Safeguarding Children in Education Settings

Derby Safeguarding Children Board

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Headteachers Conference22nd October 2012

Christine CassellIndependent Chair


Derby Safeguarding Children BoardAgenda

• Opening Presentation

• Geese Theatre

• CSE

• Education Hub

• Closing statement



Objectives of LSCBs:

• To co-ordinate what is done by each person or body represented on the Board for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area, and

• To ensure the effectiveness of what is done by each such person or body for those purposes

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Derby Safeguarding Children BoardWho is on the Board?

• Local Authority• Police• Local Probation Trust• Youth Offending Team• NHS Commissioning Board and Clinical

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Derby Schools’ representatives

• Primary:

Simon Emsley, Headteacher, Lakeside Community Primary School

• Secondary:

Liz Coffey, Principal, Landau Forte College

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Board Improvements 2011-12

Strengthening the Board:

• Sub groups for specific functions report to the Board

• Systematic programme of audit – single and multi-agency

• Evaluation of training

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Evidence from Audit and Monitoring 2011-12

Safeguarding across the city:

• Much good practice

• Some families could have been helped earlier – joint challenge from DSCB and Children, Families & Learners Board

• Early evidence that Multi-agency Teams are getting help to families earlier

• Domestic Violence Action Plan for the city now in place

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Derby Safeguarding Children BoardPriorities for 2012-13

Developing the way agencies work together:

• Early intervention

• Domestic violence

Embedding and auditing practice:

• Child Sexual Exploitation

• Increasing the rigour of DSCB activity

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Safeguarding is everybody’s business

Schools are critical

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The critical role of schools

See children every day:

• In the best position to look, listen, notice

• Key players in early support

• Source of security and continuity

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What makes children safe?

• Leadership

• People – don’t hide behind procedures

• Don’t make assumptions

• Be sensible about risk and take responsibility

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Child Sexual ExploitationChild Sexual Exploitation (CSE) (CSE)

Mandy MacDonald Child Protection Manager

[email protected] 717806

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardChild Sexual Exploitation

• Systematic abuse of children and young people• Includes boys and girls• The perpetrators are responsible for the abuse• Constrained choices can also be a factor

MacDonald, M. (2005)

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardRisk Factors

• No one risk factor

• Risk factors are often interdependent

• Risk factors can be divided into individual, family and social

• Social risk factors are very broad and include poverty, community, neighbourhood, school, and peers among others

• The key to predication/prevention is an accumulation of risk factors


CSE: The Extent of the Problem in Derby

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Derby Safeguarding Children BoardReferrals & Ongoing Work

• 217 referrals in one year• 105 appropriate for the CSE strategy• 81 young people currently being reviewed• Only 6 evidenced cases

The vast majority of young people are:

AT RISK OF CSE - NOT SEXUALLY EXPOITED


The involvement of many young people in anti social behaviour brought them into contact with the Police

Their behaviour was infrequently recognised as the symptomatic of sexual exploitation

CONSENT COERCION

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardYoung People’s Stories

• “He said he would bash up my face and no one would want me” (age 15)

• “I was sexually abused by my dad so it makes no difference if I do it with strangers” (age 12)

• “I couldn’t tell my family it would bring such shame on them”

• “If I tell you would you tell my mum?” (age 13)

• “They have all the power, you don’t have any choice” (age 15)


Sex Offender – Victim Statistics

• 70% of child sex offenders have between 1 and 9 victims

• At least 20% have 10 to 40 victims

• Serial child sex offenders may have and many as 400 victims in a lifetime

Elliott, M., Browne, K., & Kilcoyne, J. (1995)

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardThe Derby Action Plan

Prevention – Protection – Prosecution

PARTICIPATION

Not victim led but as active agents(Article 9 requires that we encourage the participation of

children, according to their evolving capacity)

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardDon’t

• Rely on punishment to change behaviour

• Think that locking young people up will solve the problem

• Underestimate the impact of threats, coercion or excitement on young people

• Ignore community resources such as schools, residential centres etc

• Ignore the social context of sexualisation, socialisation, aggression - the role of the media, electronic gaming, and the internet

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardUseful Tools & Resources

• CSE Champions and Referrals• Children Abused through Sexual Exploitation

Procedures • Children Abused through Sexual Exploitation: Risk

Assessment Toolkit• Information leaflets for Young People and Parents

& Carers about attending a sexual exploitation meeting

• Derby CSE Strategy • Sources of local and national support/information

http://www.derbyscb.org.uk/scb7.html


DSCB – Education Hub

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardEducation Hub

• Policies and Procedures– 39 Steps– Child Protection Policy Pro Forma

• Training, Learning and Development– Identify training pathways for designated child

protection leads and Headteachers– Enable schools to Q A independent training

providers

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardQuality Assurance

• Serious Case Reviews

• Pro forma audit tools for schools and education settings

• Surveys and audit work across the education sector

• Linked to the priorities and outcomes: Early Intervention and Domestic Violence


Outcomes emerging in school

• Diagnosis by Community Paediatricians with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a marker for emotional well being

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Derby Safeguarding Children BoardReadiness for School

• "Derby performs worse than England, the East Midlands and Family group of LAs in each of the 13 assessments, and consequently six areas of learning.

• The most common developmental issues for children starting school in Derby are: the inability to use cutlery (24%); and to dress/undress independently (22%).

• Derby is just one of 39 LAs in England where the gap, and therefore inequality of achievement between the lowest performing 20% in the area and the average for the area, has widened since 2010." Profile Census (EYFS 2011)


Domestic Violence Outcome Measures • The IQ scores of children exposed to domestic abuse

during the first two years is, on average, 7.25 points lower than those who were not exposed.

• 63% of children (experiencing DV) showed more emotional or behavioural problems than the average child (Beyond Violence; Breaking cycles of domestic abuse – CSJ July 2012)

Comparing 2010/11 and 2011/12 there has been in Derby:• An decrease in number of DV incidents,• An increase in the number of recorded DV crimes• Whilst there was a decline in overall recorded crime, the

proportion of all crime that is Domestic Violence has increased

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardBullying

• Young people who reported being bullied had lower Key Stage 4 scores than other young people.

• Children in England who reported being bullied did15% worse at GCSE and were twice as likely to be NEET at aged 16.(EHRC 2010)

• 227 - 10 and 11 year olds showed that 1 in 5 had been cyberbullied in the past 12 months. 22% did not know how to protect themselves online, and 18% had been cyberbullied while at home (Anti Bullying Alliance 2009)


Supporting safeguarding arrangements• How do we quality assure and support schools to

know whether it is safer for children now in 2012?

Inspection regime from September 2012• “pupils’ behaviour towards, and respect for, other

young people and adults, and their freedom from bullying, harassment, and discrimination

• whether pupils feel safe and their ability to assess and manage risk appropriately and to keep themselves safe”


Locality

Early Intervention and Integrated Safeguarding

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardWhat works well

• Secondary school meeting

• Team Around Primary School

• Single Point of Access of Clerk

• CAF Advisers

• Weekly VCM

• Good relationships – honest, listen, challenge, respect and learn

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardWhat next

• Locality Forums

• Family Change

• Priority Families

• Embedding early intervention

• Evidence based practice


Allegations against staff, carers & volunteers


Allegations against staff, carers & volunteers• Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children

Procedures, Section 11

• The role of the LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer)– Provide advice and guidance– Management and oversight of individual cases – Liaise with police and other agencies – Monitor progress of cases

• You can contact the LADO on 01332 717818

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardLADO referrals (Schools only)

38%

27%

35%Physical

Sexual

InappropriateBehaviour

Resolutions 2011 - 2012

No case to answer /retracted

1

Malicious referral 1

Unsubstantiated 10

Internal action 10

Disciplinary 3

Dismissed / de-registered

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Prosecution 2

Total resolved 28

Type of referral 2011 - 2012

Derby Safeguarding Children BoardManaging Allegations

Training

• Free managing allegations ½ day training is available via DSCB joint training programme www.derbyscb.org.uk

• Available dates: 26.11.2012, 17.01.2013 and 25.02.2013. Further dates will be available after Easter 2013


Graham FalgateInclusion Manager

[email protected]

01332 256327

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Safeguarding Children in Education Settings