Update from NSPCC Newsletter

An update from the NSPCC Welcome to the latest issue of our regular newsletter for anyone working to safeguard children. This edition of the newsletter comes out in the week of our annual conference How Safe Are Our Children?, the most comprehensive overview of child protection in the UK. It sees the launch of the 2014 report, which compiles the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across each of the four nations in the UK. Read on to find out more about the report’s key learnings, as well some of our services for professionals which could help address some of the issues we report. What's in this issue? How Safe Are Our Children? Key messages from the report NSPCC e-learning - Child protection: an introduction Parents under pressure: stepping in early Join in our How Safe? discussion   If you'd like to talk to us about how the NSPCC can support you, please get in touch by calling 0808 800 5000 or email help@nspcc.org.uk.  > Find out more

How Safe Are Our Children? Key messages from the report NSPCC e-learning - Child protection: an introduction For every child on a protection plan with social services, we estimate there are another eight who have experienced abuse or neglect. With diminishing resources, children’s social services have to ration their support and have now become an emergency service - stepping in only when the need is most severe. Not only does this mean that many children do not receive the help they need, it also means there are fewer resources left for early help or preventative work. > Read more > Watch our How Safe? animation As our findings from our How Safe? report suggest, child protection is not just the preserve of children’s social care, but also the wide range of professionals and volunteers who come into contact with children and families through different services. More children can be protected from harm before problems escalate if we all understand the role we can play in the child protection system. The NSPCC will be launching its e-learning Child Protection: An Introduction course on 14th April, helping users to develop or refresh their awareness and understanding of safeguarding and child protection. > Register your interest

Parents under pressure: stepping in early Join our How Safe? discussion One of the messages from the How Safe? report is how early intervention and prevention hold the key to protecting more children. Through ourParents Under Pressure service, we want to tackle and reduce the harm caused when parents misuse alcohol or take drugs - as early as possible in children's lives. The 20 week home visiting programme helps parents in drug or alcohol treatment develop positive and secure relationships with their baby or toddler. > More information for professionals, including how to make a referral Our Child Protection Professional Practiceforum on LinkedIn is for all professionals with a responsibility to safeguard children.  You will find like-minded peers posting questions and sharing information about child protection practice, as well as posts generated by the NSPCC.  Please do join the group and share your views.  This week, in relation to our How Safe? report, we have been asking ‘Social services an emergency service: How can we work better together?' > Join in the discussion

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