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Find Somerset’s Safeguarding Partnership Child Protection Procedures and local practice guidance, policies and protocols
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These 7 minute bite-size briefings are a quick and simple way to share learning on a range of safeguarding topics
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Learning from Case Reviews
Our directory of Somerset published case reviews to make it easier to access and share learning across the system
Latest News
Serious Youth Violence & Child Exploitation Conference 2024
The Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership, Violence Reduction Partnership and Somerset Council Learning & Development team…
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…
Updates to the Pre-birth safeguarding plan template
The Partnership has updated the template for Pre-Birth Planning meetings as a result of a…
Connecting the Somerset Landscape for Early Help (Children)
Over 80 practitioners and service providers, commissioners and interested others from across Somerset came together…
Latest Publications
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.
Injuries to Non-mobile Babies and Children Policy
Including a guide to Child Protection Medical Assessments Version: September 2024 This multi-agency policy highlights…
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