Those working with young people of all ages (0-18 years)

BULLYING BOLT ON

WHO IS THIS BOLT-ON

FOR?

Those working with young people of all ages (0-18 years)

WHO IS THIS BOLT-ON

FOR?


WHO IS THIS BOLT-ON

FOR?

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS BOLT-ON?


To explore basic issues around Bullying, to think about it in our local

context and consider methods for dealing with it.

WHO IS THIS BOLT-ON

FOR?

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS BOLT-ON?

BY THE END OF THIS SESSION YOU WILL HAVE…


Clarified what is meant by bullying



Knowledge of how to look for some of the signs of bullying



Knowledge of how to look for some of the signs of bullyingConsidered the experiences of this in our local context



Knowledge of how to look for some of the signs of bullyingConsidered the experiences of this in our local contextCreated a unified approach for dealing with bullying in our corps/church, in line with The Salvation Army’s Safeguarding procedures

THE SALVATION ARMY’S STATEMENT OF INTENT

THE SALVATION ARMY’S STATEMENT OF INTENT

We are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all of our children and leaders so they can

develop in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. Bullying of any kind

(including cyberbullying) is unacceptable in our corps fellowship. If bullying does

occur, all children and leaders should be able to tell about it and know that

incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively. This means that anyone who

knows that bullying is happening is expected to tell a children’s worker.

WHAT IS BULLYING?

WHAT IS BULLYING?

THE SALVATION ARMY’S POLICY STATEMENT:

WHAT IS BULLYING?

Bullying is the use of aggression with the intention of hurting another person.

Children can bully each other, be bullied by adults and can sometimes

bully adults. Any form of bullying results in pain and distress to the

victim.

THE SALVATION ARMY’S POLICY STATEMENT:

FORMS OF BULLYING

FORMS OF BULLYINGHOW MANY FORMS OF BULLYING

CAN YOU THINK OF?

FORMS OF BULLYINGHOW MANY FORMS OF BULLYING

CAN YOU THINK OF?Emotional

PhysicalSexualRacialHomophobicVerbal

Unofficial activities

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO RESPOND TO BULLYING

Bullying hurts


Bullying hurts

Young person being bullied needs protection


Bullying hurts

Young person being bullied needs protectionYoung person bullying needs help


Bullying hurts

Young person being bullied needs protectionYoung person bullying needs helpSafe space can be created


Bullying hurts


It helps to create a culture of peer accountability


Bullying hurts


It helps to create a culture of peer accountability

Only in a safe place can young people develop and express themselves fully and confidently


SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMSo Be frightened of walking to and from school.o Change their usual route.o Not want you to go on the school bus.o Beg you to drive them to school.o Be unwilling to go to school (or be 'school

phobic').o Feel ill in the mornings.o Begin truanting.o Begin doing poorly in their school work.o Come home regularly with clothes or books

destroyed.o Come home starving (bully taking dinner

money).o Become withdrawn, start stammering, lack

confidence.o Become distressed and anxious, stop eating.o Attempt or threaten suicide.o Cry themselves to sleep, have nightmares.o Have their possessions go missing.o Ask for money or start stealing (to pay the

bully).o Continually 'lose' their pocket money.o Refuse to talk about what's wrong.o Have unexplained bruises, cuts, scratches.o Begin to bully other young people, siblings.o Become aggressive and unreasonable.o Give improbable excuses for any of the

above.

KIDSCAPE:

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMSo Be frightened of walking to and from school.o Change their usual route.o Not want you to go on the school bus.o Beg you to drive them to school.o Be unwilling to go to school (or be 'school

phobic').o Feel ill in the mornings.o Begin truanting.o Begin doing poorly in their school work.o Come home regularly with clothes or books

destroyed.o Come home starving (bully taking dinner

money).o Become withdrawn, start stammering, lack

confidence.o Become distressed and anxious, stop eating.o Attempt or threaten suicide.o Cry themselves to sleep, have nightmares.o Have their possessions go missing.o Ask for money or start stealing (to pay the

bully).o Continually 'lose' their pocket money.o Refuse to talk about what's wrong.o Have unexplained bruises, cuts, scratches.o Begin to bully other young people, siblings.o Become aggressive and unreasonable.o Give improbable excuses for any of the

above.

KIDSCAPE:OTHERS THAT MAY BE MORE SPECIFIC

TO OUR WORK:o Young person may

not want to sit in the same place as they always have at Club/Sunday school

o Young person may always want to sit out of a certain activity (i.e. sports or craft – perhaps because they have been teased or bullied about it!)

o Young person may not want to come into the programme and cling on to parent(s)

PREVENTION

PREVENTIONSome ways that you can prevent bullying:

PREVENTIONSome ways that you can prevent bullying:Writing a set of group rules


Reinforcing the rules


Behaviour contractsReinforcing the rules


Behaviour contractsSessions/discussions about bullying





All workers to be aware of ‘Hot Spots’


It is important that young people are included as much as possible in bullying

prevention

Writing a set of group rules





It is important that young people are included as much as possible in bullying

prevention

Writing a set of group rules




Are there any things here that you are already doing or could develop in your

ministry and programmes?

DEALING WITH BULLYING

DEALING WITH BULLYINGRead through the Procedures and Outcomes:


Who would be the actual people/leaders involved in this?



Are there any changes that you think need to be made for your setting?



Are there any changes that you think need to be made for your setting?

Are there any additional potential issues/concerns/ things to be aware of ?

REFLECTION

REFLECTION

Spend a couple of moments thinking back over the

session…

REFLECTION

Spend a couple of moments thinking back over the

session…You may find it helpful to fill in the reflection sheet – this isn’t to feedback on the session, it’s for you to think about how your

personal and team ministry and practise can be better after

this session

FEEDBACK

We’d love your feedback!

Please fill in the form and let us know what you found helpful and what you didn’t find helpful. Your

facilitator can give you an electronic version that you can email back to us if you prefer.

BULLYING BOLT ON

BULLYING THERMOMETER


Think of different types of bullying and write them on separate small sheets of

paper


Think of different types of bullying and write them on separate small sheets of

paper

Swap yours with another group and put them in order of ‘coolest’ (least harmful) to

‘hottest’ (most harmful)

WHY WE BULLY ROLE PLAYS


Pick one of the why we bully cards



Your group has 2 mins to come up with a short sketch to

demonstrate a bully in those circumstances



Your group has 2 mins to come up with a short sketch to

demonstrate a bully in those circumstances

The other groups have to try to guess the reason behind the

bullying behaviour

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