Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership

It’s ICON Week 21 September – 25 September 2026

Caroline Wilson — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:47:26 +0000

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 Baby.

Please click HERE to go to the ICON website to access a range of resources and to join all the webinars that will be taking place this week. We also have a free e-learning training course on ICON in Plymouth so please click HERE to see all the details and complete the session.

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It’s Time for Our PSCP Annual Conference: Serious Youth Violence & Exploitation – Thursday 12th November 2026 09.00 – 13.00

Caroline Wilson — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:24:32 +0000

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.

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New Dates: Fully Funded Harmful & Problematic Sexual Behaviour Training

Caroline Wilson — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:14:32 +0000

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.

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Launch of the Children’s Commissioner’s National Survey – The Big Future

Ben Pullen — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:44:08 +0000

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 what they think a good childhood should look like, both now and in the future.

To support participation, a range of resources are available on the Children’s Commissioner’s website, including an introductory video, lesson plan, stakeholder toolkit, and FAQs.

The survey closes on 23 October 2026, with findings due to be published next year. These will be used to inform advocacy at the highest level, focusing on solutions to the issues children say matter most to them.

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The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: New Website & Publication of 2024/25 Annual Report

Caroline Wilson — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:18:15 +0000

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 explore the website and how it can help you in your job. Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel | Your hub for practical safeguarding learning

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Raising Awareness of Private Fostering

Caroline Wilson — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:55:06 +0000

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 defined as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother or step-parent by marriage.

It is a private arrangement made between a parent and carer. As a system of support we all required to notify the local authority when we become aware of such situations and local authority colleagues are required to assess the arrangement.

Please follow the links below for more information:

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Medical Neglect in Children’s Safeguarding: New Live Webinar Wednesday 17th June 2026 11.30am – 12.45pm

Caroline Wilson — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:53:12 +0000

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 specialists present the webinar and answer your questions. For all the information and to book your space please CLICK HERE.

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Adultification: We’ve added a new section to our Adolescent Practitioners Guidance

Caroline Wilson — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:30:45 +0000

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 the full practitioners guidance HERE.

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Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 Published

Caroline Wilson — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:36 +0000

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 clarifying that Family Help now brings together Targeted Early Help and Section 17 support into a single, more seamless offer
Reinforcing expectations for multi-agency child protection
Strengthening responses to child sexual abuse, domestic abuse and the safeguarding of babies, unborn children and children in any care arrangement, including those who are looked after
Streamlining the chapter on learning from serious safeguarding incidents to provide clearer direction on when and how incidents should be notified and reviewed
A stronger focus on anti-racist, anti-discriminatory and culturally informed practice.

CLICK HERE to see the full document and a summary of the changes from the Department for Education.

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PSCP Annual Conference November 2025: Presentation Recording and Slides Available

Caroline Wilson — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:43:58 +0000

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 find all of the resources HERE.

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