Reflections from Superintendent Dickon Turner on a career in safeguarding. Please note: this article references child abuse. Sadly, I am saying goodbye to the Somerset Safeguarding Children’s Partnership in late October as I approach my 30 years in policing milestone. I first encountered the formal idea of safeguarding children in 2002, when I asked if […]
Building on the success of our June Forum week – Exploring Neglect, we are thrilled to announce our upcoming December Forum week and welcome you to join us online for our lunchtime interactive webinar’s where we will ‘Get to know Somerset.’ Throughout the week, we will be hearing from a range of practitioners across agencies:
SSCP December Forum Week – book your place now! Read More »
Somerset Youth Parliament offers children and young people from across Somerset the opportunity to have their voice heard, influence positive change and help improve things for young people in Somerset. Nominations open in September and voting opens after nominations close on Monday 13 November. > For more information on the upcoming Youth Parliament elections scan
Youth Parliament Elections 2023: Nominations are now open! Read More »
Introducing ‘The P Pod’ – the Partnership Podcast from the SSCP which will provide learning on the go. This month, we are thrilled to announce the launch of the new SSCP Podcast ‘The P Pod’, which will be available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. This will provide you
In light of the recent Lucy Letby verdict, the Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO) have written an article recapping their role within Somerset: The LADO role was introduced within ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ guidance in 2006. The emphasis of the LADO service is very much immersed in dealing with people who work with children
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From September, you can progress from the Introduction to Child Protection through to the Advanced Child Protection 2 Day and Update courses, all in one place with the SSCP. These sessions will be delivered both face to face and online to suit your needs. To find out more and to book onto these courses. BOOK
ALL core safeguarding training is now available for booking through the SSCP! Read More »
Video’s from our last online Forum Week are now available to view on our YouTube Channel. Our last forum focused on the subject of Neglect, where a number of guest presenters explored the topic of neglect throughout the lifespan, including Pre-Birth through to Adult Self Neglect. You can catchup and view the videos HERE
Increasing the safety of children in the community is one of the SSCP’s priorities for 2023-25, with a range of activity to support this across our subgroups, training and strategy. Linking with this work and following on from a project last year, the SSCP Youth Forum chose to work on ‘What makes you feel safe
We’ve recently made some important changes to the training Terms & Conditions for SSCP courses which are offered as free (funded) places to attend, which we wanted to explain what they are and why we have made them. What Are the Changes? From July 2023, training that is offered as ‘free’ to attend will initially
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Dad Matters is a Home-Start Project supporting Dads through the early relationship and attachment with their baby, as well as supporting Dads with their mental health, supporting a partner with mental health and support in accessing services. Dad Matters also help new Dads access support when required. We spoke to Charlie Hull, who is the
Supporting Father’s Week with Dad Matters co-ordinator, Charlie Hull Read More »
