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Keeping children safe: The case for reforming the law on child neglect
On 13 April 1933, a law was passed to prevent cruelty to children. Section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 made it a criminal offence for someone who is responsible for a child’s care to fail to provide adequate food, clothing, medical aid or lodging1. It signalled the beginning of a growing commitment in the UK to protecting children from the devastating harm that results from neglect, but since it was enacted, almost 80 years ago, our understanding of parenting, child protection and neglect as a form of child abuse has evolved. The time has come for the law to catch up...
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CAPABLE TEAMS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE (CTCYP)
This resource provides a team approach to support services for children and young people to improve quality and efficiency by exploring new, different and creative ways of working. Specifically developed for children and young people’s services, the CTCYP is a 5 step team development tool that supports services to introduce new, creative and different ways of working, based on the needs of children, young people, families and carers.
Available on-line the CTCYP materials consist of:
• Executive Summary
• Information Leaflet
• Facilitators Handbook
• Participants Handbook
• Supporting Materials & how to use this resource
For further information go to: http://www.chimat.org.uk/camhs/workforce or contact barry.nixon@olsenhouseschool.co.uk
ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES – For Effective Emotional & Mental Health Support
This resource is designed to provide a values based materials for personal development that describe the core attitudes and behaviours in care and support for children and young people. Developed following extensive involvement with children and young people this resource is designed for all individuals and teams working to promote the emotional well being of children and young people, in a wide range of settings.
The resource consists of 3 elements:
• Interactive Individual Workbook
• Individual Workbook
• Facilitated Group Exercises
For further information go to: http://www.chimat.org.uk/camhs/workforce or contact barry.nixon@olsenhouseschool.co.uk
CAMHS in CONTEXT: An Induction Package - achieving better outcomes for children, young people and families
The purpose of CAMHS in Context is to support learning and development within a framework for reflective practice. It will support broad integration into specialist CAMHS with its links to the wider children's services. It has been designed to support self directed learning, with support from a learning mentor, supervisor or trusted colleague.
CAMHS in Context covers specific topics including:
• Children, young people and families
• Mental health and emotional well being
• Working in specialist CAMHS
• Collaboration
• Continuing professional development
For further information go to: http://www.chimat.org.uk/camhs/workforce or contact barry.nixon@olsenhouseschool.co.uk
CAMHS Comprehensive Integrated Workforce Planning Tool
The NCSS National Workforce Programme in partnership with ChiMat has developed a Comprehensive Integrated Workforce Planning Tool. The interactive web-based tool provides a practical approach to support strategic workforce planning enabling children’s services to be at the forefront of workforce planning.
Carrying out integrated workforce planning at all levels of an organisation will be essential in influencing the shape of the future workforce and the delivery of service to children and young people. This tool is designed to strengthen workforce planning capacity and capability across relevant organisations and provide a greater confidence to those involved in workforce planning.
For further information go to: http://www.chimat.org.uk/camhs/workforce or contact barry.nixon@olsenhouseschool.co.uk
Launch of NSPCC helpline mobile phone texting service
The NSPCC helpline has launched a new mobile phone texting service. Members of the public can use this text service to seek advice, assistance and also to report concerns which may require follow up action or investigation. The service will be run on a pilot basis in the first instance until the end of 2011.
Members of the public can send a text to 88858, anonymously if they wish and at no cost to themselves. On receipt of the text, the helpline will send an immediate automated confirmation response and then a specific response to their enquiry from a helpline practitioner within three hours.
The new texting service is designed to improve accessibility to the helpline and enable people to act immediately. In its recent report, Ofsted highlighted the importance of listening to adults who try to speak on behalf of the child and who have important information to contribute (The voice of the child: learning lessons from serious case reviews, Ofsted, 2011). The NSPCC helpline is one way in which the NSPCC can listen to members of the public who have concerns.
For further information, please go to www.nspcc.org.uk/helpline or contact help@nspcc.org.uk
Child cruelty in the UK 2011
An NSPCC study into childhood abuse and neglect over the past 30 years (PDF 0.97MB)
ERIC launches new website
ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) has launched a new website to allow health professionals, parents and children to easily access information and support on childhood continence problems.
Continence problems affect 1 in 12 children and young people in the UK and ERIC is the only organisation dedicated to providing information and support. The new website includes updated information for children, young people, parents and health professionals along with easy to navigate headings. The website also features interactive message boards, an online training booking facility and ERIC’s specialist online shop.
For additional information please visit www.eric.org.uk
A whole systems approach to improve the planning and commissioning of services for children and families
The British Association for Community Child Heath (BACCH) has produced a discussion document for consultation. The intention is to try and improve the quality of planning and commissioning, delivery and regulation of services in order to achieve better outcomes for children and families through the adoption of a "family friendly framework".
For more information, please download the framework (PDF 770KB)