Foreword

Welcome to the latest edition of the HSCP newsletter, Keeping Our Children Safe.

This edition brings with it lots of important news and updates including the recently published Yearly Report 2022/23, celebrating the three-year anniversary of our virtual training offer and the publication of the updated FAQs on child protection record transfers in educational settings, which includes a new template for confirming records have been received.

I am most excited to announce the inaugural Safeguarding Children Week which will be taking place on 9 to 13 October 2023. Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership and Isle of Wight Safeguarding Children Partnership have devised this joint initiative to bring together agencies and organisations across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues and give practitioners the knowledge and confidence to identify and respond to safeguarding concerns.

Safeguarding Children Week 2023 will feature different safeguarding themes each day which professionals will be able to access every morning. This will include the launch of several new toolkits, including a HIPS Child Exploitation Toolkit, which, if you haven’t already booked on, you still can – click here for more information.

We do hope you share the enthusiasm we have for our first ever Safeguarding Children Week and that the resources will be helpful and easily applied to your practice. Please do share the information and encourage colleagues to participate. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can make it even better, please get in contact at hscp@hants.gov.uk.

Scott MacKechnie
Independent Chair and Scrutineer
Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Training Offer

HSCP provides a range of multi-agency e-learning modules, webinars, and virtual training opportunities, developed to support core learning on children’s safeguarding.

Events and courses are free and available to all professionals working with children and families who live in the Local Authority area of Hampshire.

For further information on training and your statutory responsibilities visit the HSCP website.