Today, the Internet Watch Foundation launched their new self-generated child sexual abuse prevention campaign. Data shows 11-13 year old girls are increasingly at risk of grooming and coercion at the hands of online predators. In 2020, the IWF confirmed 68,000 cases of self-generated imagery, a rise of 77% on 2019 and self-generated imagery accounts for nearly half (44%) the…
This guidance, published in March 2021, provides best practice advice for paediatricians in the medical management of PP and FII cases to obtain better outcomes for children. Below provides a background and summary of what’s covered in the guidance. You can download the full guidance below. Background Since the publication of the Royal College of…
As previously advised, on the 12th April 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Childrens Services will be launching their online referral form. This online referral form should be used by professionals to submit safeguarding concerns to Children’s Services. This is a much more secure and efficient way of submitting a referral. The online form should be used…
From the 12th April, the Safeguarding Children referral form for Children Social Care will be replaced with an online form. Links to the new form will be found on the Reporting a concern page and our procedures will be updated to reflect these changes
The Children’s Society have published a guide about the dark web, an area of the internet that can only be accessed through particular software and where networks are encrypted to make users anonymous. Discusses why young people use the dark web, why this is a safeguarding concern and what professionals can to do if they…
The Home Office and HM Passport Office have published guidance for HM Passport Office staff on how to safeguard a customer or child if they disclose that contacting the other parent or guardian for parental consent puts them at risk of harm. To view the guidance click here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-consent-issues/safeguarding-consent-issues
On average 4 babies die, suddenly and unexpectedly, every week in the UK and no cause will be found. This is known as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Partnership Board will be supporting the Lullaby Trust’s Safer Sleep Week campaign, which takes place from 15-21 March 2021, and aims to reach as many families…
As some of you may already be aware, a decision was made last year to move to a single assessment tool for child neglect across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. Research was undertaken and a decision was made at the Safeguarding Children Partnership Board that the Graded Care Profile would become the single tool for assessing neglect across the county. From today, 1st…
We are undertaking 3 surveys into the perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse so that we can gain an informed picture of perceptions of CSA across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. If you are a child under the age of 18 please complete the Children understanding of CSA Survey – https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/C65585N If you are a parent, please complete the…
This is non-statutory guidance from the Department for Education (DfE). It aims to: help providers of out-of-school settings (OOSS) understand best practice for creating a safe environment for children1 in their care give parents and carers confidence that their child is in a safe activity or learning environment The guidance is for organisations or individuals who…