Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help Service (IPEH)
Together building a vision and plan for children, young people and families
This
bulletin is sent to you as our stakeholders and partners with a warm welcome,
keeping you up-to-date with all our service news.
Please
see the latest from IPEH, with details of how you can get involved and give us
your feedback.
Feel free to send any short articles (with an optional image) by 11am Friday, for inclusion in the fortnightly Tuesday newsletter.
Headline News
Make Your Mark - the UK’s largest youth consultation
The Make Your Mark youth consultation has now launched! Last year West Sussex achieved over 18,000 votes and ranked 5th Nationally. This year we would like to improve on this and help give a wider voice to the young people across West Sussex. Voting has started taking place, running from the 1 September - 30 September.
The deadline for online registrations was in July however I am writing to encourage your school/college to register with us, by Tuesday 12 September 2017, to take part in the consultation.
View the UK Youth Parliament Make Your Mark video
Click here to find out more, or contact Caz Henry-Evans.
Date
for your diary!
Anti-Bullying
week is running from 13-17 November this year, where our ambition is to promote
this out through our newsletters and hubs... but please tell a colleague /
friend too!
The
theme for this year is 'All Different, All Equal' and the idea is to help
children and young people celebrate what makes them, and others, unique and
help them understand why it’s important that every child feels included in
school and are able to be themselves.
For
more information, visit their website.
Worthing Mental Health Awareness Week
The 5th Worthing Mental Health Awareness Week (WMHAW) will be held from Monday 9 October to Saturday 14 October 2017 at Offington Park Methodist Church, South Farm Road by Broadwater Green.
The aim of the week is to challenge the stigma around mental health and to provide good quality information in a safe and non judgmental environment.
Throughout the week there will be a series of free events, which are open to all. It is expected that over 30 local charities and organisations will have displays in the 'Information Centre'. There will be a variety of workshops and talks designed to promote mental health.
The programme for the week, including further information can be found on their website.
Voice and
Engagement
UK Youth Bulletin
Please
find UK Youth’s member August Policy Bulletin here. You can view archived Policy Bulletin’s here.
If
you have any feedback or contributions for future bulletins, email Matt Lent.
 Exceptional People in Care (EPIC) Awards Nomination window is now OPEN!
Do you know an exceptional person in care or care leaver? This is your chance to nominate them for this year’s Disney themed EPIC Awards.
Hosted by the Children in Care Council (CICC), Care Leavers Forum, the County Council and partners, this year promises to be a spectacular celebration of the achievements of young people in care and care leavers. Your help is needed to nominate these young people aged between 5 and 25 years.
Nominations are open from 29 August to 5 October 2017. All those nominated will receive free tickets for themselves and two guests to attend the Disney themed ceremony at Butlins, and then enjoy all the fun of the resort after the event. This year showcases new categories entitled Big Hearts, Big Talents, Big Thinkers and Big Strength designed by the CICC.
For more information, or if you would like an application form emailed to you, please contact Toby Wilson, epic.awards@westsussex.gov.uk.
Let’s celebrate our fantastic young people in care and care leavers and give them a day to remember!
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News From Your Local
Hubs
For more information, please contact office@wspcf.org.uk or call 01903 726188
The Healthy Futures Team
The Healthy Futures team launched on 1 September. This is a new team within the Healthy Child Programme, working with the most vulnerable children and young people. The team are also working alongside Barnardos to deliver skills for life training to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities (SEND).
Referrals are via the Healthy Child Programme - View for more information
To book, call 01903 905050
 NSPCC
Domestic Abuse Recovery Together (DART) programme
My
Sisters’ House CIC Arun & Chichester Women’s Centre in Bognor Regis has
recently been awarded a contract from the West Sussex Clinical
Commissioning Groups to roll out the 10 week NSPCC DART programme in West
Sussex for mothers and children.
The
purpose is to allow mothers and children to explore these issues within a safe,
supportive and friendly environment for children to communicate to their
mothers how they have been affected by their exposure to domestic abuse. For
referral forms, please email:
DART
will be starting a new programme in September in Crawley and Worthing.
For
further information, view their website.
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To book, call 01903 905050, option 1 to secure your place
 Five
to Thrive
Your
child's body grows better when you give the child good food. Your child's brain
grows better when you do five simple things.
Respond * Cuddle * Relax * Play *
Talk
Respond: In the
first weeks of life, your child's deepest and most primitive areas of the
brain are developing. These parts of the brain will control all the basic
functions of the body such as sleeping and waking, appetite, and temperature
control. When the parent responds to the baby’s attachment behaviours such as
crying, back-arching, and chaotic arm and leg movements the baby feels
safe. Stress hormones have an adverse effect on this early brain development.
Read more about baby brain development here.
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Stop Loan Sharks Report
This half year report contains information collected from the victims of loan sharks
across England who were provided with one-to-one support by this team and who
agreed to complete their well-being and financial questionnaires.
For
those that are interested, there are still educational resource packs covering
all things money related free to download from their website. The packs
come in two age groups: 5-11 and 11-19. You can order up to five
of each age group free of charge.
View for more information or contact Catherine.wohlers@birmingham.gov.uk.
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Activities!
Sussex Community Development Association (SCDA) support and run a wide range of community based projects in Newhaven and across East Sussex. A list of activities and projects for Young People and Families is available to view.
For any queries, call on 01273 517250 or email Lucy@sussexcommunity.org.uk.
You can
also check their website or their Facebook page.
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Training and Development
 Reaching Families Training Roadshow - Click on the icon for more information
Job Vacancies
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Don't Forget!
Jobs
are being listed on the WSCC Jobs Page.
- Team Manager, Process/Delivery - Crawley
- Early Years and Childcare Advisor
- Senior Integrated Service Assistant
- Hub Support
Assistant
- Family Support Worker Find It Out/Young People
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