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- There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family
- Yormind services
- Free Webinars - York's Neurodiversity Project
- HMP Askham Grange Networking Event - 14 November 2024
- Identifying and supporting carers: introducing York Carers Centre - Training Session
- Early Help Launch Event - Friday 15 November 2024
- Learning Masterclass: Voice of The Child
- National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2024
- Private Fostering Week
- PREVENT Training
- World Mental Health Day
- Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI)
- Invitation to NSPCC event
- Responsibility for safeguarding in sport
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Partner Event
- Young carers
- York Drug and Alcohol Service Partners Event
- CYSCP Early Help Strategy 2024 to 2026
- When you drink, who’s in charge?
- NSPCC Talk Relationships
- NSPCC Pregnancy in Mind
- New York Prevent Referral Form
- Spotlight topic – Building relationships and connecting with fathers and male carers
- School Health and Wellbeing Survey Animation
- Child not brought to appointments
There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family
Published 21 October 2024.
National Adoption Week showcases adoption journeys and family structures of all kinds. City of York Council and One Adoption North and Humber, the regional adoption agency for York, North Yorkshire and the Humber, are supporting this year’s National Adoption Week (Monday 21 to Sunday 27 October 2024).
This year, the You Can Adopt campaign is highlighting adoption journeys and family structures of all kinds, including the people who have played an important role – from social workers and birth families, to foster carers and grandparents.
By raising awareness of modern adoption and showcasing the diversity of adoptive families today, the campaign shows that the journey to a family is not always a traditional one. This is reflected in new data commissioned for National Adoption Week, which shows in Yorkshire and the Humber that 66% of people say there is no such thing as a ‘normal’ family and 51% come from a ‘non-traditional’ family structure themselves.
The latest data from England shows there has been a 22% increase in the number of children with a plan for adoption who are not yet matched with an adoptive family. With fewer potential adopters coming forward (which is believed to be a result of the cost-of-living crisis), children of all ages are facing delays of over 18 months to find their forever home. In the North and Humber region there are 46 children waiting for their forever home, with more than 50% of those being in groups of brothers and sisters.
To mark the week, a new film has been created featuring adoptive families onboard a train, reflecting on their journeys and the people who have been, and continue to be, part of it. Just like all families, adoptive families come in all shapes and sizes and go through ups, downs and detours during their journey. What makes every adoption journey unique is the people who are part of that experience, forming the ‘village’ which supports the family.
If you would like to learn more about adoption, One Adoption North and Humber will be holding an online adoption information event on Wednesday 23 October between 6pm and 7pm, where the adoption team and an adoptive parent will be on hand to answer your questions. Book your place on the online adoption information event or telephone: 0345 305 2576 for more information.
Yormind services
Published 18 October 2024.
The following 2 services from Yormind are open for referrals.
Expressive Minds
Young peoples support groups. A 6 week early intervention project to support young people through a mix of art media ranging from sculpture and watercolours to collage and painting.
- The group is designed to develop:
- confidence
- communication skills
- self-esteem
- self-expression
They also offer an opportunity to connect with others.
For young people aged 11 to 18 who are experiencing mental health challenges. Please make referrals by October 31 2024 for the first group. If you require further information on this initiative email: [email protected]. Other group dates will be advertised via our website, so please keep an eye out!
YorChoice drop-in support
A mental health drop-in for young people aged 14 to 21 (up to 25 if you have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).
It exists them to understand how to manage their mental health, help them find an appropriate service for them in York or as a safe space where they can feel listened to.
Mondays outreach drop-in from 4.00pm to 7.00pm. From 1 July these will be held at Tang Hall Explore Library. On Thursdays these will be Home drop-ins from 4.00pm to 7.00pm. The home drop-in will be at York Mind Highcliffe House.
If you would like further information regarding YorChoice email: [email protected].
Further information about either services is available on the Yormind website.
Yormind voice and involvement
There are a number of different ways young people can get involved in the development of services and bettering the system.
On the voice and involvement section of Yormind we'll use this space to showcase what young people have created through corproduction and how to get involved in shaping services and changing the system to help and support other young people. This might be in a specific area that you are interested in or more widely about services and support.
Free Webinars – York’s Neurodiversity Project
Published 18 October 2024.
As part of York’s Neurodiversity Project, City of York Council are pleased to offer a range of free webinars hosted by the ADHD Foundation Charity.
These 3-hour, live support sessions, are designed to help education practitioners in York to understand and support neurodiverse children and young people.
From understanding and supporting neurodiversity in early childhood and primary school settings to navigating attachment and trauma, and addressing the unique challenges faced by neurodiverse students in secondary schools.
They will offer insights and practical strategies for educators, caregivers, and professionals.
The sessions are open to all practitioners working with children and young people in York or supporting York based schools and Early Years providers.
They will not be recorded so please book your place so you don’t miss out!
Attend the:
- Attachment and Trauma webinar – Wednesday 6 November, 12.30pm to 3.30pm
- Understanding and support Neurodiversity in secondary school settings webinar - Tuesday 3 December, 12.30pm to 3.30pm
Book your tickets for the York’s Neurodiversity Project webinars you'd like to attend.
HMP Askham Grange Networking Event - 14 November 2024
Published 18 October 2024.
HMP Askham Grange are hosting a networking event on the Thursday 14 November 2024.
The Family and Significant Other team support, help to maintain and develop prisoners’ relationships with family, significant others, and friends, by using a range of methods and interventions.
Supporting prisoners’ relationships outside of prison is considered to help prevent reoffending and reduce intergenerational crime.
Prisoners, their family and significant others, all internal and external staff, and service providers are encouraged to work in partnership and share good practice, to enhance opportunities for prisoners to develop or enhance positive relationships.
This service can include physical, digital, and other forms of communications such as phone calls and letters.
HMP Askham Grange are wanting to showcase how they achieve this in a custodial setting, and invite you to attend and see the work they do, but also to give you the opportunity to network with other agencies that work with those in custody.
You can book tickets for the HMP Askham Grange Networking Event online. To be able to book a ticket you'll need to use the password FSO24. If you would like further information contact the FSO team via email: [email protected].
Identifying and supporting carers: introducing York Carers Centre - Training Session
Published 18 October 2024.
This training session is an opportunity for professionals to learn more about York Carers Centre, and the support available for unpaid carers across the city.
- target audience: anyone working in health or social care
- course outline: This training will help to improve your understanding of the role of carers and the effect this role has on their lives. It also offers an opportunity to explore how Adult Social Care professionals can:
- help identify carers early
- recognise carers as ‘partners’ in care
- help carers look after their own health and wellbeing
- details: (MS Teams, both from 10.30am to 12.30pm) on Tuesday 5 November and Tuesday 14 January 2025
To book, go to the identifying and supporting carers: introducing York Carers Centre - Training Session course page on MyLO and click ‘access this course’ at the top of the page and then ‘sign up’ next to the date that you want to attend. Managers can book places for members of their team using the ‘allocate place for team’ option.
Early Help Launch Event - Friday 15 November 2024
Published 18 October 2024.
Due to popular demand, another Early Help launch event has now been arranged for: Friday 15 November from 9.00am to 12.30pm in the Hudson Room, West Offices.
At this launch event, we will set out City of York’s vision for Early Help, detailing the levels of needs for families and responses by professionals, our shared priorities for children and young people, and how we'll measure our success.
We plan for this to be an interactive session, with multi-agency partners sharing within small groups how Early Help is delivered within their service, with a focus on feedback from families.
To book, go to the Early Help Launch Event course page on MyLO and click ‘access this course’ at the top of the page and then ‘sign up’ next to the date that you want to attend.
Learning Masterclass: Voice of The Child
Published 18 October 2024.
CYSCP are proud to present a lunchtime learning masterclass for professionals or volunteers working with children and young people in York.
The Voice of The Child Masterclass is being held on 20 November, from midday to 1.00pm.
The focus of the session is the voice of the child and will cover 3 topics, presented by experts working in Children’s Social Care and the York Carer’s Centre:
Children’s Rights:
Gain an understanding of the rights of children and young people, and how these rights shape the way we engage with and support them. We’ll discuss key principles and how to ensure their rights are respected in all aspects of our work and how York is becoming a right-based city.
Mind Your Language:
Learn how the language we use can influence a child’s sense of safety, belonging, and identity. This segment will provide insights on how to use inclusive, respectful language that encourages trust and openness when communicating with children and young people. We will also present the City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership language pledge.
Young Carers and the Young Carers Covenant:
Learn about the unique challenges faced by young carers, how best to support them and how in signing up to the young carer’s covenant, organisations are committed to improving outcomes for young people with caring responsibilities. Understand the importance of recognising young carers' roles and ensuring their voices are heard in the services and support they receive and find out what support the York Carers centre offers.
Book a place on the session online: MyLO - Learning Masterclass: Voice of the Child.
National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2024
Published 14 October 2024.
North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Council and City of York Council continue to throw their collective power behind the effort to tackle hate crime in our area. Together with Jo Coles, the Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire and Crime, this work is being highlighted during National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2024.
Taking place from Saturday 12 October to Saturday 19 October, we're reaching out to vulnerable victims and communities to reinforce our message that there is ‘Help Not Hate’ in North Yorkshire and the City of York. As well as emphasising the importance of reporting hate crime so effective action can be taken against those responsible, we're also promoting a variety of organisations and groups which provide specialist support to victims and their families.
The week is also a prime opportunity for the community partners to come together to develop knowledge and learning about a range of hate crime issues covering race, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender including misogyny. A series of online and in-person sessions and events are taking place as part of the programme, with support from partners including:
- MENCAP (learning disabilities charity)
- Disability Action Yorkshire
- Yorkshire MESMAC (sexual health services)
- LGBTQ Forum
- York St John University
- York College
- Up For Yorkshire (community services)
- IDAS (domestic abuse)
- Horton Housing
- York Interfaith Group
North Yorkshire Youth Counter Terrorism Policing North East (CTP NE) is delivering a session about the role of Prevent in an educational setting to safeguard young people who may be vulnerable to extremist influences and radicalisation. Our Hate Crime and Police Race Action Plan teams are also giving inputs to officer and staff around the force to give an overview of their work and to discuss Black History Month which is ongoing throughout October.
Assistant Chief Constable Catherine Clarke, from North Yorkshire Police, said:
It is truly abhorrent to target hate towards an individual or groups of people because of their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender.
"These sinister crimes must never be tolerated by fair and decent societies
"We all have a part to play in tackling it through education, raising public awareness and robust enforcement.
"National Hate Crime Awareness Week is important in helping to bring everyone together to enhance the way we approach these very serious issues.
"We also use it to encourage victims to come forward to report hate crime and reassure them that they can have full confidence in seeking support in North Yorkshire and the City of York."
Cllr Heather Phillips, North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for corporate services which includes responsibilities for community safety, said:
Our aim is to help make North Yorkshire a safer place for everyone to live and work, no matter their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
"This year, alongside our partners, we will be holding a series of webinars and engagement events across the county where we will meet with residents and business owners to provide both advice and reassurance in the hope of getting the message across.
"It is an unfortunate truth that hate crime is not confined to big cities – it can happen anywhere – and so it is important that we all, as members of our communities, come together and show that it will not be tolerated in any form.”
Cllr Anna Baxter, Executive Member for Equality and Inclusion at City of York Council, said:
There is no place in York for hate or discrimination. We welcome everyone living, working and visiting the city whatever their age, whether taking part in York Pride, arriving as a refugee, standing alongside disabled people, following one or no faith.
"Sadly, we know that hate occurs and that is unacceptable. We all have a part to play learning more about it, standing up to it and taking action against it. Please take part this important week and join our stand against this crime.”
Jo Coles, the Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire and Crime, said:
Whether it takes place on a screen or in the street, hate crime and intolerance of difference, has no place in York and North Yorkshire.
"As I have over the last three months since I was appointed by David Skaith, the Mayor of York & North Yorkshire, I will continue to meet those who have experienced hate in their communities to ensure our police and fire services uphold the law and can effectively challenge and, where necessary, prosecute hate crime so that everyone who lives, visits, and works in York and North Yorkshire feels safe.”
Hate crime reporting and seeking support
If you're a victim of hate crime or you have information that could help protect others, make a report via the North Yorkshire Police website. The website also includes detailed guidance about hate crime support services. You can also make a report by telephone: 101.
Always telephone: 999 if an emergency response is required to deal with an immediate threat.
Get help with making your report
These charities, groups and organisations can offer support, advice and ways to report the incident without having to talk directly to the police:
- you can report hate crime to Supporting Victims in North Yorkshire and they'll put you in touch with support organisations and explain your options
- Crimestoppers is a national charity with a free online and helpline for reporting crime anonymously
- Tell MAMA is a national project supporting victims of anti-Muslim hate and monitoring anti-Muslim incidents
- Community Security Trust (CST) is a charity protecting British Jews from antisemitism and related threats
- Galop is a national charity providing advice and support to members of the LGBT community
Private Fostering Week
Published 7 October 2024.
Private Fostering Week will take place from Monday 18 November to Friday 22 November 2024. The aim of this week is to raise awareness of private fostering. Presentations and Drop-Ins will take place during the week which can be booked onto via the link below. Delegates can attend either a presentation or a drop-in, or both.
Presentations:
- Monday 18 November 2024, 12.00pm to 1.30pm on MS Teams, or
- Wednesday 20 November 2024, 3.00pm to 4.30 on MS Teams, or
- Friday 22 November 2024, 9.00am to 10:30am on MS Teams
The aim of the presentation is to raise awareness of private fostering. We'll achieve this by discussing the definition of private fostering, exploring differing scenarios to put the definition in practice, and feeling confident in your responsibilities when you identify a private fostering arrangement.
Jess Markwart, Head of Service for MASH, Assessment and Targeted Intervention for Children’s Social Care will share her experience and expertise of Private Fostering, linking the procedures to frontline practice. Jess will talk about some of the lessons learnt through the death of Victoria Climbié and how the subsequent Laming Report prompted a strengthening of the legal framework around private fostering.
We hope to inspire professionals to feel confident in recognising private fostering arrangements, know what to do and how to support children and young people in these arrangements.
Drop-ins:
- Tuesday 19 November 2024, 10.00am to 11.00am or Thursday 21 November 2024, 3.00pm to 4.00pm on MS Teams
In addition to the presentations, we're also running a “drop-in” style session where there will be the opportunity to ask questions and receive expert advice and guidance and hear about cases studies from social workers who have experience working with children and young people who have been in private fostering arrangements.
The target audience for these events are all professionals working in York.
To book you'll need to log into MyLO and click access this course at the top of the course page and then ‘sign up’ next to the dates that you want to attend.
If you’d like to know more about these sessions or private fostering in general, email: [email protected] or [email protected].
Partners can also find out more about private fostering and access resources on the CYSCP Website.
PREVENT training
Published 7 October 2024.
2 free PREVENT Training sessions are now available for multi-agency partners to book into.
The target audience of this training is the Multi-agency staff in the Adults and Children Workforce.
Session 1
Tuesday 21 October 2024 – Radicalisation and Prevent: identification of risk.
This Prevent awareness session will support staff to identify potential signs and indicators of radicalisation, and provide an overview of legislation, the Prevent duty, and the local context and risks.
Session 2
Friday 8 November 2024 - Radicalisation and Prevent: management of risk.
This Prevent session will support staff to recognise and respond to concerns regarding radicalisation. This includes how to manage and report concerns, local referral pathways and Channel Panel arrangements. The content will be presented by Police and Heads of Service.
Book to attend the PREVENT training sessions.
World Mental Health Day
Published 7 October 2024.
Thursday 10 October is World Mental Health Day, a day that reminds us to talk about mental health and show everyone that mental health matters. York has a range of support options for anyone struggling with their mental health:
Joint Targeted Area Inspections (JTAIs)
Published 23 September 2024.
Updated guidance for Joint Targeted Area Inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse was released earlier this month.
JTAI is an inspection of the local area arrangements and how leaders, managers and practitioners work together across the local authority, police, health providers and partner services to safeguard children and promote their welfare.
The partnership are currently updating the guidance and documentation in relation to domestic abuse now that the guidance framework has been published and details of these will be shared in the newsletter once these are published on the CYSCP website.
In the meantime, a reminder that the following information is available on the CYSCP website:
- Joint Targeted Inspection webpage and resources
- Domestic Abuse Strategy: a new strategy was introduced earlier this year to make it clear that domestic abuse will not be tolerated in our city. The strategy will provide crucial support to victims and survivors of domestic abuse, along with work to reduce risk from perpetrators
Invitation to NSPCC event
Published 20 September 2024.
NSPCC would like to invite you to the launch of the “It’s Not Love” digital resources, designed to help support teachers and professionals working with young people aged 12 to 14 years of age explore healthy and unhealthy friendships and relationships.
The digital resources were developed in partnership with the NSPCC and York St John University and are based on the “It’s Not Love” play and workshop, a theatre in education piece that seeks to prevent harmful sexual behaviours and coercive control that may lead to adult domestic violence and abuse in intimate partner relationships. Thanks to the “Give it to Get it” campaign, supported by the Together for Childhood site in Grimsby, the play with accompanying workshop successfully toured secondary schools across Yorkshire and Northeast Lincolnshire.
Now, as a further legacy of that healthy relationships campaign, these new digital resources on the NSPCC Learning website have been developed to support professionals across the UK. The new digital resources include powerful character films, comprehensive lesson activities and support for teachers detailing links to the curriculum. The event will be held on Wednesday October 2024 at 5.00pm until 6.30pm at York St John University. Register your free place at the NSPCC event.
Responsibility for safeguarding in sport
Published 20 September 2024.
Everyone who comes into contact with children and young people through sport or physical activity has a responsibility for safeguarding and child protection. This includes coaches, officials, paid staff and volunteers. Your club or organisation may also have someone in a named child protection role with a specific responsibility for safeguarding – perhaps a designated safeguarding lead or welfare officer. Find further information and resources about safeguarding in sport.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Partner Event
Published 20 September 2024.
Laura Hodgson, Partnerships Manager at North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service would like to invite you to an online event at 9.30am on Friday 11 October to learn more about the Prevention, Early Intervention and Safeguarding team.
This short introductory session will explain some of the different work they are involved with which you may not have considered and give you the opportunity to ask questions and identify future ways of working together.
You can attend the Teams meeting with Laura by Meeting ID: 350 441 314 813 Passcode: 9uuVty
Young carers
Published 20 September 2024.
There are around one million young carers aged 17 or under in the UK and there are a further 600,000 young adult carers aged 18 to 25.
Caring for a family member can have a huge impact on a child's mental health and wellbeing, as well as their ability to learn and future life chances. Shockingly, 50,000 young carers are spending as many as 50 hours a week on their caring role. Many young carers feel they are missing out on large parts of their childhood and education. Others feel overwhelmed by the level of responsibility.
The Carers Trust introduced the Young Carers Covenant which is a UK-wide commitment to young carers aged 5 to 18 and young adult carers aged 18 to 25. It sets out 10 key outcomes that young carers from across the UK have said are key to improving their lives. It was drawn up by the Carers Trust and members of the Young Carers Alliance. By signing the covenant, your organisation has the chance to collaborate with others to create meaningful change. Any organisation or individual in a position to take action to help achieve these outcomes is urged to sign up to the Covenant.
York Drug and Alcohol Service Partners Event
Published 17 September 2024.
Change Grow Live (CGL) will be sharing information on York Drug and Alcohol Service, including Aspire, the new community rehab programme, and The Gate, the young people’s service.
The CGL York Stakeholder event will be on Friday 4 October, from midday to 3.00pm at West Offices, Station Rise, YO1 6GA.
It will be an opportunity to connect with fellow stakeholders and learn more about future plans.
Don't miss out on this chance to engage with key members of the team and share your ideas and feedback.
Book your place online: CGL York Stakeholder event.
Please share the booking link with colleagues across York, and particularly with team leaders who can cascade information after attending the event.
CYSCP Early Help Strategy 2024 to 2026
Published 3 September 2024.
We've just published our new Early Help Strategy 2024 to 2026.
The strategy explains City of York’s vision for Early Help, detailing the levels of needs for families and responses by professionals, our shared priorities for children and young people, and how we will measure our success.
This Strategy will be launched at the 'City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership Early Help Launch', which you are invited to, on the following dates:
- Wednesday 25 September, 10.00am to midday, Hudson Board Room, West Offices
- Thursday 26 September, 4.00pm to 6.00pm, York High School
To book your place go to the course page on MyLO and click ‘access this course’ at the top of the page, and then ‘sign up’ next to the date that you want to attend.
When you drink, who’s in charge?
Published 22 August 2024.
York and North Yorkshire’s safeguarding teams are raising awareness of who’s in charge when parents and carers have had drink or drugs?
In 2020, 80 pedestrians were killed or seriously injured by drink drivers. 20 children (0-15) were killed or seriously injured by drink drivers that year. ROSPA says that although the level of drinking and driving has dropped dramatically over the last three decades, around 200 people are still killed in drink drive accidents every year.
It is not just the drivers who have been drinking who suffer, but often their passengers, people in other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists or motorcyclists, and the families of everyone involved.
The campaign also highlights safe sleeping and the affects that alcohol and drugs have on your body and how drinking alcohol and drug use may make you less aware of your child’s needs. There are increasing concerns that growing numbers of babies and children are at risk of serious harm because of the way some parents and carers consume alcohol at home. Drinking alcohol may make parents and carers less aware of their baby’s needs.
The campaign aims to promote that if parents and carers do drink alcohol then their baby should be cared for by an adult who has not had any alcohol. To reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) the safest place for a baby to sleep is in their own clear, flat, separate sleep space, such as a cot or Moses basket.
Find out more, or get help and advice at: The Lullaby Trust - Safer sleep for babies.
Most parents or carers who drink alcohol or use drugs do it in moderation and are not a risk to their children. However, drinking alcohol and drug use may make them less aware of their child’s needs. The NSPCC says that more than 70,000 children in England have a parent struggling with alcohol misuse.
Alcohol is a powerful chemical that can have a wide range of adverse effects on almost every part of your body, including your brain, bones and heart. More than 1 in 10 visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments are because of alcohol-related illnesses. Drinking alcohol may make you less aware of child’s needs.
Find out more, or get help and advice. Please support our campaign and these messages.
If you would like a copy of images and messages for your social media please email [email protected].
NSPCC Talk Relationships
Published 22 August 2024.
Talk Relationships supports all UK secondary schools to confidently deliver inclusive sex and relationships education.
NSPCC want all young people across the UK to understand healthy behaviours in relationships and recognise their right to be safe, heard and respected. They also want them to know how to get help from a trusted adult if they need it.
NSPCC have recently launched a new whole-school approach framework to support school leaders in developing a whole school approach to sex and relationships education. This complements existing elearning courses support secondary school teachers to feel confident when delivering sex and relationships education and responding to abusive behaviours.
Both the whole-school approach framework and elearning courses will be completely FREE to schools from 9 September, for a finite period.
There are also lesson plans created by sex and relationships education experts and a dedicated helpline to provide advice and guidance to secondary school educators who deliver sex education.
Find out more nspcc.org.uk/talkrelationships and or contact your local Schools Coordinator [email protected] for further information and support.
NSPCC Pregnancy in Mind
Published 22 August 2024.
Pregnancy in Mind continues to be available for any woman in York and North Yorkshire who is between 12-26 weeks pregnant, and experiencing or at risk of anxiety and depression.
This virtual groupwork service supports women and their partners to develop coping skills to mitigate the effects of parental anxiety and depression, feel more confident about the arrival of a baby and help build strong relationships with their child.
Watch a short summary video of this service. This can also be shared with parents-to-be: Referrals can be made by professionals or parents-to-be themselves. Please call NSPCC on 01274 381440 to discuss a potential referral.
New Prevent Referral Form
Published 22 August 2024.
The York Prevent Referral Form has recently been updated.
Please make sure you do not use previous versions of the form. New versions of the York Prevent Referral Form can be requested by emailing [email protected].
Spotlight topic – Building relationships and connecting with fathers and male carers
Published 9 August 2024.
In previous newsletters we informed you that a priority theme for this year is to focus on raising awareness to professionals on the importance of building relationships and connecting with fathers and male carers.
We now have produced a new page with some useful tips for you to consider as professionals to enable you to build better relationships with fathers and male carers.
School Health and Wellbeing Survey Animation
Published 8 August 2024.
An animation that has been made regarding the findings of the City of York School Health and Wellbeing Survey.
The School Health and Wellbeing Survey was commissioned by the City of York Council Public Health Team. This is the second large scale survey on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the city carried out between 2021 and 2024. The aim of the survey is to inform and support policy and decision-making across the local authority, in schools, and among other key stakeholders in the city.
Watch the School Health and Wellbeing Survey Animation animation on YouTube.
View the school survey reports in full online.
For more information about the survey email: [email protected].
Child Not Brought to Appointments
Published 22 July 2024.
Many children and young people are reliant on someone else to take them to meetings or appointments that relate to their welfare, care or health and as a result they are sometimes not taken to them.This may mean that a professional may record them as having ‘not attended’.
This is a safeguarding concern. A reminder that all professionals should use “Was Not Brought” rather than “Did Not Attend” for recording or noting the non-attendance of children and young people who are reliant on someone else to take them to a meeting or appointment.
The phrase “Did Not Attend” implies that the individual for whom the appointment or meeting has been arranged is responsible for not attending. There may be many reasons as to why someone doesn’t attend an appointment, however if a child is reliant on someone else to make, rearrange or take them to appointments or meetings, recording or noting “Was Not Brought” is a more accurate representation of the situation.
Recording or noting “Was Not Brought” enables a professional to consider the reasons why a child was not brought to a meeting or appointment, the implications for them not having been brought, and assess the potential risks or safeguarding concerns for them, especially if there is a repeat pattern of non-attendance.
A reminder that there is a lovely video explaining this. Please share with your colleagues and professionals and discuss in your team meetings.