Supporting SSCP NAI Awareness Week 2024 #nurturing_all_infants Being a parent is tough, especially when you have a baby who won’t stop crying and sadly over the last few years we’ve seen a huge rise in harm caused to young babies. In this episode we speak with Charlie Hull, Father Co-ordinator with Dad Matters and Ellie […]
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ICON is a national programme that aims to prevent abusive head trauma and non-accidental injuries in children under two years. To strengthen prevention, it’s important we all play our role, especially in the best start in life and early years wider workforce. It’s crucial to engage dads and male carers as evidence suggests 70% of
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Supporting SSCP NAI Awareness Week 2024 #nurturing_all_infants In this episode we speak with Jayden Mills, Complex Care Midwife with Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), about how she and the WREN Team support parents with complex needs and ensure effective safeguarding in the Pre-Birth period. If you’d like to find out more about the WREN Team please
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Somerset’s first non-accidental injury (NAI) awareness week – 1st to 5th July 2024 What learning from reviews tells us about ways to work with pregnancies, infants and families Nationally, babies under 12 months are the single largest age group within Rapid Reviews (reviews completed after a child dies/is seriously harmed and has experienced abuse or
The Somerset Trauma Informed Network is proud to launch our film “What does it mean to be Trauma Informed?” With huge thanks to Somerset Youth Parliament and the Somerset Youth Councils for their help in producing this film for the Somerset Trauma Informed Network. Find out about the Somerset Trauma Informed Network, how to join
In this episode we speak with Mark Jackson, TRiM (Trauma Risk Management) Co-Ordinator for the Avon & Somerset Police who talks to us about the work he undertakes to support officers and wider police staff when they may have experienced trauma and the importance of embedding a Trauma Informed Approach throughout an organisation. Find details
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The SSCP are launching a new campaign! “SSCP NAI Awareness Week 2024” will be launched in the first week of July (1st to 5th), aimed at raising awareness about non-accidental injuries to babies and support services for families. Across the UK over the last few years there has been an increase in NAIs, particular in
Building on work over the past few years, the Somerset Trauma Informed Network launched its mailing list and resource pages in April. We have lots of exciting projects on the go, and would like to tell you more about them: We’d love to hear from you if you would like to share an initiative or
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The Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership and Somerset Safeguarding Adult Board will be holding VCFSE Safeguarding Network Events this summer! This is open to anyone working in a Voluntary, Community, Faith or Social Enterprise organisation in Somerset which works with children, vulnerable adults or both. Come along to find out more about the work of the
The Somerset Trauma Informed Network is a group of individuals and organisations who are committed to a journey of becoming more trauma informed in their practice and policy. From April 2024, you can join the Network to receive updates about new resources, upcoming training and learning opportunities! We also have information pages as part of
Exciting new developments in the Somerset Trauma Informed Network! Read More »
