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Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Newsletter
 September 2019

New Safeguarding Partnership arrangements for children living in Dorset  

 
A new partnership for children’s safeguarding arrangements was launched on 1 August 2019, replacing the existing Local Safeguarding Children Boards. 

The changes have come into effect as a result of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and the Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) and Dorset Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB) have been replaced by a new Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership.

The Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership will be led by the four organisations below: 
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
  • Dorset Council
  • NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
  • Dorset Police
The new arrangements will see partners working more closely together to strengthen the safeguarding of children and young people across the county.  Each partner has a statutory leadership responsibility within the new arrangements, but all other agencies that work with children will continue to have a critical role in effective partnership working. 

Importantly, the way in which you can access support and advice to safeguard children will not be changing including contact details for the MASH, access to policies and procedures and training.

We hope you find the Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership Plan helpful and look forward to working with you to shape plans for improved outcomes for children and young people in our area.

 

NEW Continuum of Need
The Bournemouth and Poole LSCB Levels of Need & Continuum of Support (July 2016) and the Dorset Thresholds Tool (August 2015) have been used by agencies in Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth to identify a child’s degree of need and respond appropriately.   However, these documents are now due for review and a new Pan-Dorset Continuum of Need document is being piloted by agencies across BCP and Dorset to test its suitability.    

Feedback from the pilot will be available shortly.

 
Publication of Serious Case Review S31

The DSCB commissioned a review into the death of a 16 year old male who had experienced multiple adverse events in his earlier childhood and had had significant contact with a range of professionals and agencies over a number of years. 

During adolescence he had become involved in criminal activity, experienced poor mental health and misused drugs.     
As well as individual agencies identifying their own learning and improvement activity, the review highlighted learning for all professionals involved and concluded by making a number of recommendations.

To find out more, please refer to the full SCR Report or the Synopis of Learning

What is Contextual Safeguarding?


Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to understanding, and responding to, young people’s experiences of significant harm beyond their families. It recognises that the different relationships that young people form in their neighbourhoods, schools and online can feature violence and abuse. Parents and carers have little influence over these contexts, and young people’s experiences of extra-familial abuse can undermine parent-child relationships.

Contextual Safeguarding, therefore, expands the objectives of child protection systems in recognition that young people are vulnerable to abuse in a range of social contexts.

To find out more, click on the picture above or visit Contextual Safeguarding Network website

Sexual Health Week (9 – 15 September)

This year’s national Sexual Health Week will be making sexual health inclusive.
As society shifts and changes, we’ve become more aware that not all sexual health services and information are suitable for everyone’s needs.

To get the latest on resources and ways to get involved, sign up on the FPA website for Sexual Health Week email updates .
Kooth

Kooth is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people, accessible through a mobile, tablet or desktop.

It provides free, safe and anonymous online support for young people between the hours of:
Monday – Friday         12pm – 10pm
Saturday – Sunday       6pm – 10pm
 
For more information about Kooth, click here

Parents and carers can obtain more information about KOOTH by emailing  parents@xenzone.com

The numbers you need to report a concern about a child

 

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