Safeguarding Forum

6th February 2019

Agenda

9.00 Welcome and Introduction

9.05 Sharing Best Practice

Primary Kerry Coe

Secondary Diane Williams

9.50 County Lines Collette Devlin-Smith

10.40 Coffee

10.55 LA Restraint Policy Leanne Chilton, Amanda Spence

11.15 Stockton Update Linda Russell-Bond, Lana Totty

Jemma Nicolle

Safeguarding Primary

Kerry Coe

Headteacher

St John The Baptist CE VA Primary

3 2/7/2019

SECTION 11 AUDIT

Was compulsory and now advised as best

practice

Stockton LCSB/some schools trialled a web

version – very hard to use

Many agencies still use to report in to the

Board

Gives really good overview of what you do in

school

Asks the questions you need to think about!

Initially takes a bit of time to complete – but

then can just be reviewed/updated

Collaborative approach to completion (office,

pastoral, key leaders, Governors, SLT etc)

Standard 1. Senior management commitment to the importance of safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare

The standard the organisation needs to meet The evidence that the standard has been metAny further action needed

to meet the standard

1.1) There is a designated lead with overall responsibility

for safeguarding throughout the organisation.

(Essential requirement)

Name of designated person:

Name of nominated deputy:

Name of designated safeguarding governor:

Name of SENCO

1.2) Staff are made aware of who is the designated lead

for safeguarding within the organisation.

(Essential requirement)

1.3) The designated lead for safeguarding has a job

description which clearly defines their roles and

responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and

promoting the welfare of children and young people;

they receive training and supervision in relation to

this role.

(Essential requirement)

1.4) There is a named lead officer for E-safety.

1.5) Senior managers promote a culture of listening to and

engaging in dialogue with children and young people

both when developing services and when making

individual case decisions.

1.6) When commissioning a service from another

organisation there are clear mechanisms in place to

ensure that they are compliant with s11.

(Essential requirement)

Standard 3. A clear line of accountability within the organisation for work on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

The standard the organisation needs to meet The evidence that the standard has been met

Any further action

needed to meet the

standard

1) The organisation has a clear

accountability framework, which

covers individual, professional and

organisational accountability for

safeguarding children. Staff and

governors are aware of this.

Designated Officers have clear roles and responsibilities in

Job Descriptions and lines of accountability

Key holders understand their responsibility.

All staff aware of lines of communication. Recording sheets

for all staff to use to report a concern about a child to one

of lead professionals.

Staff made aware of all children currently with CP issues

through briefings or CPOMS.

Governors informed of issues through appropriate meetings

and detailed HT governors report.

All staff are safer recruited into the school setting and fully

inducted into the role. Date of induction is recorded within

the SCR.

Medical issues are addressed by appropriately trained staff

Risk assessments are in place for premises, outings and trips

• Ensure job

descriptions

updated as

required

• Safer recruitment

training for new

Governors

1) Staff and volunteers understand their

personal responsibilities and to whom

they are directly accountable with

regards to child welfare, and the level

of accountability they have.

Staff Code of Conduct and other policies (Health and

Safety, Health and Wellbeing, Safeguarding, Social

Networking) are shared annually, either at staff briefings,

staff meetings or through desk top.

Included as part of induction for new staff.

Safeguarding agenda item regularly in staff meetings and

termly governor meetings (including Safeguarding

Committee meetings). Safeguarding question at end of

every Governor meeting.

Safeguarding Bulletins given to staff at least termly.

Job descriptions to clarify the statutory role for all staff in

safeguarding

Signage at front entrance of school showing schools

commitment to safeguarding and those who hold

responsibility.

Simple briefing for all at main school entrance about

safeguarding requirements to keep visitors and whole school

safe. Inclusive of ID check, escorting visitors and visitor

badges.

Safeguarding information leaflet given to all visitors

Safeguarding Briefings

Termly given to ALL staff to keep them up

to date

Include key info from LA/Forum/SCR

Reminders about school policies, links to

resources, keep things such as PREVENT

fresh, extracts from threshold document

etc

Staffroom display

Governors

Designate Governor Role (tasks and

challenge questions)

Half termly/termly safeguarding meetings

as standard to look at training, key issues

impacting school, policies, etc

Safeguarding question at end of every

meeting

Challenge Questions/Tasks Timescale Complete

?

Action/

Comment

Are there are sufficient Designated Teachers

appointed in school to carry out the role effectively?

Annually

Support the Head teacher/designated person in

carrying out their statutory function to safeguard and

promote the welfare of children.

Ongoing

Is school adequately resourced to ensure the

safeguarding role can be effectively managed across

all the dimensions?

Termly

Is the Section 11 self-assessment tool is completed

annually and is the action plan progressed and

reviewed?

Annually

(Summer)

Finally

Review- regularly

Share- with all – staff, governors

Regular reminders to staff (all

groups eg lunchtimes, caretaker)

Safeguarding Secondary

Diane Williams

Deputy Headteacher

Egglescliffe School

12 2/7/2019

Egglescliffe School – Dianne Williams

• Cause for concern forms redesigned to include initial actions. Uploaded straight onto CPOMS

• Feedback to staff putting in Cause for concern forms within 48 hours

• CPOMS is used to identify trends regarding safeguarding and well being issues. Used to record information about vulnerable students, bullying and online safety issues (and meetings with parents)

• Safeguarding notice board in staff room has relevant literature, posters, forms

• Safeguarding information is shared, where appropriate, on a weekly pastoral bulletin sent securely to all staff

• Termly safeguarding report for governors includes information on CP, CiN, CIOC, as well as bullying report and alternative provision report.

• Pastoral governor challenge meeting held annually

• All staff have had attachment training and a pastoral system that includes 5 x Heads of House, 6th Form director (and team) 3 x learning mentors and in house counsellor means listening to the voice of the child is embedded. Key staff have MHFA training.

• Safespace reporting for bullying or other concerns for pupils

• Safeguarding training session are presented by DSL to all new staff. There are shorter sessions for support staff and 6th formers working with younger pupils

• Safeguarding section on website includes DSL and DDSL names. Information on the Children’s Hub, various online safety sites, Operation Encompass information.

• The website also has tab linking to the PSHE programme showing content studied in each year group

• Latest S11

• Identified the 6 roles key people involved in safeguarding at school

• The policies which are trust based and those which are school based

• S11 has identified the needs for improved and update online safety training for staff

• The need to write a 3Is document in light of Ofsted framework

County Lines

Collette Devlin-Smith

17 2/7/2019

COLLETTE DEVLIN-SMITH

Child Criminal Exploitation In Relation To County Lines

Child Criminal Exploitation….• Criminal Exploitation involves exploitative situations, contexts and

relationships where young people (or a third person or persons) receive ‘something’ (e.g. food, accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, affection, gifts, money) as a result of them completing a task on behalf of another individual or group of individuals; this is often of a criminal nature. Child criminal exploitation often occurs without the child’s immediate recognition, with the child believing that they are in control of the situation. In all cases, those exploiting the child/young person have power over them by virtue of their age, gender, intellect, physical strength and/or economic or other resources. Violence, coercion and intimidation are common, involvement in exploitative relationships being characterised in the main by the child or young person’s limited availability of choice resulting from their social/economic and/or emotional vulnerability.

(gov.uk)

County Lines Definition…..

• County lines is the term used to describe gangs and organised crime

networks involved in exporting illegal drugs into one or more

importing areas (within the U.K), using dedicated mobile phone lines

or other form of “deal line”. They are likely to exploit children and

vulnerable adults to move (and store) the drugs and money and they

will often use coercion. Intimidation, violence (including sexual

violence) and weapons.

The Phone Line….

• Cheap disposable phones

• Sim card can be worth up 50k

• The loss or confiscation of phone can lead to debt bondage and

punishment

Context

• Children, usually boys, are regularly trafficked out of urban cities along

‘county lines’, to rural areas for the purpose of criminal exploitation

• The children will be sent to ‘trap’ houses, or ‘bandos where they will be

made to sell drugs for anything from a few days to a few weeks.

• Conditions in the locations are often grim, often belonging to vulnerable

adults and drug users.

• Children are given targets for selling, punished if targets are not met, a

phone with drug users/dealers numbers on, and often given weapons to

protect themselves

• The OCGs will target SEN or PRU schools as the children are particularly

vulnerable

Cuckooing….

• gangs form a secure base in the homes of vulnerable

• Food banks, Needle exchanges, drug and alcohol day centres, can be

targeted.

• most commonly by exploiting local drug users. This is achieved either

by paying them in drugs, by building up a drug debt

• by using threats and/or violence in order to coerce them

• Gang members have entered into relationships with vulnerable

females in order to use their properties.

Trafficking for the purpose of County Lines …..

• Trains

• Buses

• Hire cars

• Chauffeured

• Taxis

• Travelling community

• It is illegal for any person to be trafficked for the purpose of exploitation

Day Tripping……

•Avoid young people being reported missing.

•Young person being sent to deliver drugs to a young person in the targeted area.

•Young person from target area travelling to distribution city, collecting drugs and travelling straight back to distribute the drugs.

•Newcastle to London 3 hours on a train. E tickets

CSE Risks linked with County Lines - Videos being circulated of gang members beaten, naked, crying, in order to shame

them.

- Youngers being raped orally or anally by one older or multiple gang members, as

punishment or initiation.

- Young People witnessing adults having sex in the traphouses

- Young Males being forced to carry drugs in their anus and Females in their vagina

- Young People being stripped naked to prove they are not hiding drugs or money on

them

- Older adult females ‘using’ younger males to gain status within the gang

- BREAKING…….. One Stop Shop…… Girls being trafficked along county lines in the same

way drugs are.

Who is vulnerable to County Lines?

• Children and Young People as young as 12, 15-16 the most

common age.

• White British Young people targeted, as seen as easier to evade

police detection.

• Both Males and Females.

• Young people attending PRU schools.

• Looked After Children.

• Young people already involved in criminal behaviour.

• Young people involved with drugs.

• Poverty

• BEING A YOUNG PERSON!!!!

Grooming, Grime and Drill

• Money

• Gifts

• Brotherhood/Sisterhood – Belonging

• Fear

• Acceptance

• Self grooming

• You tube/social media platform videos

Risks to Young People involved in County Lines

• The level of violence involved.

• Fear

• Debt bondage

• CSE Risks

• Emotional and psychological trauma

• Neglect

• Poor education attendance

• Poor long term outcomes

• Death

Signs and Indicators

• Missing• Possession of drugs or weapons. • Unexplained amounts of money• Change in behaviour• Unexplained absences from, or not engaged in school/ college/ training/ work• Increased interest in making money• Reports being taken to parties, people’s houses, unknown areas, hotels, nightclubs,

takeaways or out of area by unknown adult• Fear of reprisal from ‘gang’ members or violence from young people or adults• Disclosure of/idenitified sexual/ physical assault• New…… treated really well to avoid detection.• Entering or leaving vehicles cars with unknown adults• Self-harm or significant changes in emotional well-being• New peer groups and/or relationships • Repeated STI’s and/or pregnancy

In the same way as Child Sexual Exploitation….

• These young People may not see themselves as victims!!!

• Nobody can consent to their own Trafficking and Criminal Exploitation!!!

The North East Perspective….• Criminal Exploitation of children is not just an issue for London. It is

happening right now across the U.K

• North East???? Problem??? Scale???? Have we yet lifted the rock?? Import of drugs??? Smaller lines???

• Other forms of criminal exploitation: children are being used to sell drugs in other areas (which do not fit the current county lines definition), store weapons and drugs, financially exploited, Shoplifting, Street begging

• Improving the intelligence picture is really important.

• Police Forces, social care and other agencies to be aware and look at their approaches to dealing with the issue of criminal exploitation.

What do I do if I suspect a child is being criminally exploited?

• Report to police for them to investigate the offences committed

(i.e Modern Slavery and trafficking offences)

• A referral made to Children’s Social Care- trafficking and

exploitation constitute significant harm and Child Protection

processes need to be followed.

• A referral must be made to the National Referral Mechanism

(NRM), recognising the child as a victim

• Information/intelligence is shared with the police

Good Practice…• Information sharing arrangements between the police, local authorities and

voluntary sector

• Ensure all children who go missing receive a Return Home Interview and

information/intelligence is shared with the police

• Multi-agency risk panel, rather than siloed vulnerabilities e.g. CSE, trafficking,

criminal exploitation

• Mapping of risks and young people

• All staff in the local authority recognising these children as victims and

referring them to the National Referral Mechanism

Northumbria Police Mentoring Programme

• This is a Home Office funded programme

• Police led programme with local authority (Newcastle City Council/Safe Newcastle), other statutory and non-statutory partners and organisations across Newcastle to Divert children and Young people away from Serious and Organised Crime.

• Over 50 individuals involved from 35+ organisations and growing.

• 5 full day sessions arranged to network and map the problems areas/individuals.

• Mentoring training day arranged for the organisations who apply for mentoring grants and those who wish to attend anyway.

• An identified cohort will be approached with familial links to Organised Crime Groups (OCG).

• The approach will be made by those organisations who are most appropriate, who may be working with them or have knowledge of the individual/family.

Northumbria Police Schools Voice

• The schools voice - We have 3 nominated schools – Gosforth Junior High, Excelsior and Riverside Academies (North/East and West covered).

• An electronic schools survey is up and running asking children 11-13 years old about various aspects of their school/community – perceptions based.

• The data will be collected and analysed before the Enthusiasm Trust attend 2 of the schools to conduct workshops and focus groups to discuss what they think is happening around the community.

• I.e carrying weapons, drugs, asked to carry an item to hand to someone etc40 + questions.

• The whole programme is being externally evaluated which has been stipulated by the Home Office

Policies and Change

• Serious Violence Strategy 2018

www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-violence-strategy

• National County Lines Co-Ordination Centre (North East Coordinator

DI Kirsten Dent, NERSOU)

• New Missing Person Register

• National Referral Mechanism

Contacts

• Crimestoppers – 0800 555 111

• Crimestopper Fearless – Fearless.org

• Safe Call – 116 000

• Force intelligence mailbox –forceintelligence@Northumbria.pnn.police.uk

Coffee

40 2/7/2019

LA Restraint Policy

Leanne Chilton and Amanda Spence

41 2/7/2019

Use of Reasonable

Force

Guidance for Use of Reasonable Force in Schools and Settings

The purpose of the guidance is to set out Stockton-on-

Tees Local Authority policy on the use of reasonable

force in schools and settings for children and young

people and is endorsed by SLSCB.

This policy is intended to inform how all

schools/academies should respond to children

displaying challenging behaviour, and how they should

record and report incidents to the Local Authority.

Guidance for Use of Reasonable Force in Schools and

Settings

This guidance aims to support schools/academies

develop plans in order to reduce the use of restraint; and

to promote and safeguard the children and young people

in their care by providing a framework to work within.

CONTENTS

1. Definition

2. Legal context

3. Guidance

4. Reporting, recording and monitoring

5. Complaints

Records need to include the following:

Records need to include the following:

• Name of School/Academy

• Name of Pupil/Date of Birth/Year Group

• CYPIOC/CIN/CP/EHA/SEN status

• Name of person using restraint/Designation

• Names of any people present

• Date/Time/Location

• Details of behaviour leading to the restraint

• Preventative methods used

• Why the restraint was used

• A description of the restraint

• How effective the restraint was

• Any injuries

• External agencies informed e.g. The LADO/social worker

• Must be signed by Head Teacher/Principal

Schools should ensure that their Use of Reasonable

Force Policy is aligned to the following:

• Safeguarding policy

• Behaviour Policy

• Anti-Bullying Policy

• SEN Policy

• Educational Visits Policy

• Complaints Policy

Amanda Spence

Education Development Adviser

(Inclusion and Development)

amanda.spence@stockton.gov.uk

Updates

Linda Russell-Bond

Lana Totty

Jemma Nicolle

48 2/7/2019

CHUB Update6th February 2019

Jemma Nicolle

Designated Education Officer

The Children’s Hub

What do we do?

• Triage, assess and progress (where appropriate) actions for those children not currently open to Social Care

• We only hold cases fro 24 hours

• We have no involvement in CP or CIN cases

New Contact / Referral

Filtered by Children’s

Hub Officer

Reviewed and given initial RAG

rating by TM

Multi – Agency information sharing, discussion and decision making

Re- RAG rated and TM signs off final decision

No further action

Refer to another agency

Refer for an Early Help

Assessment

Refer for Social Work assessment

Strategy Meeting

SAFER

• The SAFER is a Tees-wide approved referral form

• Download the latest version at http://www.teescpp.org.uk/

• Click on the green button – Situation

– Assessment

– Family

– Expected Response

– Recording

A good SAFER will:

– Be as complete as possible- gather basic information about family

– Have consent wherever possible– Be factual, clear and concise– Be objective and relevant– Document the voice of the child and the lived experience– Use bullet points to break up the information if needed– Consult the ‘threshold’ document and state what level it meets

and why you feel that– Clearly state what your safeguarding concerns are– Clearly state why you feel social care intervention is necessary

A poor SAFER will:

– Avoid consent – Doesn’t provide the basic info we need to process it

quickly– Make general statements, not provide enough

information, be repetitive and document historic concerns

– Be judgemental without using the individuals own professional judgement

– Submitted late in the day– Not consulted the threshold document

DEO consultation

• Thank you for taking the time to respond

• Action plan formulated based on feedback

You said...

YOU SAID... ACTION PLAN...Improve communication around next steps, contact details of people

taking cases forward

Outcome letters go out to all referrers

DEO can be contacted for an update on a case including who the

allocated Social Worker for the case is

Exemplar referrals to be shared for training purposes DEO to collate examples of SAFERs (good and bad) to share at

safeguarding forums and other relevant meetings

Telephone system and time it takes to answer calls New phone system in place

GDPR statement is a legal requirement

36 seconds for the legal statement and options list to be delivered

Software in place to tell us how many calls are dropped, how people

are waiting etc

Availability for advice after 4.30pm DEO to confirm with all DSLs process up to and after 5pm (EDT)

Clarity of timescales and triage process DEO to confirm to DSLs

DEO to clarify where the CHub’s role starts and ends

Emailing referral outcome decisions Doable if a secure email address exists

Confusion over the DEO role Some schools are mixing the role up with other aspects of social care

DEO to confirm with DSLs the purpose of the role

YOU SAID... ACTION PLAN...Support with completion of paperwork New SAFER in place – much easier to complete

Concern that CHub asks for consent CHub must have consent for EH and CiN level cases

CP cases, consent can be dispensed with

DEO to advise DSLs

Provide feedback why a referral does not meet threshold DEO does this or SW does this in all cases where school was the

referrer

Termly ‘supervision’ of cases; provide supervision to DSLs DEO and Head of Service to discuss at management meetings

Training on how to complete a referral (particularly for those that

rarely have to do it)

Head of Service and DEO can do this

Feedback on referrals where school was not the referrer CHub does not provide outcome information to anyone other than

referrer however DEO can be asked to provide details of who

allocated worker is etc

Have a ‘check in’ meeting where schools who have high numbers of

cases can discuss

Head of SAS Service to consider

Opportunity to look at common themes and services available to

support

Head of Service to discuss at management meeting

YOU SAID... ACTION PLAN...Lack of communication even though school has shared lots of

information with CHub

DEO to feedback where school is the referrer

Joint staff training and support for the DSL Head of Service to discuss at management meeting

Not getting updated by SW after Strategy meeting agrees a S47 Head of SAS to consider

Support with model policies Discuss at management meeting

How do I submit my referral?Who can I speak to for advice?

• Call us: 01429 284284 or 01642 130080

• Email us: childrenshub@hartlepool.gcsx.gov.uk

• Visit us: Civic Centre, Hartlepool.

Linda Russell-Bond

66 2/7/2019

VEMT

• Vulnerable, Exploited, Missing and Trafficked

• Added Criminal Exploitation

• CSE culture change / Criminal Exploitation – how does

your Behaviour Policy reflect this.

• Currently reviewing practice – group, procedures and

paperwork/ E CINs

• Professional challenge.

• Presentations at VPG this afternoon – brief sent out – 19

young people on current list, 13 new referrals

Virtual School

• VSH- new appointment

• DT Meeting next Wednesday 3pm at EDC

• Safeguarding vulnerable groups, especially

CYPIOC with Developmental Trauma.

• Seeking Attention by any means

• Video for reflection – Janine’s story

• Developing an Attachment Aware Behaviour

Regulation Policy: Guidance for Brighton & Hove

schools September 2018.

LSCB Training

Hartlepool & Stockton courses available on

SBC website (www.stockton.gov.uk);

• Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness: 9.30

– 4.30 13th Feb 2019, Stockton;

• Communicating with Children: 9.30 - 4.30

21st March 2019, Stockton;

Training (cont)

• Domestic Abuse – Impact on the Child;

9.30 – 4.30, 5th March 2019, Stockton;

• Neglect of Children & Young People;

9.30 – 4.30, 28th February, Stockton;

• Working with Parental Substance Misuse

9.30 – 4.30,13th March, Hartlepool

LSCB Bulletin

• Monthly via e mail;

• Contains updates and links to partner

agency websites, campaigns etc;

• Please share with relevant personnel.

The next Safeguarding forum will be held on 2.7.19 at

Crathorne Hall

Safeguarding documents can be found using this link

https://www.stockton.gov.uk/children-and-young-

people/information-and-training-for-schools-and-childcare-

providers/safeguarding-information-for-schools