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Weekly broadcast for Early Years and Childcare settings from the Integrated Prevention and Earliest Help Service.

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Wednesday 24 October 2018

1. Reminder: Starting School Questionnaire

As the deadline for returning the Starting School Questionnaire for Parents is the end of this week (26 October 2018), please be reminded that questionnaires should be returned to your local Children and Family Centre for the attention of the Healthy Child Programme Team and not to the address in the letter header (letter dated 28 September 2018).

2. November is West Sussex Safeguarding Month 

Following on from the success of last year, the West Sussex Safeguarding Children Board, the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board and West Sussex Community Safety Partnership are joining forces to deliver a month of safeguarding learning events across November.

The key purpose is to provide a range of learning and development opportunities for staff and volunteers working with vulnerable adults and children in West Sussex, aimed at improving their safeguarding knowledge, skills and understanding, and promoting joint working. There are also specific events for members of the public to attend.

Click here to view the Safeguarding Month Programme of Events and click here to view the “What Safeguarding Means to Me” speech bubble.

3. Calling all Childminders! We need your advice and opinions about what training you require

The Practice Improvement Team are starting to plan training for Childminders from April 2019.

We really need to hear from as many Childminders as possible about your views and opinions to shape what training and support is offered from April 2019.

Below are the dates and times of the sessions being held. You can book your space online via the Learning and Development Gateway.

Please book a space and pop along to share you views, opinions and training needs to help us shape what is on offer in future.

We are looking forward to meeting you and finding out what your training needs are and how we can support you and your childcare business.

4. FREE Online Safety Workshop Business Breakfast

Business Cyber Crime was up by 63% from September 2016 – September 2017. There were also 4.7 million incidents of fraud and computer misuse in the same period.

Statistics from Computer Weekly

Find out how to keep your business safe

West Sussex County Council Community Safety & Wellbeing Team and the Regional Organised Crime Unit are offering:

FREE Online Safety Workshop Business Breakfast

Event opens at 6.45am, Closes at 8.00am

Monday 5 November 2018, County Hall, Chichester, PO19 1RG

For just over an hour of your time at our Online Safety Workshop you will get: 

• The latest information on cyber security from the Regional Crime Unit
• Hear from West Sussex Community Safety Experts
• Free breakfast and refreshments
• Free Parking 

Book your FREE event ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stay-safe-business-breakfast-event-tickets-50634991623

Tickets will be on a first come, first served basis and spaces are limited.

5. West Sussex County Council Cybercrime/Online Safety Survey

The Community Safety and Wellbeing Team at the County Council have launched two surveys in order to gather feedback about perceptions and experiences of cybercrime/online safety across West Sussex over the last 12 months from a business and personal perspective. Your response to this survey will help influence how we at the County Council shape our cybercrime/online safety support work in order to help local businesses in the future.

You have over 3 weeks to complete the survey. The survey will close at midnight on Monday 19 November, 2018.

If you are a business owner/manager, aged 18 or above, then please follow the link below to complete our Cybercrime/Online Safety Survey for businesses and organisations. We need your help to be able to better support our work with the business community.

Cybercrime/Online Safety Survey for Businesses and Organisations: https://haveyoursay.westsussex.gov.uk/communities-public-protection/cybercrimebusiness/

In addition, we are also seeking feedback from the wider West Sussex population. If you are also a resident within West Sussex, then please follow the link below to complete our Personal Use Cybercrime/Online Safety Survey.

Personal Use Cybercrime/Online Safety Survey: https://haveyoursay.westsussex.gov.uk/communities-public-protection/cybercrime/

We look forward to your responses.

6. FREE lunch-hour workshops for parents at work from the NSPCC

West Sussex County Council are currently working in partnership with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) around Online Safety. They are giving businesses in West Sussex the opportunity to host a FREE online safety workshop for their employees on selected dates in 2018/19.

The NSPCC/O2 online safety workshops last one hour, hosted at the business venue for 20 or more staff. Primarily aimed at parents of children aged 7 to 11 years old, the workshop takes parents through how young people spend their time online, some of the risks they face and introduces some really practical tools and resources to support parents in keeping their children safe online.

The available dates are:

• 8 November 2018
• 17 January 2019
• 7 February 2019
• 14 March 2019 

To reserve a date, click on the link below and put the name of your business against your preferred date. Sessions will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. https://doodle.com/poll/hfxvyhnkkhcmfb8t

Please leave your contact details in the comments box or email directly to emma.motherwell@nspcc.org.uk

7. Get ready for winter - Fuel Poverty Partnership newsletter

As summer becomes a distant memory, many West Sussex residents will be concerned about how they will afford to keep their homes warm enough during the coming colder months. 

See the information attached from West Sussex Fuel Poverty Partnership to learn what you can do to help them.

Attachments: Keep Warm and Well this Winter

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West Sussex Safeguarding Children Board Newsletter

Upcoming Key Dates

Date                 What's happening?
W/C 22/10/18    Free Entitlement (FE) Actuals and Inclusion Payments Due
26/10/18           Deadline for the return of the Starting School Questionnaire for Parents

Previously on the weekly broadcast

Below is a list of headlines from recent broadcasts. Click on the date to view a copy:

Wednesday 17 October 2018

• Makaton Foundation Workshop for Professionals
• Paediatric First Aid Training - Crawley
• Update: Extended Free Entitlement (30 hours) Awards 2018

Wednesday 10 October 2018

• Autumn term actuals - Online Provider Portal re-open for checks (10-12 October) - FE only
• Supporting potentially vulnerable families using the Family Service Directory
• SENDIAS Project - Information, Advice and Support Programme

Wednesday 3 October 2018

• Children Starting School in September 2019
• LAST CHANCE TO APPLY: Extended Free Entitlement Awards 2018
• Makaton Foundation Workshop for Professionals (Stage 1-4 and additional vocabulary)

Wednesday 26 September 2018

• Autumn term Free Entitlement actuals – final reminder 
• Ofsted webinars for Childminders and committee members
• Bognor Regis Nursery School Helicopter Story training
• Stoptober 2018
• Developing Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Early Years – 2019 Early Years and Childcare Conference
• Extended Free Entitlement Awards 2018

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Central Operations Team
First Floor, The Grange, County Hall, Chichester, PO19 1RG
Website: www.westsussex.gov.uk/ecs | Phone: 01243 777807
Email: family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk