Safeguarding training
Intra-familial child sexual abuse multi-agency training
Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) have commissioned dedicated multi-agency Level 3 Intra-familial Sexual Abuse Training delivered by Reign Collective - REIGN is a collective of adult survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation from the UK.
All agencies that have responsibility for assessing the needs of children via Early Help, Child in Need and Child Protection, and for those organisation and delegates who have a designated role for safeguarding and those who are named in Working Together 2023 as a relevant partner.
The course will increase participants’ awareness of and response to protecting children who are both at risk of or currently experiencing Intra-familial child sexual abuse. The course will help you:
- Understand the typology and prevalence of both intra and extra-familial child sexual abuse.
- Understand and promote the importance of hearing the child’s voice creating opportunities for children to disclose.
- Overview the legal and statutory guidance as well as local protocols in relation to safeguarding and child sexual abuse,
- Recognise the indicators of intra-familial child sexual abuse including behavioural and physical markers.
- Promote the importance of multi-agency working and cooperation.
- Highlight lessons learnt from national and local child safeguarding practice reviews, including rapid reviews.
Several dates are available. Click the link below to book your chosen date.
- Monday 25 November 2024 9.30 am - 4.30 pm via Zoom
- Tuesday 17 December 2024 9.30 am - 4.30 pm via Zoom
A mandatory prerequisite free online eLearning must be completed first; to book click here: https://staffsscp.event-booking.org.uk/elearning-detail/%3DgDM2gjM/Intra-familial-Child-Sexual-Abuse-e-learning
Check SSCP charging policy before booking onto SSCP training here:https://www.staffsscp.org.uk/learning-zone/training-costs/
FREE - Safer sleep practitioner event: Learning from local modifiable factors
- Refresh and update prior knowledge, in relation to both the local picture and out of routine.
- Learn from trends, local modifiable factors, vulnerable groups and how these can support new parents and carers.
- Allow frontline practitioners to talk about their experiences in practice including themes, barriers, difficulties in engagement, and concerns.
- Give practitioners opportunity to suggest ideas of how we can support families to understand and follow safer sleep advice.
11 December 2024 10am to 1pm at Stafford Family Hub, ST16 3NQ
24 January 2025 1pm to 4pm at Tamworth Family Hub, B77 2ER
25 February 2025 9:30 to 12:30 via MS Teams
Click the link below to book your place through SSCP.
Early Years Practitioner Hub - important update
We recently launched the Early Years Practitioner Hub for Staffordshire early years settings. This hub allows setting managers and practitioners (including childminders) to review and book onto training and events hosted by our Early Years Team.
However, we are seeing a rise in practitioners attending training events who have not booked a place.
This is a reminder that practitioners MUST book onto a training event if places are available, otherwise their attendance cannot be recorded, and a delegate will not receive a certificate.
We want to ensure practitioners have the right access to training events and the Early Years Practitioner Hub makes it easy to register and book onto events. It allows:
- practitioners to book and manage their own events and learning
- to cancel bookings if practitioners can no longer attend
- join a waiting list or set reminders to receive notifications about upcoming events.
- allows settings to manage bookings for their own practitioners - i.e. managers can request this access by emailing ey.adminsupport@staffordshire.gov.uk
If a delegate can no longer attend an event but want to send another practitioner from the same setting in their place, the new delegate must first register and book on. If the event has no places left contact ey.adminsupport@staffordshire.gov.uk who can help swap bookings.
Visit www.staffordshire.gov.uk/eyhub for more information and guidance.
New - Under 2's speech and language screening tool
There are still places available on our sessions to introduce the Under 2’s speech and language screening tool. The screening tool is intended for early years practitioners working with children around the 12 month milestone mark and forms part of the current speech and language pathway to access specialist support.
Click your chosen session below to book your place on the EY Practitioner Hub. Delegates only need attend one session.
Practitioners must book a place to attend this event.
Wraparound funding available 2024/2025
Funding is available to support providers to:
- create new before and after school clubs
- increase the hours they are open
- and or expand the number of children they can care for.
Over 17 wraparound providers so far have been successfully awarded funding to support with staffing costs for 12 months, support with rent/ lease and essential resources
If you’d like to explore if funding could support your provision with growth and expansion click the link below for more details and to apply.
For an informal discussion contact sarah.atkins@staffordshire.gov.uk or call 01785 278598.
Ofsted opens registrations for new childcare provider type
Ofsted has begun accepting applications for a new category of childcare provider, as part of a series of changes the DfE has introduced to give the early years and childcare sector more flexibility.
Childcare providers now have the option to register as childminders without domestic premises, meaning they can work solely from somewhere other than a home, such as a village hall.
Previously, childminders had to register on domestic premises and spend at least 50% of their time working from a home address. The government has now removed this limit, but those registered to provide care at someone’s home will still have to spend some of their time on domestic premises. It will be up to individual providers to decide how best to split this between settings.
The total number of people who can work together under a childminder’s registration has also increased from 3 to 4, allowing providers more flexibility to work with others, such as co-childminders and childminding assistants.
Click the link below for more information for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
Invitation for after school providers: e-bug online focus group and free material
e-Bug.eu operated by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a health education programme that aims to promote positive behaviour change among children to support infection prevention and offers free materials for teaching children about microbes, infection and health protection. They are now exploring how these activities can be adapted for after school settings.
They are inviting after-school care staff to join an online focus group to discuss the materials and how they can be tailored to their needs. Participants will receive a £25 retail voucher for each one hour session. All meetings will be online at convenient times, and no prior experience with e-Bug is necessary.
If you're interested in taking part, email e-Bug@ukhsa.gov.uk
Click the link below to access their free resources.
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Early Years Financial Incentive (EYFI) - 'Golden Hello'
This is the final term to be part of Staffordshire’s Early Years Financial Incentive (EYFI) ‘Golden Hello’ pilot.
Funded by the DfE, the scheme offers a £1,000 incentive to those starting or returning to a career in Early Years childcare, helping providers fill vacancies.
An Early Years provider told us ‘It’s a positive step towards encouraging new and returning practitioners into early years. Applying to take part in the scheme was quick and easy.’
Click the link below for more details, eligibility and to complete your expression of interest.
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