On this page: 'Youths - a hanbook for young people | 'Keeping safe online' Mousemat Competition | Annual Report & Business Plan 2008/09 | Ending of Child Protection Register | Anti-bullying Event - Article & Photos | Safer Parenting Handbook | Anti-Bullying Strategy | Annual Review Report 2007/08 | Database of Activities & Events | Safeguarding poster campaigns and leaflets
News and events'Youths' - a handbook for young people'Youths' is a handbook to help you make the right decision for yourself. It doesn't have all the answers and doesn't tell you what to do, but it's got straightforward advice to help you through many situations young people have to deal with every day. This handbook will guide you through dealing with tough situations and tricky decisions, but remember some of it's new territory for the adults too! In each section and at the end of the handbook there is a list of local organisations that can offer advice and support to you. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the consultation, development and creation of this handbook. In particular we'd like to thank all the young people gave their views and comments and helped in creating 'the look' and design of the front page. Without all your input, the creation of this handbook would not have been possible. Many thanks! 'Youths' - a handbook for young people 'Keeping safe online' Mousemat CompetitionTo coincide with the next poster campaign in December in relation to 'e-Safety', we have launched a competition inviting all children and young people aged 5-18years old, to submit a design for a computer mousemat competition, which will subsequently be manufactured and distributed across the whole borough. The theme of the competition is 'Keeping safe online' - for children and young people to advise their peers how to keep and be safe whilst using the virtual world. The competition will run throughout September and October and a winner will be announced in December. One design will be sought from primary school aged children (5-11) and another from secondary school aged students (12-18). A template has been created to assist with pupils with the size diameters for their e-safety/'keeping safe online' mousemat, which also contains a section to complete their name, their school, youth club or group through whom they might be entering. Entries should be submitted either on the template form or attached to a template form with their contact details included, in case their design is chosen as the winner. The closing date is 24th October 2008. All entries should be sent to Linde Webber, WSCB Development Manager, c/o Welbeck House,43-51 Wandsworth High Street, London SW18 2PU. The winners will be informed by end November 2008 and arrangements will be made for a photo opportunity to present the winners with their prizes. A copy of the poster promoting the competition and the template can be downloaded by clicking here. 'Keeping safe online' posterMousemat competition form template Annual Report & Business Plan 2008/09Please click here to access the WSCB's Annual Report & Business Plan 2008/09. Appendix 2a & 2b - WSCB Executive & Main Board Membership Flowchart of WSCB StructureEnding of Child Protection RegisterThis is to confirm that as of 1st April 2008 Wandsworth no longer has a Child Protection Register. The Lord Laming Inquiry in 2003 into the death of Victoria Climbié recommended that "local authorities replace the Child Protection Register with a more effective system. Child protection conferences should remain, but the focus must no longer be on whether to register or not. Instead the focus should be on establishing an agreed plan to safeguard and promote the welfare of the particular child". Working Together, 2006 (the guidance to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children) confirmed the implementation of this recommendation to take effect within each authority no later than the 1st April 2008. We will continue to hold child protection conferences where there are concerns that a child is suffering or is at risk of suffering significant harm. If the child protection conference decides that a child is at risk of significant harm, the child will now be the "subject of a child protection plan". Wandsworth will continue to keep a record of all children who are subject of child protection plans. The aim of this change is to focus workers and families on the child protection plan and the actions that need to be taken to keep children safe and to make a difference in their lives. The child protection plan is a working tool that should enable the family and professionals to focus on the outcomes for each individual child, to understand what is expected of them and what they can expect of others. An effective child protection plan should:
The first core group meeting will continue to be held within 10 days of the initial child protection conference. It is the responsibility of the core group (including family members) to draw up and add more detail to the outline child protection plan constructed at the conference. It is the role of the key worker to co-ordinate the child protection plan, including keeping the child/young person up to date with the plan and finding out the child/young person's views. The Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Board are using this opportunity to review practice around child protection conferences, and particularly the balance between the time spent within conferences sharing relevant information, conducting risk assessments and formulating meaningful outline child protection plans. Would you please ensure that relevant staff within your organisation are aware of this change. If you have any questions about this change, please contact Paul Secker (tel: 020 8871 6998, e-mail psecker@wandsworth.gov.uk) or one of the Child Protection Co-ordinators 020 8871 7303/6321/7163). Anti-bullying Event - Article & Photos of eventWandsworth Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) launched their 'Anti-bullying Strategy' at an event on 1st February attended by representatives from both statutory and voluntary agencies. This strategy describes types of bullying behaviours and the work that is being done in Wandsworth to reduce or prevent bullying, harassment and violence in the borough. Speakers included Will Gardner from Childnet who gave a presentation about Cyberbullying and Inspector Clive Lett from Metropolitan Police who described work done by his Police team in relation to young people in Wandsworth. 6 Workshops were held on a variety of subjects. 4 Young people John Paul II Secondary School led a workshop describing the peer mentoring project at their school, as well as teachers from Earlsfield Primary School shared information about their peer mentoring project. The focus of both projects is to help and support victims of bullying. Pupils from Franciscan Primary and West Hill Primary School actively participated in their combined workshop, describing the work they've done under the 'Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning' initiative, which encourages a caring school culture where pupils treat each other with respect. There were also workshops on 'E-safety', 'Addressing Racist, Cultural and Religious Bullying' and a workshop on 'Intervention' by the Metropolitan Police. TRC Youth club's 'Tuesday Drama Group' gave an excellent drama presentation looking at a variety of forms of bullying, before the event concluded with the presentation of a prize to the winner of the Anti- bullying poster competition, Daniel Yendall, from Alton Youth club. Prior to the event an Anti-bullying poster competition was held, which was open to all young people who attend any of youth clubs across the borough. All entrants were judged and the winning poster was chosen by young people. This poster was displayed borough-wide. Photos of eventWorkshops Wnnner of Anti-bullying poster competition Safer Parenting HandbookThis handbook has been produced by the WSCB, in consultation with parents and carers living in the borough. It contains a range of useful advice and information for parents and carers. We hope that this handbook will give you some information and ideas to help you find ways through what can seem like a maze of issues and advice. We hope you find this helpful and worth keeping for future reference. Anti-bullying StrategyWandsworth Safeguarding Children Board is pleased to announce that we launched our multi-agency approved Anti-bullying Strategy for the borough of Wandsworth at the Anit-Bullying Event on Friday 1st February 2008. Please click here to view our Anti-bullying Strategy. If you wish to receive a copy of the Strategy, please email us at wscb@wscb.org.uk or contact WSCB by post to c/o Welbeck House, 43-51 Wandsworth High Street, London, SW18 2PU or call us on 020 8871 8610 to request a copy. Annual Review Report - September 2007The Chair of the Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Board, who is also the Chief Executive and Director of Administration of the Council, completed his annual review report on the progress on safeguarding children and young people in Wandsworth and the work of the Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Board.
Database for Activities and EventsWandsworth Borough Council have just launched a new database of activities, events and educational opportunities for young people and children taking place in and around Wandsworth on their website. You can search the database by category or even find activities on the dates which you're interested in. Go to www.wandsworth.gov.uk/activities for more information Safeguarding poster campaigns and leafletsWandsworth Safeguarding Children Board has been proactive in raising awareness about safeguarding issues through a number of poster campaigns. We have produced a 'Safer Parenting Handbook', a 'Youths - handbook for young people', leaflets aimed at the general public and information cards for all staff (paid or unpaid) who work wtih children and young people. We have also had articles printed in local press, etc. Below are examples of the publicity and awareness raising work we have done so far.
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