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Updates to the DDSCP Procedures and Documents Library:

Safeguarding Children at Risk of Abuse Through Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

FGM Safeguarding Pathway

Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Derby/Derbyshire Childhood Obesity Plan -Time for Action 2020-2030.

Useful links, evidence and resources:

Missingpeople.org

Say it with your chest

Persistent absence for unauthorised reasons

Managing risk and trauma after online sexual offending

Evidence on pornography’s influence on harmful sexual behaviour among children

Health advisory on social media use in adolescence

Let’s talk about anxiety

Mental health resources

Early Years:

Online safety tips for parents of pre-school children 0-5 Year Olds

Keeping your under 5 safe online

Safeguarding children and protecting professionals in early years settings: online safety guidance for practitioners

Guidance’s- DFE/Government Guidance’s, Statutory- Non Statutory

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Searching, Screening and Confiscation

Regulated activity in relation to children: factual note by HM Government Useful supplementary document to explain regulated activity, supervised and unsupervised activity and by definition.

Working together to Safeguard children Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children.

What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused useful document for all staff and for induction training particularly, non-teaching staff who have contact with children, of note is the useful resources page is now out of date.

Information Sharing Whole document, all staff including governors have a working knowledge.

Prevent Duty - an introduction for those with safeguarding responsibilities

Prevent_Duty_Guidance

Prevent Whole document for leads/senior leadership.

Sharing Nude/Semi Nude Images Schools and Colleges- Responding to Incidents and Safeguarding Young People A comprehensive guide to dealing with incidents in school.

Controlling Access into Schools . An excellent tool to use when considering restricting, control or barring individuals including parents off the school site.

Elected Home Education Guidance to be made familiar with all senior leaders and staff who are involved in discussions with parents around EHE, includes a guidance for parents.

DfE Children Missing Education Statutory guidance for local authorities Whole document, all leads/senior leads must be aware of.

The Designated teacher for looked after and previously looked after children Whole document for the LAC/Virtual school lead in the school/college.

Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment between children in schools/colleges Advice for all staff in schools/colleges- whole document for all staff to be familiar with.

Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines Home office county lines guidance, whole document and useful for training purposes.

Mental health and Behaviour in schools How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.

Behaviour in schools

When to call the police - NSPCC guidance

Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges

Threshold Document

Teaching Online Safety in School

Derby and Derbyshire Education Providers Stopping Domestic Abuse Together (SDAT) Guidance

Young Carers guidance

Policies/Guidance’s DCC/Academy /Schools-Colleges-own

Our full safeguarding portfolio can be found in our school office. If you would like to see it, please ask the office staff.

Online Procedures

Safeguarding Procedures for the Derby City and Derbyshire ( Safeguarding Children Partnership.)

Support for families and early help, including making a referral Single point of access and for making a referral for children and their families in Derbyshire

Free online safeguarding training for staff, governors or volunteers.

Prevent

FGM

Protecting Children from Child Sexual Exploitation

Safeguarding training documents - Inset day September 2024

FINAL version Whole School Safeguarding 2024 v3.pdf

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