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Safeguarding children across faith & cultural groups London Safeguarding Children Board 3 rd April 2012 The Sutton Experience Julie Duffy, Faith & Cultural Groups Project Worker, SCVS Toni Walsh. Development Team Manager, SCVS

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Page 1: Safeguarding children across faith & cultural groups London Safeguarding Children Board 3 rd April 2012 The Sutton Experience Julie Duffy, Faith & Cultural

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

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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

Page 3: Safeguarding children across faith & cultural groups London Safeguarding Children Board 3 rd April 2012 The Sutton Experience Julie Duffy, Faith & Cultural

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

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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

Page 5: Safeguarding children across faith & cultural groups London Safeguarding Children Board 3 rd April 2012 The Sutton Experience Julie Duffy, Faith & Cultural

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

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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

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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

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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

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Interfaith Week 2011Engagement

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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

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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.