STAY HEALTHY STAY SAFE ENJOY/ACHIEVE MAKE A POSITIVE ACHIEVE

1. STAY HEALTHY STAY SAFE ENJOY/ACHIEVE MAKE A POSITIVE ACHIEVE CONTRIBUTION ECONOMIC WELLBEING jonathan peel sgs 2013

2. What is ECM? • Introduced in 2003 after the Victoria Climbie case • Renewed impetus following “Baby P”. • Government policy to “ensure” safety and more. • SHEEP mnemonic • Current focus is on “SAFEGUARDING” • ECM is under review. Changes will happen again. • And again… • Daniel Pelka 2014 jonathan peel sgs 2013

3. Before 2003 • No link between any agency dealing with children • No joined up thinking • Little access for professional practitioners to the world of academe • No consistent route for teachers to follow to gain safety for vulnerable children. jonathan peel sgs 2013

4. Today • Multi agency meetings on a regular basis to oversee the safety of vulnerable children • Professionals in-school to assist with ILPs and general safety – often in SEN departments • Regular contact between educators, medics, religious groups, police to try to ensure that no child falls through gaps in the system. jonathan peel sgs 2013

5. As teachers: • Trainees and NQTs are not expected to save the world. • We are all, however, responsible adults… • There should be a path to follow… if in doubt, pass it along. jonathan peel sgs 2013

6. Pass it along… • Every school has a child protection officer. Know who it is. They have ultimate responsibility for child safety in the school. This my also be known as a Designated Senior Person. • Otherwise a chain exists: HOY>SENCO> CPO. • If in doubt, mention your concern. • Help might be only an email away. jonathan peel sgs 2013

7. What am I looking for? • Signs of neglect – dirty, tired, hungry, disorganised – sounds like a typical teenager… • Signs of abuse – bruising, repetitive injury (often noticed by PE teachers who may receive more information than other teachers for this reason) • Signs in response to tasks… jonathan peel sgs 2013

8. Tasks… • As an English teacher, I often undertake a biographical task in KS4 • Trust is a remarkable thing • Each year I might mention one or two of these to SENCO or HOY. ( a teenage girl this year who wrote about her apparent drug usage did not ring bells with them– the power of television maybe?). jonathan peel sgs 2013

9. Look at the sheets on your table… • In groups, read the sheets on your tables and consider the implications of each. I will ask a few tables to share their thoughts… jonathan peel sgs 2013

10. I love my mum but I don’t love her illness. I love my dad, the one who reads to me; I don’t love the dad who beats my mum up. My mum is a masseur. She sends me to the shops when she has a client. The night my dad was arrested… Date-rape creative writing – I had a case relating to this area in a recent GCSE CA activity. Pregnancy Song lyrics about the darkness and shame of abuse Suicide – parental and student risk Is it ok for someone to…? Look out for unusual questions in PSHCE, form time, written work, Sex Education… jonathan peel sgs 2013

11. POEMS… • Not only English, but can be used in PSHE or citizenship • I use Jackie Kay in Yr 7 • Scottish/Nigerian woman, adopted at birth. • Often writes about identity and the bullying she suffered a as child in Glasgow in the 1960s. • Responses can be telling: jonathan peel sgs 2013

12. IF IN DOUBT, • PASS IT ALONG. • Get to know the procedure at your school. As a trainee you should pass on anything of which you are uncertain, even if this is only as far as your mentor. jonathan peel sgs 2013

13. DUNCAN GETS EXPELLED Jackie Kay jonathan peel sgs 2013

14. 5 minutes in tables… • What images strike you in this poem? • What responses might you expect from an average class of 11-12 year olds? • How might you use this to provoke discussion? • FEEDBACK. jonathan peel sgs 2013

15. What do you do with information? • NEVER suggest that you will listen in total confidence • ALWAYS be prepared to pass information upwards • Another example: • A girl in yr 13 – dirty, disorganised… eventually discovered to be living alone and not coping. Washing at school in the basins, barely eating enough… If we don’t act, the alternative is not worth considering. jonathan peel sgs 2013