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Safeguarding children across faith & cultural groups
London Safeguarding Children Board 3rd April 2012
The Sutton ExperienceJulie Duffy, Faith & Cultural Groups Project Worker, SCVS
Toni Walsh. Development Team Manager, SCVS
Mapping and strengthening engagement with local faith, cultural, community groups and supplementary schools
a) To promote partnership between statutory & voluntary sectors and strengthen safeguarding capacity.
b) To identify and make contact with those that are not linked into advice and training from the local voluntary sector umbrella organisation - SCVS
c) To assist groups to establish, improve and share child protection good practice
d) Assist groups to keep up to date with policy, research, training & links into Sutton LSCB
Mapping- SCVS membership, voluntary /community groups, family information service, internet, local, regional & national affiliated agencies, safeguarding health checks, local papers/groups newsletters, word of mouth & meetings.
Where we started, how many identified, engaged/supported
Faith Groups 27 known 99 identified-51 engaged Cultural Community Groups 18 known 20 identified 13 engaged
Supplementary Schools 11 known 12 identified 10 engaged
Portuguese Embassy identified via health check
Local agencies interested in mapping
Safer Sutton Partnership Hate CrimeDomestic Violence
Sutton Police PartnershipsSutton Housing Partnership Information and signpostingSutton Faith & Belief Forum Increase understanding &
engagement Children/Family CentresBetter information on families with
whom they might/could be working
Case Study 1Faith Group / Supplementary School
• Muslim group, established 2003• Uses both council and VCS venues• Self-funding• No safeguarding practice in place• Develop supplementary school• Proactive trustees versus other trustees• Challenging discussions, lots of support
Development
• Communication and meetings since Oct 2011• Safeguarding lead in place• Staff/volunteers attended training• CRBs• Insurance• Policy development in progress• Review procedures• Quality Mark
Case Study 2Faith Group
• Philippine group-established in London over 30 years • Uses community centre• Self-funding• No safeguarding procedures in place• Communications from April 2011 not responded to,
raised concerns with centre manager
Development
• Communication and meetings since Oct 2011• Safeguarding lead/s in place• CRBs• Risk assessments-security changes• Policy development in progress• Agenda item / forum• Model good practice-national • Requests for regular meetings
Interfaith Week 2011Engagement
Learning from Engagement • Time , commitment & repetition needed for engagement with
groups/leaders• Time to build trust & confidence in one another-attend group
meetings/community events• Time to build on & keep communications open• Increased knowledge and understanding of other cultures and faith• To respect that people have jobs/families & majority are volunteers -
time difficult• Many groups challenge the need for “safeguarding” procedures• Many groups require more support than others, even well established
groups
For further information of the Sutton project, contact:
Toni Walsh: [email protected] Julie Duffy: [email protected] Tel: 020 8644 2867
Website: www.suttoncvs.org.uk
Sutton Project is funded to December 2012 and is supporting groups with developing/enhancing adults at risk safeguarding practice as well as child protection.