Early Years Safeguarding Briefing
May 15th 9.30-12.00
Ceri Mcateer – EY Safeguarding Adviser
cmcateer@swindon.gov.uk
Tel: 465740
This is an information sharing
session and does not count as
update training
Welcome
Housekeeping
Agenda
Aim of the session: To provide
safeguarding updates and
information to CP Leads and
managers of settings.
Kathy Macdonald SBC Integrated Services
Manager
An introduction to
Assessment using
Signs of Safety
in Early Years
What do you want for the children
in your care?
What have children told us that
they want?
• The Every Child matters 5 outcomes…5
responses elicited from a 2 year study with
the children and the childrens’ workforce
Assessment
• What is an Assessment?
• Why would we do one?
When you sense there are
problems where do you begin?
Beach ball exercise
child
Congratulations!
• You have just started an
assessment….organising your thoughts and
knowledge about a child is where you start
• Where would you go next to get more
information?
Gathering
information
based on
evidence
Working
with family
to find out
what the
worries are
Meet regularly
to see what is
working:
REVIEW
Helping to
draw up
an Action
Plan that
involves
everyone
SBC: Strengthening Families and
A 5 year Implementation Plan
So what is this SOS about?
Strange you should ask..
1.Empowering families to make their own
changes in order to build resilience and coping
strategies
2.Getting the extended family, network of
friends and neighbours and the community to
support and monitor
3.Reducing the reliance and dependency upon
services.
4.The child is at the centre of the assessment
and the planning.
Hanging in there?
So what is coming in? and what is
going out?
IN
• Training which focuses on
ASSESSMENT
• Paperwork designed to support a
Single Assessment
• Joined up training with the Lscb,
covering the transition from Stage
1 assessment through to a child
in need and child protection.
• Training for JOINT FAMILY
PLANNING meetings
• Application workshops
• Tools to ensure the child/young
person is heard and involved
OUT
• The CAF form as we know it.
• TACs in their traditional
sense
• A culture of services fixing
the family
• Handing families “over”
What is coming your way?
• Training about “Signs of Safety”
• Training for “Assessment”
• Training to use the tools for
Assessment
• Support for new Family Meetings
Ian Durnin Duffy
SBC - One Children’s
Workforce Manager
Safeguarding Training Requirements for EY Settings
CP Leads – Advanced level Training (2 days) updated every 2 years.
Other training should include;
• Safer Recruitment (updated every 5 years),
• Allegations
• Conferences and Core Groups.
Deputy CP Leads – Foundation plus training (1 day) updated every 2 years
All other staff - Child Protection Awareness Training - updated every 3 years
Committees – the named person for Safeguarding is advised to attend Child
Protection Awareness, Allegations and Safer Recruitment training.
An Owner, who is different to the manager, is advised to attend Child
Protection Awareness, Allegations and Safer Recruitment training.
To book training please visit the Early Years Childcare website at
www.earlyyearschildcare.org or
The Local Safeguarding Children’s Board website at
http://www.swindonlscb.org.uk/trainingcalendar2012-13pdf
Areas of Responsibility for the Designated
Safeguarding Lead in Settings
• To have a knowledge of the Government’s statutory
guidance eg “Working Together” and “What to do if
You’re Worried a Child is being Abused”.
• To ensure that there is an up to date child protection
policy, which is reviewed annually and is known by all
staff and volunteers and available to parents.
• To attend your own safeguarding training and to
ensure all staff attend training as recommended by
the Local Authority.
Areas of Responsibility for the Designated
Safeguarding Lead in Settings (continued)
• To keep abreast of new information relating to
safeguarding and to cascade relevant information to
staff
• To provide support, advice and guidance to staff on
any safeguarding issue as required (supervision)
• To liaise with other agencies eg know who to contact
to make a referral, report an allegation etc.
• To know how the Local Safeguarding Children’s
Board(LSCB) operates and the South West Child
Protection Procedures (SWCPP)eg relating to
allegations, safer recruitment etc.
Areas of Responsibility for the Designated
Safeguarding Lead in Settings (continued)
• To ensure all new staff have induction training
covering child protection and safeguarding
procedures
• To organise and manage the keeping of detailed,
accurate and secure written child protection records
and to ensure they are transferred in line with
guidance.
• To complete annual safeguarding audit.
Areas of Responsibility for the Designated
Safeguarding Lead in Settings (continued)
• To keep Ofsted notified of any Safeguarding issues as
necessary.
• To monitor safeguarding policy and procedures in the
setting.
With your colleagues on your
table, take a couple of minutes to
discuss, which part of your role of
designated CP lead or deputy you
find most challenging
Local and National Updates
Working Together to Safeguard
Children (2013)
• The new guidance came into force on April 15th 2013
and replaces the 2010 document.
• The new guidance streamlines previous guidance
documents to clarify the responsibilities of
professionals towards safeguarding children and
strengthen the focus away from processes onto the
needs of the child.
• The document can be downloaded from;
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/pu
blicationDetail/Page1/DFE-00030-2013
Ofsted Fact Sheet-Records,
policies and notification requirements of
the EY register (January 2013)
A useful document to check that you are;
• keeping the regulatory written records for
information about children, staff, policies and
practices.
• Keeping Ofsted informed of relevant
new/changes to information and informing
them of relevant incidents/events within the
required timescale.
Changes to DBS Checks (26/3/2013)
The Home Office has started the legislative
process (subject to agreement by Parliament) so
that certain old and minor cautions and
convictions will no longer be disclosed on a DBS
certificate.
The filtering rules which are now before
parliament for consideration are:
Changes to DBS Checks (Cont.)
An adult conviction will be removed from a
criminal record certificate if:
• 11 years have elapsed since the date of
conviction
• It is the person's only offence and
• It did not result in a custodial sentence.
Even then, it will only be removed if it does not
appear on the list of specified offences. If a person
has more than one offence, then details of all
their convictions will always be included.
Changes to DBS Checks (Cont.)
An adult caution will be removed after 6 years
have elapsed since the date of the caution and if
it does not appear on the list of specified
offences.
The changes will not come into force until after
the legislation has completed its passage through
Parliament. Until then, it's business as usual.
Further information available at
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/filteringof-oldand-minor-convictions-and-cautions
LSCB-Supervision Questionnaire
• 95 questionnaires circulated - 37 returned.
• Safeguarding supervision sessions are
happening regularly, but mainly on an
informal basis.
• Overwhelming view that safeguarding
supervision sessions are useful.
• Very few managers have attended any
supervision training.
Supervision Questionnaire - Recommendations
• The LSCB will produce some key safeguarding
principles (multi-agency).
• Examples of good practice would be beneficial.
• All supervision should include safeguarding as
necessary
• LSCB website to include some supervision
information
• The provision of some supervision training which will
include safeguarding supervision is to be
investigated
Transition of Child Protection Records
• Transfer within 14 days of child leaving
• Complete “Transfer of Information Form”
• Original copy of records retained, photocopy
passed on
• All CP records transferred separately from
other records - marked confidential
• Records passed on face to face, to CP Lead at
next setting if possible.
Transition of Child Protection Records
(continued)
• If you are not informed of the next setting but
have a CP record, retain records for 5 years
• If you are not informed of next setting but
there is social care involvement, inform the
social worker immediately
• Refer to “EY Guidance for keeping CP records”
on www.earlyyearschildcare.org for further
guidance.
Training the Trainer
Using NSPCC training materials to deliver inhouse CP training.
Monday July
1st -1-4pm
A couple of other
things…………….
Evaluation and EY
Questionnaire
Thank you for coming. I hope you have found
the session useful.
Please fill out an evaluation form and
questionnaire before you leave.