb  |  Head of Education & Learning
  
• Rebecca Clark  |  Regional Schools Commissioner, SW
  
• Tom Winskill  |  Winskill Education Ltd
  
• Melissa Bourne  |  Specialist Leader in Education, The King's School
  
• Wendy Farrier  |  Associate Practitioner, National Association of School Business Management (NASBM)

A C C O M M O D A T I O N  |  Bovey Castle has agreed to make a number of rooms available at a considerably discounted rate of £159 sole occupancy to include breakfast.  Once the allocation of rooms has been taken up, further rooms will be subject to availability at best available rate. Please note that accommodation will not be subsidised / reimbursed by DASH; delegates to book and pay for their accommodation independently. Call the Reservations office on 01647 445007 and quote Devon County Council DASH Conference to ensure your booking attracts the preferred rate.

Join The Key with up to 25% off membership prices The Key’s services can help you save time, solve problems and increase efficiency. Your school is eligible to receive up to 25% off membership of The Key's services (The Key for School Leaders, The Key for School Governors and CPD Toolkit) through our partnership with them. Details were recently sent out via email from the DAPH Office (do contact DAPH if you haven't received the information). View the details about The Key offer and more information on how to join  |  READ MORE Direct subscribers  |  if your school is an existing member of The Key, you are also eligible to join the group and benefit from the discount. Schools that currently have direct membership of The Key will need to confirm that they would like to extend their membership in line with the DAPH/DASH offer by 31 March 2017. Contact The Key to discuss your subscription, quoting ‘DAPH/DASH offer’- email Ben Hardy Senior Account Manager,  ben.hardy@thekeysupport.com

Free School Health Survey  |  deadline to register interest extended to 31 March 2017

Schools are invited to take part in this year’s free School Health Education Unit (SHEU) health and well-being survey. The purpose is to better understand pupil’s behaviours and perceptions in relation to their physical and emotional health and well-being.

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Safeguarding Administration C O S T  |   £100 per delegate Wednesday 3rd May | 9.30-15.30 | Exminster Healthy Living Centre Wednesday 10th May | 9.30-15.30 | Cedars Inn, Barnstaple This one-day training aims to cover the Single Central Record, Safer recruitment, difficult conversations (inc. with parents and other agencies), who has parental responsibility and the new CME paperwork. We will tackle all these issues in a variety of ways but all are designed for you to go away with some practical advice and resources. For more details and how to book  |  VIEW THE FLYER

When attending meetings of Devon Education Forum (DEF), its sub-groups and other statutory or working groups, DASH Representatives provide a summary of key messages and issues affecting the secondary phase.

• Details of Membership on DEF, agendas and full minutes of previous meetings and other information about DEF can be found on the DEF website
• Date of next DEF 21 June 2017

To contact the Forum: schools.forum@devon.gov.uk         Tel: 01392 382305

To view the objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for Schools' Finance Group, which is a sub-group of Devon Education Forum, visit the SFG Website

To view the objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for School Organisation, Capital and Admissions (SOCA), which is a sub-group of Devon Education Forum, visit the SOCA website.

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R E V I S E D  |  Model Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy (last Update: March 2017)

Changes to the REVISED POLICY include the removal of the sub-numbering, re-formatting to allow easier personalisation and minor changes within the footnotes. 

Devon Safeguarding Children Board Newsletter  |  Spring 2017

Read the latest news and updates in the Spring DSCB N E W S L E T T E R which includes

• New CSE definition and CSE Awareness Day (see more details below)
• DSCB Neglect Strategy
• DSCB/Alliance Merger News
• Training Opportunities and more

Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Campaign 2017

Plymouth, Torbay, Cornwall, Devon Safeguarding Children Boards and Devon and Cornwall Police have teamed up to promote awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) to parents. For more information and resources  |  READ MORE

The Local Authority Designated Officers (LADOs) Training Events

The Local Authority designated Officers (LADOs) are holding a series of short training events across the county to increase practitioner confidence in understanding how and when to use the service.

Learning outcomes from the training are;

• Understanding the role of the LADO.
  
• Feel confident about your role and responsibilities where there are concerns about someone who works with children.
  
• Feel confident about what should and need not be referred to the LADO (Thresholds).
  
• Understanding the Managing Allegations process.

The dates for training are:

• 20th April 2017   2-5pm Filleigh Village Hall, Barnstaple
• 18th May  2017   2-5pm Heathfield Community Centre, Newton Abbot

To book a place you need to be registered with CPD on line. For instructions how to set up a CPD account please click H E R E.  Visit the DSCB website to book a place on the training.   Contact | safeguardingelearning-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

Headlines is a regular newsletter from Dawn Stabb,  Head of Education and Learning. Download the lastest issue dated 21 March 2017  |  READ MORE

Devon Integrated Children’s Services seek your views

In May 2016 Devon Integrated Children’s Services ran a survey asking for your views on their referrals processes, how information is provided to referrers and ways of communicating with stakeholders. This led to a number of improvement actions such as simplifying and publishing referral criteria on the GP Formulary websites, providing updates via GP Bulletins and at GP Forums, as well as visits to individual practices.

Devon ICS committed to re-run the survey now to see whether these improvements have made a difference. Your feedback is invaluable - please spend 3 minutes answering a few questions about the services.

To access the survey and submit your responses by Monday 3 April 2017  |  READ MORE

Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins are issued weekly in term time and provide the latest information and actions from Education Funding Agency (EFA) for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and other post-16 providers.

To view/subscribe to the latest bulletins  |  READ MORE

To find out more about the Education Funding Agency  |  READ MORE

HR One Newsletter  |  Thinking aHEAD Spring 2017

This edition includes a detailed update on Apprenticeships including links to all previous correspondence to ensure that schools and academies are prepared for the changes in April  |  READ MORE

New Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessment Request Form

Do you work in a school, college or other education setting? Do you have a child or young person who may require an EHC Needs Assessment? There is now one EHC Needs Assessment Request Form for children and young people aged 0-25 with SEND. To access the new form  |  READ MORE

Guidance  |  Apprenticeships reforms: guide for schools

Information about apprenticeships, and how the apprenticeship levy and public sector apprenticeship target apply to schools in England  |  READ MORE

Open consultation  |  School exclusion guidance: proposed revisions

The DfE is seeking views on planned changes to statutory guidance for local authority maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units  |  READ MORE

Visit this L I N K to access the online survey. This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 25 April 2017.

DAG Newsletters - view the latest newsletters on the DAG website

Read Issue 116  |  9 March 2017

Devon Association of Governors (DAG) e-newsletter, the fortnightly digest of the articles published in the DAG website.  In order to open these news articles, you need to log in to the DAG website first. To register, please complete the website registration form

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