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Babies Cry, You Can Cope. In Plymouth we use the ICON message to help families cope with a crying baby and it’s ICON awareness week starting today. ICON stands for I – Infant Crying is Normal, C – Comforting Methods Can Help, O – It’s OK to Walk Away, N – Never Ever Shake a…
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Please join us at our annual conference which this year is focussing on the topic of serious youth violence and exploitation, including violence fixated individuals. This is a fully funded event so for all the details and to book your free to attend space please click HERE. 

We’ve just released new dates for our sessions on the topics of harmful and problematic sexual behaviour displayed by children and young people. For all the information and to book you place on these fully funded, free to attend sessions please click HERE. 

Dame Rachel de Souza launched the Big Future survey on 8 May 2026. The survey is open to all children and young people aged 0–18 in England and explores their views on childhood today. It asks about the changes they want to see in their communities, their main concerns, their hopes for the future, and…
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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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