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Safeguarding across Faith and Cultural Groups in Barnet : The journey to engagement

Safeguarding across Faith and Cultural Groups in Barnet : The journey to engagement. Barry Rawlings : Safeguarding Advisor, CommUNITY Barnet Helen Elliott: Barnet Safeguarding Children Board Development Manager Esmond Rosen : Regional Development Manager, Jewish Volunteer Network .

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Safeguarding across Faith and Cultural Groups in Barnet : The journey to engagement

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  1. Safeguarding across Faith and Cultural Groups in Barnet : The journey to engagement

  2. Barry Rawlings : Safeguarding Advisor, CommUNITY BarnetHelen Elliott: Barnet Safeguarding Children Board Development ManagerEsmond Rosen : Regional Development Manager, Jewish Volunteer Network

  3. Background and Context • Barnet second largest borough, increasingly diverse • Over one third of population born outside UK, ( 35% primary pupils white UK) • >170 languages spoken • Most religiously diverse in UK • LSCB recognition of need to engage with groups • Mapping existing resources

  4. Emerging themes from Pan London Action Research • Building trust and understanding between communities and statutory sector • Increasing practitioner awareness and understanding • Role of local faith or community leaders • Awareness and educationabout legislation and role of services

  5. Approaches to Developing Partnership • Faithbook • LSCB Faith and Cultural Sub-group • Role of CommUNITY Barnet • Designated Safeguarding Advisor • Monthly safeguarding surgery ‘roadshow model’ to provide advice • Third party reporting re safeguarding concerns • Supplementary Schools • Focus Groups • Joint training • Culturally sensitive approaches • Parenting leads from cultural groups • Strengthening Communities Programme cascaded through parent volunteers • Contribution to fostering recruitment • Joint involvement with Youth Shield ( Young People’s Board)

  6. A perspective from representatives of minority ethnic communities What do you think are the most important safeguarding children issues in your community or faith group?

  7. And professionals …….. What do you feel least confident about when acting to safeguard children/support families from minority ethnic cultures and faiths?

  8. Priorities in going forward • Coherent framework for action • London Guidance • Increase practitioners skill and confidence ( cultural competence)- informed practice • Partnership work/building links with communities • Safeguarding champions? • Culturally sensitive services • Early intervention: How can services be configured to be responsive? • Role of universal services , eg schools • Work with parents • Ensuring voice of children and young people is heard/Peer support • Respectful relationships

  9. Safeguarding Surgeries Proactive communication programme Parenting support seminars Publication of Faithbook Pan-London safeguarding Project Role of LSCB in engaging with communities Demographic changes Increased rate of referral to Barnet’s Children Social Care What we did first Our journey of safeguarding Safeguarding seminar – working with faith communities - aspiration: to identify safeguarding champions …. What we ended up doing

  10. What has been done so far? • 140 CRB checks for faith and cultural groups • 21 + sign ups for on-line child protection training • 2 Child Protection courses delivered to 50 staff and volunteers from a Mosque • A high level of attendance at multi-agency safeguarding courses run in Barnet • Support provided to a minority ethnic family at a strategy meeting • Successful collaboration in response to a safeguarding incident and investigation involving a faith community, Police and Children’s Social Care • Monthly safeguarding advice surgeries, 4 of which have been hosted by faith and cultural groups • Network of safeguarding leads established across the supplementary schools network • 26 facilitators from various ethnic and cultural groups recruited and trained to deliver parenting programmes • Focus groups for statutory and voluntary sector • Over 130 responses to on line survey

  11. Outcomes • Safe environments in community settings that provide services to children and young people, for example, safer recruitment practices • Increased awareness of what counts as a safeguarding concern and what to do in response • Increased awareness of safeguarding resources and uptake of training • Increased uptake of the voluntary sector safeguarding advice service including CRB checks and third party reporting • Enhanced capacity in contributing to preventative and targeted services for example, CAFs, with input from the sector to the team around the child • Increased delivery of parenting programmes to BME communities using practitioners from local communities • Improved safeguarding of children across different faith and cultural groups

  12. Contacts • CommUNITY Barnet : www.communitybarnet.org.uk • BSCB : www.barnet.gov.uk/safeguarding-children-board • Jewish Volunteering Network: www.jvn.org.uk • Faith book: www.thefaithbook.co.uk • Youth Shield (via CommUNITY Barnet) • Barnet supplementary schools: Ertanch.Hidayettin@communitybarnet.org.uk

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