Interagency Safeguarding Procedures

Bradford Safeguarding Children Board > Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS)

Train the Trainers Workshop on Safenetwork Resource Pack for BME Communities
9th June
Cellar Project
Shipley
BD18 4QP

The Safe Network is hosting a FREE ‘TRAIN THE TRAINERS’ workshop on keeping our children safe, raising awareness in the black and minority ethnic communities.

The Safe Network has developed an exciting and innovative CD Rom based resource pack that allows facilitators to take safeguarding to the very heart of black and minority ethnic communities. The workshop will enable facilitators or people responsible for training to become familiar with the content and develop confidence in delivering it to Black and minority ethnic communities.

Please note places are limited and there is a limit to ONE person per organisation, which can be extended depending on availability of places.

The workshop includes a resource pack and lunch. The day runs from 9.15am (Registration) to 4.30pm with the workshop starting at 9.30am prompt

To book a place email Liane Jackson on info@safenetwork.org.uk or telephone 0116 234 7217 or visit www.safenetwork.org.uk for more details.
 

Safeguarding Update
Over the last two years, Bradford Safeguarding Children Board have been working in partnership with the Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) to raise awareness of the safeguarding responsibilities of everyone who works with children and young people and support the development of safeguarding standards and practice within the sector.

Through an appointed VCS Development Worker; Debbie Cordingley, key achievements have included:

  • The development of an audit tool that has been used extensively by groups and projects to develop and review their organisational policies and procedures around safeguarding children.

  • Model policies to provide baseline information on what should be included within policies and procedures.

  • A Safeguarding Handbook designed specifically for Voluntary Sector Groups and projects to enable them to take ownership of the Every Child Matters agenda around keeping children safe from harm.

  • Capacity building support provided to over 200 Voluntary & Community Sector groups and projects.

  • The development of tailored training for the VCS around Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Although Debbie’s role ended on 31 March 2009, the post has been a huge success and provided the “bridge” that has enabled extensive engagement between the Safeguarding Children Board and the CYPVCS.

To ensure the work continues, a joint funding arrangement has been agreed between Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and Young Lives Bradford (formerly the Children & Young People’s VCS Network) based at Bradford CVS. Through the provision of a new Information Officer Post, all the Safeguarding resources and information Debbie has collated on behalf of the sector will be managed through Dionne Norman, Young Lives Bradford. Dionne will also be able to signpost groups and projects to safeguarding training and will be keeping up to date as well as circulating relevant Safeguarding issues that will affect groups and projects across the district.

Dionne can be contacted on T: 01274 722772 or E: dionne@bradfordcvs.org.uk
 


Sub Groups and their Voluntary & Community Sector Board Representatives
Click here to see a full list of VCS representatives on the Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and Sun-Groups.
 

Useful Contacts/Support Organisations
If you have concern that a child is being harmed as a result of abuse or neglect, you must not keep these concerns to yourself. Keeping children safe is everyone's responsibility. 

You need to ensure that you speak to the appropriate organisations who can listen to and record your concern, and then take appropriate action.

In Bradford, these are the numbers that you can ring for advice and to make a referral:

  • During office hours (8.30 - 5.00 Monday to Thursday, 4.30 on Friday) call Children's Social Services Initial Contact Point - 01274 437500 to refer any child in need, including child protection concerns
     

  • Bradford Area Child Protection Unit -for consultation about child protection concerns – 01274 434343
     

  • At all other times, Social Services Emergency Duty Team - 01274 530434
     

  • If you have reason to believe that a child is at immediate risk of harm, contact the police on 999

NSPCC Child Protection Helpline
The NSPCC Child Protection Helpline is a free 24-hour service that provides counselling, information and advice to anyone concerned about a child at risk of abuse. Telephone: 080 8800 5000 - Email: help@nspcc.org.uk

Bradford Community and Voluntary Service
 Click here to access a range of useful documents and publications including 'Briefing Bradford'.

The Bradford Safe Parenting Handbook is an extensive information resource designed for use by parents, carers and professionals alike.  It contains advice and guidelines on all the major issues affecting children and young people and includes many local and national contacts.