This list below links to external service provider information and guidance related to safeguarding.
Training:
- NSPCC: Introductory e-learning Course – a 3 hour online course designed to give you a clear understanding of how to recognise, report and record concerns and protect the young people you work with (cost £30)
- NSPCC: Trustee Safeguarding Training – a 3 hour online course to help you understand the role of the trustee board and it’s responsibilities around safeguarding (costs £25)
- My Learning Source – FREE Safeguarding training in Southwark
- SCIE – online, in-person and e-learning course options on a range of safeguarding-related topics
Southwark and Pan-London Guidance:
- Southwark Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP)
- Southwark Safeguarding Adults (SSAB)
- Southwark SSAB/SSCP Newsletter – a quarterly newsletter produced by the independent chair of the Southwark Safeguarding Partnership, if you would like to be added to the mailing list please email SSCP@southwark.gov.uk. You can find previous editions on the Safeguarding Southwark website.
- Internet and Online Safety – links to tools, information and services in place to report situations and to make the internet a safer place
- London Safeguarding Children Board: Pan London Child Protection Procedures 2016
- Disclosure & Barring Service: Information about and contact details for Greater London Regional Outreach Advisor
DBS Guidance:
- Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
- DBS Regional Outreach Service – Kiran Rehal is the DBS Regional Outreach Advisor for Greater London. She is available to discuss all matters in relation to DBS, as well as support you and your colleagues in safeguarding and safer recruitment. Kiranpreet.rehal@dbs.gov.uk
- DBS checks for working with children in places of worship: a leaflet explaining eligibility for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks within various faith groups.
General Guidance:
- Government Safeguarding Portal: Guidance on handling safeguarding allegations in a charity and an online tool to help you handle your safeguarding concerns about a charity employee or volunteer
- BOND Safeguarding Resources: a range of high quality sector-specific resources and toolkits on a range of Safeguarding topics
- NCVO:Guidance on writing a safeguarding policy and procedure
- NCVO: Specialist guide on safeguarding
- A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
- Counselling Directory: connecting individuals with qualified counsellors
- The Munro Review of Child Protection: Final Report on A child-centred system by Professor Eileen Munro
- NSPCC: Safeguarding children: What organisations need to do to protect children from harm
- NSPCC: Animation on responding to a child’s disclosure of abuse
- Ann Craft Trust: Types of Harm – a useful video about the 14 categories of abuse that may be experienced by adults
- NSPCC: Podcast on Trustees’ Responsibilities – a helpful, digestible podcast on the role of trustees in safeguarding
- BOND: Good governance for safeguarding: A guide for UK NGO boards
- Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit (Brighton and Hove Council)
