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At SESLIP we are always on the look-out for good ideas that might be better implemented regionally rather than locally. If you have any suggestions, please contact Richard Tyndall, SESLI Programme Manager (details below).
Our Regional Improvement Plan for 2021-2022 (October 2021) can be found here
If you would like to work for the programme, ESCC has advertised the SESLIP Freelance Consultant Approved List. Please address all enquiries about this opportunity to Richard Tyndall (contact details below)
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Aspirant DCS Programme NOW BOOKING
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The Staff College, Institute of Public Care, Skills for Care, and GatenbySanderson – supported by DfE - invite applications for the upon Aspirant Directors Programme. Applications close 13 June 2022
Action Required
Starting in late September 2022 and running until March 2023, the upon Programme will welcome around 40 Aspirant Directors. The flyer is here or contact upon@thestaffcollege.uk or call 0161-826-9450.
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Schooling for the Future: 1pm Monday 30 May
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Over the past 10 years or so, The Staff College has been actively engaged in promoting international dialogue on addressing the question “What is the purpose of Schooling?”. Informed by this dialogue, we have developed the Schooling for The Future Series; a suite of online academic and practical resources themed as: Future Schooling; Inclusive Schooling; Community Schooling. There is a flyer here.
Action Required
To celebrate the launch, three of our contributing authors, Professor Mel Ainscow, Professor Kathryn Riley and Valerie Hannon have agreed to join Jane Parfrement, the College CEO, and Anton Florek, the Series Editor, for an online panel discussion during which they will provide an overview of their contribution to the series.
To join our discussion and find out more about the thinking behind the materials, please book a place by CLICKING HERE.
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Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody for Girls and Women
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On 4 May the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research (CFJ) published Disrupting the routes between care and custody for girls and women, a report on the over-representation of care-experienced girls and women in the criminal justice system.
Action Required
Interviews were conducted with 17 girls and young women who had been in care in England. Findings include: over-criminalisation in children’s homes; experiences of abuse, victimisation and exploitation whilst in the care system; and 12 participants discussed experiences that would fit under the government definition of child sexual exploitation or child criminal exploitation. Recommendations include: building a trauma-responsive care system and addressing the link between stigma and violence against care-experienced girls.
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Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner - Annual Report published
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On 27 April the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has published its annual report for 2021-2022 looking at modern slavery.
Action Required
The report highlights the increasing numbers of children being identified as potential victims of modern slavery and raises concerns about the safeguarding response to these children. The Commissioner also discusses national efforts to improve strategic responses.
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Working together to improve school attendance
Update
On 6 May DfE published Working together to improve school attendance, Guidance to help schools, academy trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities maintain high levels of school attendance including roles and responsibilities which apply from September 2022.
Action Required
It includes expected standards for attendance support and the power for LAs to use proceeds from penalty notices towards service costs. Further statutory minimum standards for LAs’ attendance services will be published in due course.
The full guidance is here, a summary table of responsibilities for school attendance is here
Key dates
Future dates for network meetingsWorkstream
Lead Members Group: Friday 8 July 10.00am. More from Alison Michalska (contact details below)
Data Benchmarking: Tuesday 12 July 10:00am More from Alastair Lee (contact details below)
Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board: Wednesday 20 July 10.30am-12noon More from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)
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AD Education: Friday 1 July 10:00am. More from Chris Owen (contact details below)
AD Safeguarding: Friday 10 June 10:00am. More from Mark Evans (contact details below)
QA Network: Thursday 16 June 2:00pm - 5:00pm. More from Amanda Meadows (contact details below)
Fostering Network: Wednesday 13 July 10-11.30am More from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)
SEND SE19: Wednesday 15 June 12 - 1.30 Strategic Conversation: LAs & DfE. More from Sheelagh Sullivan (contact details below)
Early Help: Wednesday 25 May 1.30pm. More from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)
Family Hubs Community of Practice: SEND workshop via Teams Thursday 9 June 9.20 - 11.30. More from Carly Bain (contact details below)
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Social Work England - Consultation on new education and training approval standards for approved mental capacity professionalsWorkstream
On 9 May, Social Work England published a consultation on new education and training approval standards for approved mental capacity professionals. This consultation relates to the role of the approved mental capacity professional (AMCP), the successor qualification to best interests assessor, which is being consulted on in the DHSC’s consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards.
Activity
The consultation period is 12 weeks and will end at midday (12pm) on Monday 1 August 2022.
You can complete the online survey here
SWE is also consulting on the role of approved mental health professionals (AMHP).
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Data to Insight - National Project - October 2021 BriefingWorkstream
Alistair Herbert of Data to Insight writes
"A quick note to alert you that we’ve updated ChAT to include a new “RIIA” tab which calculates many of the measures for the revised RIIA quarterly data collection."
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"We’ve also stored the RIIA collection template itself on the D2I website, so that we can maintain this with periodic updates as required."
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The Relationship Between Poverty and Child Abuse and Neglect: New EvidenceWorkstream
On 31 March Paul Bywaters and Guy Skinner (and others, University of Huddersfield) published The Relationship Between Poverty and Child Abuse and Neglect: New Evidence
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The evidence for this relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect is much stronger than five years ago. Seventeen studies show that changes in the economic conditions of family life alone – without changing any other factors – impact on rates of abuse and neglect.
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Fostering Network report shows allegations process is failing both children in care and foster carersWorkstream
On 27 April The Fostering Network published State of the Nation's Foster Care 2021. It includes two thematic reports, one on the status of foster carers and the other on the allegation process in foster care.
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Commission on Young Lives publishes 'All Together Now: Inclusion not exclusion - supporting all young people to succeed in school'.Workstream
On 29 April the Commission on Young Lives published 'All Together Now: Inclusion not exclusion - supporting all young people to succeed in school'.
Activity
The report looks at how thousands of vulnerable children are falling through gaps in the education system, putting them at risk not only of low attainment but also serious violence, county lines, criminal exploitation, grooming and harm. It calls for a new era of incentivising all schools to become more inclusive and makes a series of recommendations for how schools can be supported to divert vulnerable teenagers away from crime and exploitation and enable them to thrive.
Tools & Templates
We have produced a Regional Improvement Plan (October 2021) which will underpin activities in 2021-22, and the early part of 2022-23
Consultation on new education and training approval standards for approved mental capacity professionals published by SWE on 9 May 2022
Working together to improve school attendance published by DfE on 6 May 2022, to apply from September 2022
Disrupting the routes between care and custody for girls and women published by CFJ 4 May 2022
Children in custody: secure training centres and secure school published by NAO 28 April 2022
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner's annual report for 2021-2022 published by IASC 27 April 2022
State of the Nation's Foster Care 2021 published by The Fostering Netowrk on 27 April 2022
Decisions in Education in England Panel (DEEP) survey launched by EPI 25 April 2022
Annual Report 2021 published by IntegratED on 20 April 2022
School-led tutoring grant published by DfE 20 April 2022
Why do children go into children’s homes? published by Ofsted on 13 April 2022
The care files: Exploring the experiences of teenagers entering the care system published by NFJO on 7 April 2022
Emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’On 13 April, Ofsted pubisheds social care settings published by DfE 1 April 2022
The Relationship Between Poverty and Child Abuse and Neglect: New Evidence published by Univerity of Huddersfield on 31 March 2022
Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan published by the Home Office 30 March 2022
Supporting practice in tackling child sexual abuse film series published by the CSA Centre on 30 March 2022
Child victims of modern slavery in the UK: March 2022 published by ONS 29 March 2022
Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit 2021 published by Brighton and Hove City Council, alongside a request to make a donation to the work of Allsorts Youth Project
SEND Review: Right support Right place Right time published by DfE on 29 March 2022
Supporting schools that are not making necessary improvements published by DfE on 28 March 2022
Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child published by DfE on 28 March 2022
School Capacity (SCAP) survey published by DfE 24 March 2022
Sustainable high needs systems: learning from the ‘safety valve’ intervention programme published by DfE 24 March 2022
Anti-Racism Report published by What Works for Children's Social Care, Social Work England and the Principal Social Worker Network on 17 March 2022
The Competition & Markets Authority final report into the children’s social care market published by CMA 12 March 2022
Education, children’s social care and offending published by DfE on 10 March 2022
The MoC area of the SESLIP website now includes details of its relaunch on 1 April 2022.
SESLIP Contact Details
alison.smailes@hants.gov.uk
Amanda.meadows@hants.gov.uk
03707 794752
Daryl.Perilli@brighton-hove.gov.uk
heather.hadfield@segfl.org.uk
07931 506487 or 0118 978 9679
philip.simpkins@btinternet.com
rebeccaeligon@gmail.com
07944 996219