GSCE Newsletter - June 2020

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GSCE Newsletter - June 2020

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Serious Case Review

The SCR and Practice Briefing for 'Liam' and the Practice Briefing for 'Family Y' were published on 18th June 2020 for

Please click here to read the Report and Practice Briefings.

Serious case review child exploitation

Click here to read an SCR, written by Waltham Safeguarding Board, for a 14 year old boy who died as a result of being exploited.

The recommendations identified key issues

1) The need for young people to be engaged in education
2) The need for Housing to be engaged in the plan for the young person, or/and their families

National Charity Refuge release short film to raise awareness of domestic abuse in lockdown.

Since the PM’s request for people to stay at home in March, calls and contacts to Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline have recently rocketed by 66 per cent, with visits to its website rising ten-fold.

Refuge has now launched a new short film starring awarding-winning actor Maxine Peake, to draw attention to the huge numbers of women reaching out to its services during lockdown, and to remind women living with domestic abuse that Refuge’s life-saving specialist support services are here for them. You can view the film on Refuge's website here.

Within Gloucestershire, our local domestic abuse support service GDASS is still open for referrals and supporting victims of domestic abuse. Information on the services they provide can be found on their website: https://www.gdass.org.uk/

Designated Safeguarding Lead - Support Hub meetings.

The Safeguarding in Education team have been running weekly 30 minute DSL Support Hub virtual meetings on a Wednesday – we have had input from GHLL, Early Help, Community Social Workers and Police decision makers within the MASH, alongside the GSEP team passing on current information, guidance and policies.

We have decided to increase the frequency of these meetings, to enable more of you attend at a time suitable to you. Please click here for times and dial in details.

Whilst these sessions are predominantly aimed at Early Years and Educational Settings, any sector can attend.

New drop-in service for young people who need someone to talk to

Together with its health partners, the county council is launching a new anonymous, one-to-one telephone/online chat drop-in service for children and young people struggling with their mental health.

Gloucestershire's multi agency Pre-birth protocol has been updated to include reference to ICON.

The protocol is now available on the GSCE website and can be viewed by Clicking Here

For more information about infant crying and how to cope you can download Gloucestershire's ICON leaflet HERE

Coming Soon - watch this space

The final testing stage of the GSCE Training & digital eLearning platform is underway. Keep an eye on our website https://www.gscb.org.uk/ where details will be posted soon.

Things you may have missed..........

Child Safety Week

Gloucestershire CDOP (GSCE) along with partner agencies fully supported the campaign Child Safety Week in June. If you missed our daily Alerts during the week, you can catch up with all the information by Clicking Here

Click Here for the latest Covid-19 information and advice

If you are worried or concerned about anyone under 18 who you think is being abused or neglected, or that a child and their family need help and support, please contact The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)

https://children.gloucestershire.gov.uk/web/portal/pages/home

Please disseminate this alert widely throughout your agencies