Safeguarding news
Updated Safeguarding self-assessment tool
Staffordshire County Council in conjunction with Staffordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board (SSCB) have produced a safeguarding self-assessment tool for childcare providers. This has been updated to reflect the EYFS statutory framework.
The audit tool is now a working document, and providers are advised to print out and use the document in their assessments.
The Safeguarding Guidance for Early Years webpage provides useful information, advice and guidance on safeguarding in early years.
Level 1 Core slides for October 2023 - Aug 2024 £100
Aimed at the Designated Safeguarding Lead to deliver Level 1 training in house. Core slides can be purchased on an annual basis every September and will provide you with the opportunity to deliver a locally designed product that contains the most up to date information, including thresholds and referral pathways, as well as information about key priority areas for the Board. The core slides include trainer notes.
The slides are available now to download by clicking the link below.
Unintentional Injuries among Children under 5
To increase awareness and knowledge of unintentional injuries among children under 5, deliberate injuries that may occur and your role in the prevention and reduction of injuries.
- Tuesday 11 June 2024 9:30 13:00
L2 Working Together to Safeguard Children Multi Agency Training
New members of the workforce who work predominantly with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating the needs of a child and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns.
- Tuesday 4 June 2024 9:30 – 16:30
- Friday 7 June 2024 9:30 – 16:30
- Thursday 20 June 2024 9:30 – 16:30
- Wednesday 26 June 2024 9:30 – 16:30
- Saturday 13 July 2024 9:30 – 16:30
L3 Learning from Child Safeguarding Practice Review Multi Agency Training-update for L2 certificate
To have the time to stop & reflect, to understand the history of reviews and their links to the legislation, to consider the learning from national/ local reviews, to become familiar with the CSPR processes and what this means for you. To apply learning to current caseload and future practice particularly in relation to analysis & decision making.
- Thursday 6 June 2024 9:30 – 15:30
- Friday 12 July 2024 9:30 – 15:30
Early Help Assessment Training
The programme is aimed to increase your understanding of Early Help, complete the Outcome Star collaboratively with families/Parents/carers and use it for effective gathering of Family information to inform the Early Help Assessment and support Action Planning.
- Thursday 13 June 2024 9:30 – 16:30
- Wednesday 17 July 2024 9:30 – 16:30
L3 Children and Domestic Abuse Multi-Agency Training-update for L2 certificate
A one-day workshop aimed to increase the understanding of domestic abuse and its impact on children, and create a greater understanding of the need for multi-agency working to manage safer outcomes.
- Wednesday 19 June 2024 9:30 – 16:30
Managing Allegations of Abuse Made Against a Person Who Works with Children – Lite Bites
To understand what meets the threshold for LADO and enable managers to make appropriate, timely and effective referrals to the LADO Service in Staffordshire. Participants will understand how to discharge their duties in dealing with allegations or concerns about adults who are working in a position of trust with children.
- Thursday 20 June 2024 10:00 – 11:30
Please check Training costs - Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board before booking onto SSCB training. Click the link below for more details and to book your place on any of the above training.
FREE-Staffordshire Virtual School training
The training below is available to EY providers and practitioners known to or working with Staffordshire Virtual School.
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Location
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24 June
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An Introduction to Trauma and Exploring Trauma Sensitive Approaches
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Entrust, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TH
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24 June
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An Introduction to meeting the needs of children who are care experienced or vulnerable and The Staffordshire Relational, Restorative Matrix
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4:00-6:00pm
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Online via Zoom
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13 July
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An Introduction to Social Emotional Development: Putting Theory into Practice in Settings
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
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13 July
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An Introduction to Trauma and Exploring Trauma Sensitive Approaches
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1:30-5:30pm
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Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
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31 July
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An Introduction to the Impact of Early Experience on sensory development
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4:00-6:00pm
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Online via Zoom
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31 July
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An Introduction to Early Years Settings and schools being a safe base for children and practitioners
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6:00-8:00pm
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Online via Zoom
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2 August
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An Introduction to Social Emotional Development: Putting Theory into Practice in Settings
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Entrust, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TH
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2 August
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An Introduction to Transition, Endings and Loss
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2:00-6:00pm
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Online via Zoom
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3 August
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An Introduction to Attachment Strategies
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
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3 August
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Self-Care: Looking After Me - Empathy Compassion and Reflective Practice
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1:30-5:30pm
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Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
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To book your place please complete the Booking Form on the link below. When you have registered for a course, you will get an email of confirmation and you will be sent a Zoom link to the training.
DfE's EYFS consultation launched
The DfE launched a consultation on safeguarding requirements within the EYFS framework. The proposals in the consultation aim to ensure the safeguarding requirements are as comprehensive as possible for providers and are suitably robust to keep children safe.
The consultation is open to the public and in particular responses are invited from:
- childminders and childminder agencies
- early education and childcare providers and practitioners
- nurseries, preschools and schools
- parents and carers, and organisations representing them
Click the link below for more details and to respond to the consultation which closes on 17 June 2024.
Applications for Holiday Activities and Food (HAF)
We are inviting applications from providers to offer fun and exciting activities for children and young people aged between 5 and 16 years of age:-
Full HAF: four hours per day, for four days of the week for a minimum of four weeks
HAF Light : two hours per day for four days of the week for a minimum of four weeks
Please click the link below to apply and for more details on:-
- Grants Scheme Guidance
- FAQs
- Privacy Notice
- DfE Guidance – HAF Standards Framework
Applications close on Wednesday 29 May at 12pm.
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Remember that Expressions of Interest for both Early Years Expansion and Wraparound funding will close on Friday 31st May.
You can complete an EOI without full commitment.
Click the link below for more details and to take you to the EOI:-
Wraparound Wraparound Childcare Programme EOI
Early Years Expansion Expansion of childcare capital funding
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