New Information Sharing Guidance
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This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Safeguarding Partnership Manager, Betty Lynch for the attention of all providers.
Safeguarding
New Working Together Guidance
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This article has been brought to you by Department for Education's Child Protection, Safeguarding and Family Law Team, Sarah Todd, and Slough Borough Council's Safeguarding Partnership Manager, Betty Lynch.
Prevent Event - Friday 6th July
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This email has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Prevent Co-ordinator, Naheem Bashir.
Prevent
Prevent is a key strand in the government’s counter-terrorism strategy, also known as CONTEST. Local authorities are seen as having a major role to play in preventing people from being drawn into terrorist activity – whatever the ideology behind it. The aim of Prevent is to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The government regards Prevent as a key part of CONTEST and does not believe it is possible to resolve the threats we face simply by arresting and prosecuting more people.
Education Safeguarding Professional
Safeguarding children and young people is everyone's responsibility. However, school and education staff play a unique role due to their frequent contact with children and families and the relationships that develop over time.
School Effectiveness
The school Effectiveness service (school improvement element) consists of a small core group and a team of consultants, some of whom work up to 3 days a week in Slough:
School Services
Schools Services
Cyberbullying Programme for Primary Schools - ‘Click’
Cyberbullying is any form of bullying that is carried out through the use of electronic media devices, such as computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, or gaming consoles. Messaging apps, gaming sites and chat rooms such as Facebook, XBox Live, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and other chat rooms can be great fun and a positive experience but it’s when these platforms become a place to bully and control someone the problem’s start.
Safeguarding in Education
The Children Acts 1989 and 2004 provide a framework for our service standards. Section 10 of the Children’s Act 2004 places a duty on schools to co-operate with the local authority to provide information to safeguard a child.