SVPP Newsletter Issue 18
SVPP Newsletter Issue 18
Welcome to Issue 18 of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter bringing you the latest news and updates from the SVPP, including the Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP).
News in Brief
An update to the Wiltshire’s Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Survey 2024 Report has been made. Please ensure you refer to this revised version which clearly states a publication date of 13th January 2024 on the front cover and is available via this link - Wiltshire Children and Young People's Emotional Wellbeing Survey - Wiltshire Intelligence
‘A safe space for teenagers worried about sexual behaviour’
Shore has anonymous advice and support to help with worries about sexual thoughts, feelings or actions. They help to manage worrying thoughts and learn more about living safely both online and offline. Please visit their website here for resources and help.
Tackling Child Exploitation - Multi-agency Practice Principles for responding to child exploitation and extra-familial harm
The multi-agency Practice Principles for responding to child exploitation and extra-familial harm are designed to support effective partnership working across different local contexts; providing a common language and framework to better respond to child exploitation and extra-familial harm. To read more about the practice principles and further research please visit the website here.
Become healthier and wealthier for 2025 by quitting smoking
Check out the newly launched Smoke Free app to help quit smoking. Get support from our friendly, specialist health coaches who offer a free 12-week programme of support. The tailored programme is supported by a health coach, in person, online or over the phone.
Find out about all the free options available to help you quit smoking.
Updated documents/protocols
- SVPP - Wiltshire's multi-agency safeguarding arrangements
This is a statutory requirement under Working Together 2023 and the updated document was published in December. It sets out and explains our multi-agency safeguarding arrangements and can be downloaded from our website here.
- Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Annual Report 2023/24
Spotlight themes and key findings in the review can be downloaded here. A Youtube video of learnings from the report can be viewed here.
- Pan Swindon Wiltshire Missing from Home and Care Protocol has been updated and can be found here.
This multi-agency guidance has recently been updated and is for all professionals working with children and young people in Wiltshire.
Upcoming campaigns and dates for the diary
Dry January 2025 - 1st December 2024 – 31st Jan 2025
Dry January is the UK’s one-month alcohol-free challenge. We have supported this initiative - to find out some of the benefits of going Dry this year, please click here.
Alcohol Change UK's tools and resources can be useful as well as the use of their free Try Dry app to track and set your own custom goals for the month and monitor your wellbeing.
Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. By bringing attention to this critical issue, the day aims to inspire collective action and foster a world where such exploitation is eradicated.
Gaming and Gambling Harm Prevention Workshop
28th January 2025 15.30-17.30
Virtual Workshop - Open to anyone working with young people.
Book your Free place now!
February is LGBT+ History Month - an annual observance of the history of the LGBT+ community, LGBT+ rights, and related civil rights movements.
On 11th February it’s Safer Internet Day, which is a celebration of online safety. Each year a particular online issue or theme is shared in consultation with young people across the UK. This year Safer Internet Day will be focusing on the issue of scams online and for young people, how to protect themselves and others, as well as what support is available to them. Please visit the Safer Internet Centre for resources and further information.
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, Staff College are hosting a series of three free virtual sessions on Thursday 13th March 2025, throughout the day. The sessions will focus on Allyship, Technology, and Gender Equity.
To register onto one of the following sessions, please click here
18th March is Child Exploitation Awareness Day. Awareness raising of child sexual exploitation (CSE) experienced by boys and young men will be highlighted encouraging everyone to Think Twice, Think Abuse. For more information please click here.
Social Work Week 2025 will take place from Monday 17th - Friday 21st March 2025, and will coincide with World Social Work Day on Tuesday 18 March 2025.
Training: Alcohol awareness, Identification and Brief Advice (IBA)
Monday 3rd March 2025 from 09:30 - 12:00
Connect are offering training on Alcohol awareness, Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) and working with change resistant clients for frontline professionals based in Wiltshire. This training is interactive and will run from 9:30-12:00 over Microsoft Teams. The training entails the following:
- Alcohol awareness and education (units, risks, prevalence etc.)
- Identification and Brief Advice and how to use the Audit-C Tool
- Knowing when it’s important to refer to services and how to have those conversations
- Approaches professionals can take when someone refuses a referral or doesn’t engage in support
- Following the training you will receive a pack of resources to help put the training into practice
For further information, please email: Connectreferrals@Turning-Point.co.uk or Jon.Amor@turning-point.co.uk
International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is taking place on 21st March 2025. The theme for this year is International Decade for People of African Decent. This theme will help to recognise that people of African descent represent a distinct group, whose human rights must be promoted and protected.
Men’s Wellbeing through Nature
A free 12-week programme to boost mental health and physical wellbeing.
For locations and dates and to find out more please visit: www.wiltshireeilflife.org/mens-wellbeing email: wellbeing@wiltshirewildlife.org or scan the QR code below:
Please visit our social media platform here, follow, like and share to help safeguard and protect the most vulnerable in our community together.
SVPP Training and Learning Events
Did you know the SVPP offers a range of free e-learning courses? Modules include Child and Adult Exploitation, Self-Neglect, Learning from Case Reviews, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and E- Safety. To book any SVPP training courses including e-learning, click here
The SVPP have some courses coming up which still have places available:
- 02.2025 – Working Together: A Shared Responsibility
- 02.2025 – DASH Risk Assessment and MARAC Training
- 03.2025 – Neglect Training
- 03.2025 – Early Support Assessment (ESA) Process
- 03.2025 – Specialist Advanced Practitioner Training
- 03.2025 – Ways of Writing
All courses are available to book via your Virtual College account. For further booking information, please visit the SVPP website, Learning Hub.
New for 2025
Adult Threshold Matrix Workshop – Various dates available for booking
These workshops will provide an overview of the Adult Threshold Matrix together with an opportunity to work through case scenarios and use the Matrix in practice. Explore how to make a good referral to MASH, the process and expectations from making a referral. Suitable for all frontline practitioners, particularly those who are new to safeguarding.
Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Training – Various dates available for booking
These sessions are designed in a workshop style and are appropriate for those working directly with adults. They will be delivered using anonymised case studies and case-based scenarios.
The Adolescent Brain (Pilot session 18.03.2025)
The tremendous pace in growth and change of the adolescent brain potentially makes this a time of great vulnerability and can be a key opportunity for practitioners to engage with young people and positively impact their public health outcomes. This learning will consider young people’s:
- changes to brain architecture
- emotional wellbeing
- potential as parents
- ability to interpret social cues
- tendency to act impulsively
- use of screentime and social media
Coming Soon!
Prevent, Radicalisation and Extremism: A new suite of courses focusing on these topics will be launched soon. Full details will be available on the SVPP Learning Hub – Courses page once available for booking.
All courses are available to book via your Virtual College account. For full course descriptions and further booking information, please visit the SVPP website Learning Hub.
SVPP Safeguarding Week Catch-Up modules
SVPP hosted their annual Safeguarding Week in November. Many of the webinars were recorded and a copy of the presentation slides has been made available for most. To access these, please select the ‘Learning’ tile on your Virtual College account. For further information, please visit the SVPP Website.