Safeguarding
Multi agency training opportunities are available through the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board. Click here to access more information.
This video highlights the inappropriate and uncomfortable reactions parents get when a complete stranger says they want to follow their children. Parents are encouraged to reflect upon this from the point of view of social networking and online communities. If you would not allow it in real life, then how different it that from online friends and followers? A fantastic eye-opening social experiment. #followme
Online Sexual Harm
This guide has been developed to address the challenges professionals face when working with issues of online harm and young people.
It contains information about what online harm is, the specific issues facing young people, and ways professionals can effectively engage with young people and their families.
MASH - Operation Encompass
Advice and Guidance for Designated Safeguarding Leads
MASH education advice for DSLs (updated April 2021)
MASH Education Operation Encompass for DSLs
Safeguarding and Human Trafficking - a guide for professionals - June 2021
CYP and Modern Slavery_Guidance for Professionals_June 2021
DfE - Sexual violence and sexual harrassment between children in schools and colleges
Advice for governing bodies, proprietors, headteachers, principals, senior leadership teams and designated safeguarding leads
Artificially generated child sexual abuse images: Understanding and responding to concerns
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abusy have put together a useful article on what we need to know about artificially generated child sexual abuse material and how professionals can use their existing skills to respond to this kind of child sexual abuse. It explains how AI tools can be used for both positive and in harmful ways, and how you should respond if you have any concerns.
Click here to see the full article.
UK Missing Persons Unit
National and international point of contact for all missing persons and unidentified body investigations, providing specialist support to law enforcement agencies in the UK and overseas
Homepage - National Crime Agency
New Children and Young People's Illustrated Guide 
The DfE have shared a new illustrated guide for Children and Young People for the statutory guidance "Working together to safeguard children". Te brilliant guide is accompanied by a short animation for children and young people which explains how people who help, support and protect them work together and what they can expect whenthey need help. The Government has worked in collaboration with children and young people when designing these materials, including the DfE's Social Care Advisory Board, facilitated by the National Children's Bureau. We know that children and young people find clear effective communication really important and that they want information to be shared openly with them, so they can understand what services they should receive and how they can access help and support.
The guide and animation can be used by children and young people independently, or with the support of an adult.
A toolkit is available for practitioners to promote the guide and help everyone understand how they can use this guide to support children and young people. This toolkit can be requested by emailing: workingtogether.statutoryguidance@education.gov.uk
TES Safeguarding Report 2025 
Check out TES's Safeguarding Report 2025 to see the findings from their annual Safeguarding survey for School staff and governors. It notes the differences in safeguarding challenges experiences by different school phase and the importance of strengthening R(S)HE and PSHE education to help with the issues raised in the report.
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