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Safeguarding Children Online. e-Safety Awareness and Kent’s Journey Rebecca Avery – E-Safety Officer, Kent County Council. Why are we here?. Click here to show video. What is e-Safety?. E-Safety is concerned with safeguarding children and young people in the digital world
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Safeguarding Children Online e-Safety Awareness and Kent’s Journey Rebecca Avery – E-Safety Officer, Kent County Council
Why are we here? Click here to show video
What is e-Safety? E-Safety is concerned with safeguarding children and young people in the digital world E-safety is not about restricting children, but educating them about the risks as well as the benefits so they can feel confident and happy online It is about being educated ourselves to be able to support and help young people Digital Divide = “Digital Natives” vs “Digital Immigrants”
How much do you know? What is IM? What does ‘F2F’mean? What does “ASL” mean? How old should you be to have a bebo account? What does “POS” mean? Can it be a criminal offence to send someone a threatening message? 1 in ? children have met someone face to face that they met online?
How do we use the internet? Benefits Access to Global information Educational Resources Entertainment, games and fun! Communication with friends/family User generated content production Personal/Social/Health advice Networking and friendships: Sense of Community Privacy for expression of Identity Accessible Develops Key skills: Communication Collaboration Risks Content Contact Conduct
Experiences of Children and Young People • 80% of 5-16 year olds have internet access at home: • 50% have broadband • 93% have a PC at home – one-third have their own PC • 80% have their own TV – and 70% have their own DVD player • Almost 60% have their own MP3 player • Two-thirds own a mobile phone
Cyberbullying What is Cyberbullying? "Cyberbullying" is the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) particularly mobile phones and the internet, to deliberately upset someone. DCFS 2007 What makes Cyberbullying different? Impact Location Anonymity Target and Perpetrators Motivation Evidence
Kent’s Context • One of the largest Local Authorities in the UK • Population of 327,000 children and young people • Mix of rural and urban areas, affluence and deprivation • 603 educational establishments including 33 Grammar Schools
Mark Bedford • Mark Bedford, aka Supalover666, aged 21 from Ontario, Canada • Canadian police inquiry involving Kent Police which began after the computers of 42 girls aged between 9 and 14 were hacked into • Subsequently sentenced for 3 years imprisonment Who’s this?
E-Safety in Kent • e-Safety Strategy group • e-Safety Officer • e-Safety Conferences
Piloted CEOP education programme “Thinkuknow” for children and young people in 2006 Rolled out to: All 105 Secondary Schools Youth Workers – repeat this year All Kent Police Safer Schools Partnership Coordinators Kent Libraries Families Services Team TUK training is on the Kent Safeguarding Children Board Training Calendar Primary Training being developed by Advisory Service and e-Safety Officer Kent and CEOP
Parental Awareness • Staff Training to those who support parents across agencies • Training to Foster Carers • Schools • Parents evenings by e-Safety officer • working with young people to present to parents • Encouraging schools to tie in with other events • Delivery to offices and workplaces • Leaflets
Joint working with Kent Police • Kent Police Posters • Joint Training • “Be Safe e-Safe” DVD
“ Everything that's already in the world when you're born is just normal… Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it… Anything that gets invented after you're thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it until it's been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really” Douglas Adams
What can we do? • Schools could: • Have an e-Safety Policy and a designated e-Safety Officer/coordinator • Teach e-Safety across the curriculum – ICT, PSHE, English, History etc and as an ongoing topic from KS1 onwards • Involve and engage with the home where possible! • Have AUP/Code of Conduct to protect staff and pupils • Educate all staff and ensure they are aware of policies and procedures and update annually • Consider what support there is for staff in the event of a disclosure (e-Safety and Cyberbullying) and ensure there is a clear reporting mechanism/flowchart • Be aware: • e-Safety is a safeguarding, not technology issue • Safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility • “Protecting children whilst they are in our care and educating them for when they are not”
Useful Resources www.thinkuknow.co.uk Hector’s World – 5 – 7 CyberCafe – 8 – 10 ThinkuKnow – 11-16 Parent/Carer Teacher/Trainer
www.digizen.org/cyberbullying Lets fight it together & Classroom materials Interactive game Laugh at it, you’re part of it guidance for dealing with Cyberbullying for Schools: Safe to learn Full Guidance Summary Supporting School Staff
Kent Resources • www.kent.police.uk/internetsafety • www.kenttrustweb.org.uk?esafety • www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/ict/safety • www.kscb.org.uk
Thank you and questionsRebecca Avery esafetyofficer@kent.gov.uk
