Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

14/01/2025

The members of the Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) are Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Integrated Care Board.

This partnership is responsible for effective multi-agency working, and identifying and addressing system issues.

In December 2023, the statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’ was revised. As a result, SSCP has updated its local Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements (MASA)

The updated arrangements follow a child-centred and family-focused approach, which highlights the voice of the child.

You can visit the partnership website to read more about our updated arrangements.

The SSCP is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how local organisations will co-operate, to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.

23/10/2024

Vacancy - Training Officer - More information https://bit.ly/409GYNs

The Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) is a vital statutory service hosted by Staffordshire County Council. Its purpose is to facilitate cooperation among local organisations, ensuring the welfare of children and young people in Staffordshire.

Our safeguarding partners:

promote child safety and wellbeing and together foster a culture of collaboration, integrity, and compassion.
Developing safeguarding practices; ensuring effective arrangements for child protection;
learning from local and national incidents and in doing so strives for positive outcomes for children and families to keep them safe, promote their development, and protect them from harm.
Main Responsibility
A challenging but exciting role, you will lead and coordinate SSCP workforce development activities related to developing and enhancing safeguarding and child protection practices across our partner agencies.

Working across diverse organisations within a complex multi-agency environment you'll also foster relationships between the SSCP, partner agencies, and other relevant organisations. Whilst playing a crucial part in ensuring the safety and well-being of children and young people in Staffordshire by facilitating collaboration and effective practices among various stakeholders.

The Ideal Candidate
With previous experience of delivering direct training and coaching you'll have:

the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, working closely with others to design, deliver and evaluate training products.
a willingness to adapt and stay informed about innovation, new technologies and best practices
an ability to seek opportunities for improvement that fuels your commitment to delivering high quality training.
active listening skills and the ability to adapt your communication style to cater for a wide audience.
Interviews will be held on Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th November 2024. For further information about the role and the work of the SSCP please contact Lynne Milligan [email protected] or 01785 277151.

22/10/2024

| Funded holiday activities and food this winter ☃️️

If your child is aged 5-16 years and eligible for a funded place on the HAF programme, you will receive an email from Staffordshire County Council with a HAF code.

❄️ Booking opens on Monday 11 November
❄️ Activities run Saturday 21 December
2024 until Saturday 4 January 2025.
❄️ Quote your HAF code to get a funded place

The perfect opportunity to meet new friends, enjoy healthy meals and have lots of fun this festive season 🎅

If your child is not eligible for a funded place but would like to attend, get in touch. Many of our providers offer paid places too!

Holiday Activities and Food - Staffordshire County Council

10/10/2024

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06/09/2024

Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership, 'New name, Same great services'.

We are changing our name, from Board to Partnership. Find out more by visiting Staffsscp.org.uk

26/07/2024

Children are more at risk from dog bites in the summer months when they spend more time together over the long summer holiday. Luckily, most bites are preventable.

Teach your child to leave your dog alone when they are sleeping, eating, or if they have a toy they really like.

Discover more top tips to keep children and dogs safe and happy together: https://capt.org.uk/dogs-and-children

02/07/2024

Intelligence and Performance Officer - Vacancy
Our Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) is a multi-agency safeguarding arrangement in which safeguarding practice can develop and prosper across the partnership, with a culture of collaboration, integrity, and compassion; promoting the development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; and protecting them from neglect and abuse.
Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, family support and effective safeguarding interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.

Main Responsibilities

You'll work with partners and the SSCB business team to execute the SSCB Business Plan and Quality Assurance Framework.
You'll be responsible for:
• data management, communication, and analysis to promptly identify risks and potential threats in safeguarding.
• Collaboration with quality and performance leaders from partner groups is crucial to ensure a cohesive strategy for safeguarding children.
• You will also aid in enhancing the SSCB Quality Assurance Programme, suggest enhancements informed by data insights, and use audit results to inform training and better children's outcomes.
The Ideal Candidate

You'll have:
• substantial expertise in business Intelligence, data management, and analytics, and be able to use business analytical tools within a public sector or Children and Families’ environment.
• be familiar with outcome-based tools and techniques for measuring system effectiveness
• be able to demonstrate experience in measuring outcomes for children, young people, and families from a performance and intelligence perspective.
• an ability to design and produce accurate, user-friendly, GDPR-compliant reports
• knowledge of predictive analysis and demand management, especially in a multi-agency children’s partnership context, is advantageous.
Being an active listener is crucial and understanding the perspectives of colleagues and partners to help build trust and collaboration. Therefore, you'll also have the ability to positively influence others for achieving common goals and in doing so develop strong working relationships that involves empathy, respect, and open communication.

This is a 12-month fixed term, part time post working 25 hours per week with an annual salary of £36,648- £41,418 ( pro rata).

The post is located in Stafford, with the ability to travel across the county. A flexible approach to working the 25 hours per week will be considered.

Closing date for applications is 29th July 2024.

For further information please contact Lynne Milligan via [email protected].

Please apply via Jobs and Careers - https://bit.ly/4eMwGaK

07/06/2024

“With the help of children and young people, MPFT (Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust) aim to develop the health and care support for neurodiverse children and young people (such as those children and young people with Autism Spectrum Condition or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, care experiences or neurodiverse needs without a diagnosis).
Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust are looking to redesign the services in which children and young people with neurodiverse needs access support. To make this work we need to hear from children and young people about the experiences they have found helpful and those they would like to see developed. Take a moment to complete the questionnaire to share your feedback: https://forms.office.com/e/23LT9VkW3i
We want the system to work for families, to ensure they can access the support they need for their child to thrive.”

14/05/2024

14/05/2024

County Lines can often involve the exploitation of young, vulnerable people who are targeted and manipulated into selling drugs by criminal gangs.

are committed to cracking down on County Lines drug activity, but they need your help to protect young people from this abuse. If you see anything suspicious or want to report something:

🖱️ Drop them a private message on social media
📱 Call 101
📞Dial 999 in an emergency

There is support available from organisations such as . More information and advice here➡️
https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/countylines

22/04/2024

Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board Vacancy
Training Officer
Part time/Casual

Main Responsibilities
A challenging but exciting role, you will lead and coordinate SSCB workforce development activities related to developing and enhancing safeguarding and child protection practices across our partner agencies.
Working across diverse organisations within a complex multi-agency environment you'll also foster relationships between the SSCB, partner agencies, and other relevant organisations. Whilst playing a crucial part in ensuring the safety and well-being of children and young people in Staffordshire by facilitating collaboration and effective practices among various stakeholders.
For more information, job description and to apply visit https://careers.staffordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Staffordshire-Safeguarding-Children-Board-Training-Officer/1920

Closing date – 18th May 2024

22/04/2024

Staffordshire Safeguaridng Children Board vacancy.
Business Administrator
Part time/Casual
Main Responsibilities
You will:
• provide administrative assistance and support to the Board including maintaining diaries, arranging meetings, making appointments and dealing with telephone enquiries.
• organise conferences, events, seminars and exhibitions.
• process day to day financial transactions within the office.
• maintain IT based and manual records.

This is a challenging yet rewarding role working across a varied multi-agency landscape with responsibility for supporting relationships between the Board, partner agencies and other organisations within a complex and fast paced multi-agency environment.
For more information, job description and to apply visit https://careers.staffordshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Staffordshire-Safeguarding-Children-Board-Business-Administrator/1921

Closing Date – 25th May 2024