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New Serious Youth Violence awareness page launched!
The SSCP in collaboration with the Violence Reduction Partnership, have created a useful webpage full…
Our safeguarding podcast is one year old!
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Serious Youth Violence & Child Exploitation Conference 2024
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Exciting Changes to SSCP Training for 2025!
The SSCP Training Team have been working hard in the background to make sure we…
New! – Somerset Information Sharing and Consent Guidance
The Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership are launching new Information Sharing and Consent guidance for Somerset…
Somerset children in care praised for their incredible achievements, courage and resilience
Somerset Annual Achievements Awards The efforts and achievements of more than 370 Somerset children and…
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Effective Support for Children and Families in Somerset
Updated: June 2024 This guidance aims to assist professional assessment around the provision of effective…
Pre-Birth Planning Toolkit
Updated: August 2024 Updates to the Pre-birth safeguarding plan template: Wording changes to consider safeguarding…
Healthcare Systems Within Somerset
This bitesize briefing outlines the different components of the healthcare system in Somerset.
Serious Youth Violence
Serious Youth Violence includes homicide, attempted homicide, robbery, wounding, grievous bodily harm, knife and gun…
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