Safeguarding Week runs from 20-24 June, and will see partners from Safeguarding Adults Boards, Children’s Safeguarding Partnerships, and Community Safety Partnerships across North Yorkshire, the City of York and East Riding come together to develop an extensive programme of learning events, seminars and interactive sessions which all underpin this year’s theme – ‘Safeguarding is everybody’s business’. The full programme and booking details for the sessions are available here.
Safeguarding can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially for new organisations, but it doesn’t have to be. We’ve gathered together some useful resources to support colleagues in the sector working with children and adults to ensure service users, volunteers and paid staff are safe from harm.
VCSE safeguarding assessment checklist
This checklist and resources guide has been produced to support colleagues in the sector working with children and adults to ensure service users, volunteers and paid staff are safe from harm.
This guidance will help an organisation create a policy and procedure that reflects the needs of their organisation and their service users.
Resources for safeguarding adults
Keeping Safe Resources – the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board (NYSAB) has put together a list of keeping safe resources available on the NYSAB website.
Download the list here.
Resources for safeguarding children
The resources below are provided by the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP).
Be Aware – a series of North Yorkshire centric and appropriate national resources to provide information, raise awareness and develop knowledge across areas of Child Exploitation.
Safeguarding Children Policy – template and guidance for writing policies/
Policies, Procedures and One Minute Guides
Information for parents and carers
Information for children and young people -the NYSCP also hosts information specifically targeted at children and young people.
How to raise a concern – what to do if you have a concern about a child.
Safeguarding Children training: Basic awareness online learning – North Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children’s Partnership have an online learning programme that gives you a basic awareness of child protection issues and how to safeguard children from abuse.
