Author: Caroline Wilson

The CSPR National Panel has launched its new website with a range of excellent resources. For example it is currently featuring materials on neglect, black, Asian and mixed heritage children, vulnerable babies and safeguarding children not in school.  The Panel has also just published its annual report for 2024/2025. Please follow the link below to…
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We want to raise awareness of private fostering so the children living in these arrangements get the support they need. Private fostering is when a child or young person under 16 (or under 18 if disabled) is living with someone who is not a close relative for 28 days or more.  A close relative is…
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In children’s safeguarding medical neglect is defined as carers minimising or denying children’s illnesses or health needs or/and failing to seek appropriate medical attention or administer medications and treatments.  This free to attend webinar will explore what medical neglect is and how best to respond to it.  We are really pleased to have our local…
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Avoiding treating children like adults i.e. adultification, is crucial if we are to see their true vulnerability and respond appropriately. We’ve added a new section on the concept of adultification to our Adolescent Practitioners Guidance. To go straight to the adultification page click HERE or you can also find it on the front page of…
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The multi agency statutory guidance commonly known as ‘Working Together’ has been updated. The 2026 published document is now available and is the latest version that should be used to guide our work and how we join together to support children and families. The 2026 update includes:  Aligning with Families First Partnership Programme reforms, including…
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Almost 200 multi agency colleagues joined us for our annual conference in November 2025 where we explored a range of key issues and celebrated the amazing work taking place across the city every day. We recorded all of the presentations and these are available for you to watch along with the slides used. You can…
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We’ve just added some additional 2026 dates for our multi agency Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Level 3 training. The dates are 26th January 2026, 11th February 2026 & 23rd March 2026. Spaces are free to attend and get booked up quickly so for all the information and to book please go to  https://plymouthscb.co.uk/understanding-child-sexual-abuse-level-3/

We’ve just added some new dates for our multi agency Harmful Sexual Behaviour course. The first one is on the 22nd September 2025 so for all the information about the session and to apply for a place please click HERE.

We are really pleased to share the programme of learning and development for our Multi Agency Safeguarding Week taking place 23 – 27 June 2025. The focus of the week will be child sexual abuse so please join us for a series of free events aimed at the multi agency workforce to help develop our…
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We have a new page on our website to share the learning from when a child suffers a serious incident and we complete a Rapid Review on the situation. It includes detail on what a Rapid Review is and the learning from each one. We have already uploaded the learning from our most recent Rapid…
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