A children’s book written by children, young people and Somerset Children’s Social Care staff has been produced about the work of Social Workers and will be given to every Primary School in the county. ‘Social Worker Sam’ tells the story of a small child whose family is facing difficulties and needs help from a Social […]
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“We need a system which makes it easy to safeguard children, not makes it harder“ In 2024 we consulted with over 350 of you and you told us: The Early Help Assessment gives access to a range of services in one place, and when completed properly the EHA can help to get a clear idea
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In this episode we continue on from our 2 Part series Engaging with Fathers to look at an initiative to provide new fathers with support and advice for their physical and mental health pre and post birth. We speak with Dr. Jo Nicholl, Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children about the ‘New Dads Supporters in Somerset’
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Everyone is impacted by the cost-of-living rising which can put extra pressure on families. Somerset partners are here to help, and we have listed some services and support that may be useful for you to know about. There are so many great support services out there to provide early help. If you work to support
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In this episode we are joined by Dr. Anna Riddell, Consultant Paediatrician and Sexual Offences Examiner about the importance of recognising the prevalence and impact of Child Sexual Abuse and more crucially how victims are supported once a disclosure has been made. As part of this we explore the findings from the recent National Child Safeguarding
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Connect Somerset is a partnership between Somerset Council, Somerset NHS, Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprises, and Schools, Colleges and Early Years settings and is about professionals and community groups working together to help families and residents to get the help they need and to get it early, to improve their lives. “Our big aim
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This two part series Engaging Better with Fathers has been in the works for some time and we’ve been lucky enough to be able to do a deep dive into the topic of how services can better engage with fathers and male carers. This is an area that’s been highlighted in countless case reviews around
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Update on support for reducing conflict between separated parents Please see below the latest information about support for separated parents: Useful tools: New dates for practitioner training and “How to help separated parents reduce co-parenting conflict” have been added! This workshop is for any practitioner in Somerset who works with separated parents struggling with ongoing
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The Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership are launching new Information Sharing and Consent guidance for Somerset on the SSCP website. The guidance has been produced by a multi-agency group in response to updates to the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 and Information Sharing advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services for children, young people, parents and carers,
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The Partnership has updated the template for Pre-Birth Planning meetings as a result of a recent Non-Accidental Injuries learning review. Pre-birth Planning meetings identify the support needed around the labour, birth and stay in hospital of families who are open to Children’s Social Care. The meeting involves the family and key professionals supporting them, including
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