Stakeholders Network
We held our latest Stakeholder Network meeting on Wednesday 18th June. These meetings take place twice a year and are for all professionals working in Wiltshire to come together and hear key updates from the partnership and help us shape our work going forwards. Please see meeting slides here. We had over 60 people in attendance to hear from a range of speakers:
Naomi Hendy, a Dorothy House Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor working with Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Boater Communities – we will be arranging for her to deliver her full training package, but if your team or service would like to invite her to deliver this directly, then please contact her directly – naomi.hendry@julianhouse.org.uk
Rachel Pearce from Wiltshire Council’s Fostering Service supported our exploration of some of the issues raised around how we consider race and racism in our practice following The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report “It’s Silent” – if interested in joining a group to take forward how we support working with diversity please email SVPP@wiltshire.gov.uk
Jemma Halligan updated on the Transitional Safeguarding Work & pathway for this – additional information on the Transitional Safeguarding Programme and summary can be found here, as well as a map of how young people are offered support post 18 when there are exploitation concerns here.
We also considered what we need to respond to Child Sexual Abuse and what knowledge and skills we might need – including supporting adults impacted as children – as this becomes an area of further focus national. Our Child Sexual Abuse Framework was published in 2024 and you can find it here.
If you have a session you could offer in Safeguarding Week in November please get in touch SVPP@wiltshire.gov.uk - we would also love your feedback on the meeting, and any suggestions for future topics to cover. Please also let us know if your agency is not receiving our local learning briefings and we will add you to the list or confirm your agency contact.