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Safeguarding Children Board Learning Event - Leicester, Oct 27, 2016

Attend a learning event on safeguarding children with insightful presentations and discussions on best practices, assessment, neglect, and child-centered approaches.

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Safeguarding Children Board Learning Event - Leicester, Oct 27, 2016

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  1. Leicester Leicestershire & Rutland Safeguarding Children Board Learning Event27th October 2016 – Leicestershire Police Headquarters.Learning From Reviews, Thresholds, AlterEgo Theatre presentation

  2. Welcome. • Introductions • Housekeeping (including mobile phones) • Context & agenda for the session • Evaluation forms & certificates

  3. Learning from Reviews Adrian Spanswick (Chair) LSCB Serious Incident Review Group Leicester City Helen Pearson Board Officer Leicestershire and Rutland LSCB and SAB

  4. Thematic messages • Thematic areas for learning & practice identified from a number of local and national reviews. The themes support recommendations in relation to best practice in the application of knowledge and skills • LLR LSCB approach for sharing the learning from reviews: • Bespoke targeted sessions • Core ‘best practice messages’ • Articles in Safeguarding Matters and single agency bulletins • Briefing papers • Cascading through the Trainers Network influencing Single and Multi –Agency Training

  5. ‘Short cuts make long delays’ Pippin (The Fellowship of the Ring)

  6. Themes for learning: • Compliance with Policy & Procedures • Management oversight, supervision and decision making • Assessment & Core Skills in safeguarding practice (relevance of Neglect, Drug Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Pre-birth assessments and safeguarding babies) • ‘Voice of the child’ / lived experience being recognised and represented Short term/long term • Child centred approach to parental non-engagement

  7. What elements of this description do you recognise in practice? • Child protection work involves working with uncertainty: we cannot know for sure what is going on in families; we cannot be sure that improvements in family circumstances will last. • For some following the rules and being compliant can appear less risky than carrying the personal responsibility for exercising judgement? • Is there a reluctance to make negative professional judgements about a parent? How does this impact on our views in our efforts to think the best of families.

  8. Staying Child Focused ‘a child is a person not an object of concern’ Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, (Cleveland Report, 1988)

  9. Authoritative Child Protection • ‘Child protection cases do not always come labelled as such’ (Laming, 2003, p.365) • Developing models and cultures of working that mitigate the complexity and ambiguity: • Authority • Empathy • Humility • Providing effective supervision and support.

  10. Better Conversations • At point of referral • With Child • With parents/carers/family • With child's informal network • With formal professional networks • Improves Assessment • Disguised Compliance / Rule of Optimism • Planning

  11. Things We Hear • That’s not what I meant • I thought that’s what the police do • It’s not my role • I didn't understand • You don’t understand • Nobody asked me • He may not be able to speak but his behaviour spoke volumes • Yes I totally agree?? • F….. Off

  12. Supporting Best Practice • Assessment Framework – Tools • Chronologies • Signs of Safety – Scaling- Words into Action • Neglect Tool Kit • Genograms • Supervision – Formal, informal, peer ( 25 things to consider) • Policy and Procedures – Legislation and Professional Standards • Competency Framework

  13. Tool Bag What have you got in your tool bag that is: Agrees level of risk Free Adaptable Provides Evidence Accessible Child Focused Identifies Networks Helps in times of struggle

  14. Feedback please….. 2 Examples of Current Practice 1 Example of What Helps 1 Example of What would help Please write down all your examples so we can share via website - We don’t want to miss anything

  15. Further Resources Research in Practice SCR Mini-site: • Introductory films • PowerPoint with audio on systems methodology • Practice briefings and video introductions • Links to other resources on SCR’s • http://seriouscasereviews.rip.org.uk/

  16. LLR Thresholds Jackie Difolco Head of Service: Targeted Early Help Leicester City Council Thursday 27th October, 2016

  17. Background • LLR Heads of Service network for Early Help • Rationale for change

  18. Background • LLR Task and Finish: Sub group of LSCB LLR Procedures Group • Neglect Survey: Thresholds Awareness 38.9% - YES 58% - NO Of those that said yes, do you use it? 75.3% - NO

  19. What's the change…….. FormerCurrent • Universal • Targeted • Early Help/CAF • Specialist • Universal • Early Help • Specialist

  20. Current Thresholds http://llrscb.proceduresonline.com/index.htm

  21. Example Severity and Occurrence

  22. What’s the difference? “So much clearer and easier for identification” “It really has reduced confusion” “I use mine as a screening tool alongside the neglect toolkit to evidence need and impact” “Our whole team have them on their desktop and printed out laminated which we use all the time” “No more grey area”

  23. ‘Going to extremes’ AlterEgo Creative Solutions

  24. Evaluation forms & Certificates Leicestershire & Rutland Procedures: http://llrscb.proceduresonline.com/index.htm Leicestershire & Rutland: http://lrsb.org.uk/ Leicester City: http://www.lcitylscb.org/

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