Safeguarding
Message from Sure Start Children’s Centres on Halloween Safety
As we are excited and getting ready for Halloween, Sure Start Children’s Centres would like to remind everyone from the young to the young at heart to be mindful and remain safe during this spooktacular time.
Do:
- Only trick or treat in your own neighbourhood unless you are with an adult
- Stay in well lit areas where there are plenty of houses
- Make sure an adult knows the area you plan to visit and what time you’ll be back
- Look out for ‘no callers please’ posters and respect your neighbours
- Keep to pavements and trick or treat on one side of the street before crossing safely to the other side – don’t criss-cross
- Wait to eat any treats until you get home so that an adult can check them
Don’t:
- Don’t cut through back alleys, ginnels or fields, and don’t trick or treat too far from home
- Don’t go alone – take an adult with you or stay in a group
September Update from Jill Webb Training
The period from Easter to Summer has been extremely busy. I have delivered a variety of courses… from Safeguarding to First Aid to Working with Childcare courses, targeted at those people interested in working with children, a bespoke course developed for safeguarding leaders in charities and other courses. The variety of my course offerings is one of the things I really enjoy about my role.
Safeguarding for Designated Leads 26th July
You are invited to this seminar on Tuesday 26th of July between 10am to 12.30pm.
This session, aimed at staff and Trustees of nonprofit organisations who have responsibilities for overseeing safeguarding, is designed to enable you to understand your safeguarding responsibilities and practical things you can put in place to protect children, young people and adults at risk that your organisation works with.
An interactive session, with plenty of time to ask questions, the aim is to empower and reassure those in positions of authority around your responsibilities.Please note this session is IN PERSON
Venue: Resource Centre, Hall Street, Halifax, HX1 5AYTo book your place please email: info@vsialliance.org.uk
Safeguarding Week 20-24th June events
The Safeguarding Children Partnership, Safeguarding Adult Board and Calderdale organisations present Safeguarding Week 2022 to raise awareness about safeguarding children and adults and the importance that safeguarding is everyone’s business.
This virtual Safeguarding Week 2022 Programme provides a varied offer that includes live online learning sessions, live chats, pre-recorded videos, webinars, and podcasts, as well as useful links to research reports and other; all aimed at practitioners, managers, and members of the public.
The majority of the sessions have a Teams or Zoom link included. To attend those sessions please block time out in your own calendar at then on the date log onto the session via the link included.
Where there is a requirement to book onto the sessions an email will be included, please email that person and they will advise next steps.
Sure Start Children’s Centres recruiting now
North Halifax Partnership Sure Start Children’s Centres are excited to be recruiting for qualified and unqualified early years practitioners to work in our Children’s Centres in Calderdale. We have a variety of day/hours are currently available within our day care settings.
NHP Sure Start Children’s Centres have been established in Calderdale since 2014 and now have a contract in place until March 2022. They are committed to supporting communities to provide high quality learning opportunities for children and parents/carers and they are invested in developing a strong passionate staff team that work with partners to ensure the best outcomes.
We are currently recruiting staff for the following posts: –
Early Years Practitioner Plus
This post is designed to attract qualified and experienced practitioners that are passionate about helping children develop to their full potential. This role will have a lead area for the candidate to develop within the centre and within the wider team, such as speech and language, SEN, safeguarding.
Early Years Practitioner
This post is designed to attract newly qualified and unqualified staff, staff returning to childcare following a break and staff wanting to get into this line of work. You will be working with children and their families to support them to develop and have the best start in life.
All of the posts have an attractive annual leave package including a period of closure at Christmas, additional leave for 5 years’ service, staff voucher incentives and 2 training days a year. There are multiple training opportunities and internal career progression routes within the different departments of the organisation.
Current available posts
- Early Years Practitioner Plus – Innovations Children’s Centre – 24 hours
- Early Years Practitioner Plus – Elland Children’s Centre – 25 hours x 2
- Early Years Practitioner – Elland Children’s Centre – 37 hours (Term time only)
- Early Years Practitioner Plus – Wellholme Children’s Centre – 37 hours (Term time only)
- Early Years Practitioner – Ash Green Children’s Centre – 37 hours
Other available posts
- Senior Early Years Practitioner – Kevin Pearce Children’s Centre – 37 hours
- Senior Early Years Practitioner – Innovations – 18.5 hours
- Advanced Administrator – Family Learning – 30 hours
- Advanced Administrator – Innovations Children’s Centre – 37 hours
- Projects Administrator – OMI – 37 hours
- Receptionist/Admin Assistant – Wellholme Children’s Centre – 24 hours
- Site Supervisor – Creations/Illingworth Children’s Centre – 37 hours
- Cleaner – Ash Green – 10 hours
Closing date for these applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 16th February 2022
If you would like to come and see us in action please get in touch, details are on our website: – www.surestartchildrenscentresnhp.org.uk
For an application pack visit our website NHP Work Support Or www.surestartchildrenscentresnhp.org.uk
Please email completed applications to recruitment@nhpltd.org.uk
North Halifax Partnership LTD is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Due to the nature of this post you will be required to undertake a DBS Check.
Safeguarding is Everyone’s Business: June 21-27
(read full article on the Calderdale Council website)
The Safeguarding Children Partnership, Safeguarding Adult Board and Calderdale organisations present Safeguarding Week 2021 to raise awareness about safeguarding children and adults and the importance that safeguarding is everyone’s business.
This virtual Safeguarding Week 2021 Programme provides a varied offer that includes live online learning sessions, live chats, pre-recorded videos, webinars and podcasts, as well as useful links to research reports and other; all aimed at practitioners, managers and members of the public.
The programme has daily themes based on safeguarding priorities for Calderdale:
- Monday: Safeguarding is everyone’s business
- Tuesday: Mental Health, Substance misuse, and Stress of Carers
- Wednesday: Domestic Abuse (with a focus on hidden abuse)
- Thursday: Trauma Informed Practice
- Friday: Online Safety, Exploitation, Scams and Radicalisation
It also includes some good practice examples and positive stories about the changes to services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
If you have any questions about Safeguarding Week 2021, please contact: Sophie Boyles Sophie.Boyles@Calderdale.gov.uk or Sally Fletcher Sally.Fletcher@Calderdale.gov.uk.
Safeguarding is everyone’s business
Safeguarding Week 2016 – 17 to 23 October
Don’t forget next week is Safeguarding Week in Calderdale and there are lots of activities planned for this year, continuing to raise the awareness of the role we all play in protecting vulnerable children and adults.
The launch event is on Monday 17 October at the Woolshops, Halifax from 12.30pm.
Visit the safeguarding website for further information and don’t forget you can tweet a picture of yourself during the week holding the written message ‘safeguarding’s my business’ to show you support #SafeCdale16.
Safeguarding Children & Young People – Training session
Training session which aims to raise awareness of child protection and identify steps to follow when there are concerns.
Wednesday 21 October – 9.30am to 1pm
Wellholme Children’s Centre, Bradford Rd, Brighouse, HD6 4AF
Session objectives are to:
- Be aware of the child protection procedures within your organisation
- Recognise a child who potentially needs safeguarding
- Recognise types and indicators of abuse
- Have an understanding of relevant policy and legislation that underpins safeguarding
Places on the training courses will only be secured on receipt of a £50 returnable deposit per person or the course payment.
Course prices are as follows
- VCS within Calderdale – £30 for first place – £20 for additional places
- VCS outside Calderdale – £80 per place
- Public Bodies – £100 per place
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