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Stay up to date with the latest news relating to safeguarding children and young people in York.
Read our recent news:
- New Service - Lauren's Ladies
- Cultural Competency: Identifying and addressing barriers to better outcomes Yorkshire and Humber Multi-Agency Safeguarding Trainers presents ‘Improving Cultural Competency: Identifying and addressing barriers to better outcomes’
- Signs of Safety Building Brighter Futures Practice Model Partner Briefing Session
- Developing an Understanding of Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training
- Changes to Safeguarding A and B Training - April 2025
- North Yorkshire and City of York Partnership Information Sharing
- Virtual Keynote: Working with Adolescents
- Learning Masterclasses: Children's Rights
New Service - Lauren's Ladies
A new free weekly group has been set up to support students in North Yorkshire who identify as female, and are either struggling with their mental health or experiencing suicidal thoughts, or have friends or family who are.
How has this come about? Kayleigh and Cheryl, Co-founders of Lauren’s Ladies, said:
Lauren's Ladies has been created to honour the memory of our beautiful, clever and kind friend Lauren. Lauren never failed to bring the sunshine on a rainy day, her smile and infectious laugh brought joy and happiness to all lucky enough to meet her. However, Lauren was battling demons that no one knew about and heartbreakingly chose to take her own life in August 2023, aged just 22. Lauren was the 'cheerleader' friend, bringing encouragement and support to her friends. We want to embody that energy with Lauren's Ladies and show you that you are loved, we've got you, and you are not alone.
How we can help?
In the group you will have the opportunity to share your experience and talk about your thoughts and feelings with others who may be going through something similar. The sessions are a non-judgemental space where everyone can talk, listen, and support each other. There will also be an experienced facilitator and 2 peer supports, who will be there to provide further support. As part of the group, you will be asked to complete some clinical forms and a short survey when you finish, which will be anonymous and will help us to evaluate the effectiveness of the group. Who is it open to? Lauren's Ladies is open to all students in North Yorkshire, aged 18+, and who identify as female. It's for those who may be experiencing and struggling with depressive or suicidal thoughts and who might want to speak to someone or have friends or family who are, make connections, and gain some support. When is it? The first 5-week pilot group starts Wednesday 30 April, 10.30am to 12.00pm.
How to access?
The group is free to join. It will be held in person at our Centre premises at 32-34 Clarence Street, on the York St John University campus. If you or someone you know would like to join, you can self-refer using our online form, and one of the Centre team will be in touch. You do not have to be a student of York St John to access this.
Cultural Competency: Identifying and addressing barriers to better outcomes Yorkshire and Humber Multi-Agency Safeguarding Trainers presents ‘Improving Cultural Competency: Identifying and addressing barriers to better outcomes’
Published 20 March 2025.
Join us for a thought provoking, interactive webinar exploring systemic barriers affecting racialised and marginalised communities in safeguarding. Learn from expert speakers, engage in discussions, and gain practical strategies to drive meaningful change.
Speakers:
- 9.30am: Hari Sewell: The Invisibilised Relevance of Race and Culture in Safeguarding
- 11.15am: Jahnine Davis: Child Safeguarding Review: A thematic analysis on Race, Racism and Racial bias in Child Protection and Safeguarding
- 1.15pm: Jordan Alexander: Spiritual and Ritual Abuse
- 2.45pm: Panel Discussion – Overcoming barriers to equitable outcomes
Reflection breaks between sessions to allow you to process insights and make notes
- Date: Wednesday 21 March
- Time: 9.15am to 3.00pm
- Venue: Microsoft Teams Webinar This webinar is free to access for Yorkshire and Humber professionals
Register your place now via Microsoft Teams
Signs of Safety Building Brighter Futures Practice Model Partner Briefing Session
Published 19 March 2025.
Target audience
Open to all multi-agency partners including Children’s Social Care and Adult Social Care, Police, Health, Local Authority, Education, Voluntary Sector etc.
Course outline
Following the overarching briefing session regarding Building Brighter Futures Practice Model (which covered Family Seeing and Signs of Safety Approaches) the Learning Development and Implementation Team Members will be holding a series of workshop style briefing sessions focusing on the practice model as a whole, but also introducing the safe and together approach.
‘Safe and Together’ is an internationally recognised model that was first developed in the United States. The model encourages cultural and systematic shifts in practice, including changing the language around working with survivors and perpetrators of domestic abuse. Lead practitioners are provided with a suite of tools and interventions to identify and highlight survivor strengths and recognising domestic abuse as a parenting choice of the perpetrator. As such, the model equips practitioners to deal with risk and take a strengths-based approach in engaging whole families where domestic abuse is a factor, including holding the perpetrator accountable for the impact of the abuse on family functioning.
The model has three key principles:
- Keeping children Safe & Together with their non-abusive parent, ensuring safety, healing from trauma, stability, and nurturance.
- Partnering with the non-abusive parent as a default position ensuring efficient, effective, and child-centred practice.
- Intervening with the perpetrator to reduce the risk and harm to the child through engagement, accountability, and criminal justice.
The training dates are as follows:
- Tuesday 20 May, 10.00am to 11.00am
- Thursday 22 May, 11.00am to midday
- Friday 6 June, 9.00am to 10.00am
All will be held via MS Teams
Developing an Understanding of Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training
Published 14 March 2025.
We're pleased to announce that new dates have been scheduled for the Developing an Understanding of Harmful Sexual Behaviour course during 2025.
The training dates are as follows:
- Thursday 29 May, 10.00am to 2.00pm
- Thursday 21 August, 10.00am to 2.00pm
- Thursday 27 November, 10.00am to 2.00pm
These courses will all be held face-to-face at West Offices.
Changes to Safeguarding A and B Training – April 2025
Published 12 March 2025.
From April 2025, a new one day course is being launched. This will replace previous A and B courses which will no longer be available. We're hoping that attendees will find this a much better way to deliver the course.
Dates are now available for the new course Safeguarding children: Shared Responsibilities and Procedures Working Together, log into Mylo and sign up.
North Yorkshire and City of York Partnership Information Sharing
Published 21 February 2025.
The North Yorkshire and City of York Partnership Information Sharing Form can be used if you think you have information to share with the police about situations in which children, young people or adults may be vulnerable to exploitation.
Virtual Keynote: Working with Adolescents
Published 15 January 2025.
On Monday 27 January 2025, 11.00am to 1.00pm, Dez Holmes will be presenting a keynote on working with adolescents and those experiencing extra-familial harm.
Dez is the Director of Research in Practice, a not-for-profit organisation that since 1996 has been supporting those who work with children, families and adults to use evidence in their practice and leadership.
This session will be a valuable learning opportunity for any professionals working with young people. Attendees will deepen their understanding of the challenges faced by adolescents in extra-familial contexts, such as peer influence, exploitation, and community-based risks.
Book your place on the Working with Adolescents virtual session.
Please note: if you're already booked on to the Contextual Safeguarding Launch in the Hudson Room at West Offices on this date, you don't need to book onto this separately as this keynote will be streamed into the room as part of that session.
Learning Masterclasses: Children's Rights
Published 31 December 2024.
The CYSCP are proud to present 2 upcoming Learning Masterclass sessions, which will be held online via Microsoft Teams.
These sessions will introduce York’s Children’s Rights Toolkit, a practical framework designed to help you embed children’s rights into everyday practice, evaluate where you stand on supporting children’s rights, and what steps you can take to realise them in meaningful ways.
The sessions are presented by Niall McVicar, Head of Innovation and Children’s Champion, and Dr. Jo Williams, Educational and Child Psychologist, both from the City of York Council.
Part 1: Introduction to children’s rights and the research evidence for rights-based approaches
Date and time: 18 February 2025, at midday.
Take part in Part 1 online via MyLO
Part 2: Rights in action - Introducing the children’s rights toolkit
Date and time: 12 March 2025, at midday.
Take part in Part 2 online via MyLO
To book a place, go to the course pages and select ‘Access this course’, then select ‘Sign-up’ next to the course date.
If you have any queries, contact us on email: [email protected].