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Emergency Legislation Relaxes Council’s Statutory Duties to Vulnerable Children

SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 24 April 2020

The government has introduced emergency legislation to relax local authorities’ statutory duties to vulnerable children in England until at least September. The new rules, which will come into force today (24 April), will see amendments made to 10 regulations regarding children’s social care including care proceedings, foster care and adoption arrangements. Regulations surrounding residential care including children’s homes, residential special…

SCIE Safeguarding Adults Webinar Series 6th May – 10th June

SAB News, SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 23 April 2020

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have been asked by the Department of Health and Social Care to develop a series of Safeguarding Adults webinars, designed for anyone working in or recently joining the health, social care or voluntary workforce. Weekly from 6th May to 10th June – 1 hour sessions 1300-1400hrs You can use a one-off…

What you need to do if you call 999 in an emergency and are unable to talk

SAB News, SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 22 April 2020

There may come a time in everyone’s life when you need to call the emergency services, but it might put you or those around you in even more danger by talking. When you call 999, an operator asks which service you require. If you remain silent and it’s an emergency, you’ll be asked to cough…

Changes to Children Services due to Covid-19

SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 30 March 2020

During these unprecedented times it has been necessary for Childrens Services to make some immediate changes to the way in which services will be delivered. We need to reduce the volume of work coming into the Front Door so that we can ensure that our reduced resource is absolutely able to focus on the children…

Multi-Agency Safeguarding Training Update

SAB News, SCP News, UncategorizedBy Safeguarding Board 20 March 2020

Please be advised that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults and Children Partnership Board has made the decision to cancel all Multi-agency training courses until the end of May due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We will assess the situation as it progresses and advise accordingly.

New Safeguarding Arrangements for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

SAB News, SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 23 May 2019

The Safeguarding Partners (Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group) have agreed the new safeguarding arrangements set out in the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and can be found here. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnership Board (CPSCPB) will continue the work of the previous Local Safeguarding…

Notification of Child Deaths to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CDOP

SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 11 April 2019

Every child death is a tragedy for the family and the wider community. Deaths of all children, up to the age of 18 years, need to be reviewed, taking into account all available information for each death. Reporting a child death All Local Safeguarding Children Boards are required to have a Child Death Overview Panel…

Safeguarding children and protecting professionals in early years settings: online safety considerations

SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 5 February 2019

To support early years settings, the UKCIS Education Working Group has developed two documents to help early years settings managers and staff consider their practice and to take steps to safeguard both children and adults online. Safeguarding Children and Protecting Professionals in Early Years Settings: Online Safety Considerations for Managers – This guide will help managers…

Today is Safer Internet Day!

SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 5 February 2019

5th February 2019 is Safer Internet Day 2019 and will be celebrated globally with the theme: Together for a better internet. This Safer Internet Day is bigger than ever! With more than 2000 organisations and schools across the UK getting involved to help inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.…

Taking action to keep children and adults at risk safe in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

SAB News, SCP NewsBy Safeguarding Board 1 February 2019

Friday (1 February) sees the launch of the annual local Safeguarding Awareness Month which aims to raise awareness of the importance of keeping people safe by reminding everyone that the safety of individuals is everyone’s business. Safeguarding is about keeping children, young people and adults, who are at risk from abuse and neglect, safe and…

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