Safeguarding news

Safer Internet Day 2025 will be celebrated on Tuesday, 11 February with the theme, 'Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online'.

Norfolk Children's Services would like to provide you with assurance of the policy and standards in place relating to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for our employees.

Norfolk County Council will be changing it charging arrangements for DBS checks and Barred List checks with effect from 1 April 2025.

The NSCP is holding a Serious Youth Violence Conference on 6 March with fantastic local and national speakers presenting on the day.

Information about the Joint Targeted Area Inspection in Norfolk announced on 25 November 2024. The inspection will focus on the multi-agency response to children, including unborn children, who are victims of domestic abuse.

Norfolk's MASA, which sets out how the statutory partners work together to keep children safe from harm, is now published. This iteration of the plan is fully compliant with Working Together 2023 and includes details of our Lead and Delegated Statutory partners as well as more information on how education supports the arrangements as well as the crucial role that data and intelligence plays in our safeguarding work.

The Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of the revised model of Joint Agency Group Supervision (JAGS). Please take a minute to read the revised guidance and use the MS Form if you would like to request a JAGS.

DBS is increasing their application fees, with the increases coming into effect on 2 December 2024.

Future You are running a free webinar for unaccompanied minors and their supporters on navigating the journey to Higher Education.

This webinar will be led by Jenifer Dewar, Norfolk County Council's Assistant Director of Family Help and High Needs. DSLs will have the opportunity to learn more about the new Family Help Teams that are providing multi-disciplinary support to vulnerable children and families in Norfolk.

Information from INTRAN on supporting children and young people and best practice tips for using interpretation services.

Free networking event at Open Academy.