UPDATE NO 501 14 April 2022

Public Law Outline toolkit – free SESLIP workshops NOW BOOKING

The course is aimed at team managers, service/district managers, heads of service and legal professionals and is free to SESLIP members. Join the 60+ colleagues from across the region who have already booked.

Now booking: Cohort 1: now closed, second session due on 27 April  OR Cohort 2:  11 May (am and pm) and 25 May (am only). For more information contact Alison Smailes (details below)

Take Your Place – aspirant ADCS course NOW BOOKING

The Take Your Place programme is NOW BOOKING a 5-day aspirant Assistant Director’s course aimed at (approx) third-tier officers. Free of charge, each SESLIP large authority has two places and small authorities a single place. Your final nominations need to be endorsed by your DCS and details sent to Mark Evans (details below). The deadline for applications is Friday 22 April. See this flyer for more details

The 5-day programme will be delivered by The Staff College and consist of:

• 1 x 2-day face to face orientation residential, including evening speaker (16 & 17 June)
• 3 x ½ day virtual workshops, including sessions facilitated by Research in Practice & Early Intervention Foundation (11 July, 12 September, 27 September)
• 1 x 1 day face to face end of programme/partner workshop (13 October)
• 1 x ½ day co-production session
• 5 X action learning set sessions during and post

More from Mark Evans (contact details below)

System Leadership – CYP Mental Health 28 April 3pm NOW BOOKING

NHS (England), The Staff College and SESLIP have organised a 2-hour online workshop “System Leadership in Children and Young People’s Mental Health – a south-east region perspective” 3pm-5pm on Thursday 28 April. 

This event is FREE and aimed at all strategic leaders from partner agencies, commissioners and providers.

You can book here

Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan

On 30 March, the Home Office published “Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan“, which will drive down the prevalence of domestic abuse and domestic homicide and provide victims and survivors with the support they need.

Using responses to the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Call for Evidence, relevant data, and a comprehensive literature review, the plan outlines the government’s approach to tackling domestic abuse through prioritising prevention, supporting victims, pursuing perpetrators, and building a stronger system.

The print version of the plan is here.

Child victims of modern slavery in the UK: March 2022

On 29 March, ONS published Child victims of modern slavery in the UK: March 2022. The hidden nature of modern slavery makes measuring victim numbers difficult. We have brought together data sources on child victims in the UK from a range of organisations to explore the issue.

Headline data (to Dec 2021) show 9% increase in potential child victims, with 90% of referrals accepted, of which 79% boys and 80% aged 15-17.

The full report is here

Future dates for network meetings

Lead Members Group: Friday 8 July 10.00am.  More from Alison Michalska (contact details below)

Data Benchmarking: Tuesday 12 July 10:00am More information from Alastair Lee (contact details below)

Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board: Monday 25 April 10.30am-12noon More information from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

AD Education: Friday 6 May 10:00am. More information from Chris Owen (contact details below)

AD Safeguarding: Friday 10 June 10:00am. More information from Mark Evans (contact details below)

QA Network: Thursday 16 June 2:00pm – 5:00pm. More information from Amanda Meadows (contact details below)

Fostering Network: Wednesday 27 April 10-11.30am More information from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

SEND SE19: Joint LA/Health 10 May 2022 12:00 – 13:30 more information from Tracey Maytas (contact details below)

Early Help: Wednesday 25 May 1.30pm. More information from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

Children’s Services Data Analyst Apprenticeship – cohort#3 NOW BOOKING

The Data2Insight National roject is launching applications for the third cohort of the Children’s Services Data Analyst apprenticeship. The deadline for submitting application forms is 13 May with teaching expected to start in June.

You can download the application form and some other supporting information, from: Apprenticeships | Data to Insight.  

To be booked into a briefing session, submit your completed application form or ask any queries regarding the apprenticeships please contact Georgie Pym.

Data2Insight Early Help data standards – invitation to book a user research interview

John Foster of Data2Insight writes

We recently began the user research phase of our Early Help data standards project. We’ve been meeting with colleagues in local authorities across the country to talk about what their Early Help looks like, and how they use data to understand the support they offer to children and families. We’re asking them to tell us what challenges they face, and what they think matters most in this area. We’ve also visited some regional groups to talk about the project, and have more lined up in the coming weeks.

We’ve had an excellent response so far, but we’re still looking for more LAs to participate in these conversations. Getting the widest possible range of views will help ensure we’re taking the right approach for the next stages. Please get in touch, if you can give us an hour of your time to help with this exciting project, or pass on to the relevant people in your organisation.

Please contact John Foster of Data2Insight or Rebecca Eligon (details below) who coordinates the SESLIP Early Help Network

Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit 2021

Brighton and Hove City Council has published a Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit 2021, and has been recommended for sharing by the AD Education Network. More information from TransToolkit@brighton-hove.gov.uk

This toolkit has been developed by Allsorts Youth Project, and is made available to others, alongside a request to make a donation to the work of Allsorts Youth Project

Supporting practice in tackling child sexual abuse film series

The centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) has published Supporting practice in tackling child sexual abuse film series a new 12-part short film series for professionals, by professionals.

At least half a million children are estimated to experience some form of sexual abuse each year. Supporting professionals to have the knowledge, skills and confidence in identifying and responding to concerns of child sexual abuse is fundamental in addressing this. An introductory video can be accessed here.

SESLIP core funding for 2022-2023 confirmed

On 7 April, DfE wrote to SESLIP to confirm £234,800 core funding for SESLIP in 2022-2023. We await further communication on the subject of invitations to apply for funding in response to the recommendations from the Care Review; optional regional projects for the current year; and for core and other funding in subsequent years.

This is earmarked for Data Benchmarking (£80k); Self-assessment and Peer Challenge (£60.8k) and small packages of sector led improvement support (max 39 days per package) (£94k). Continued national level support for the Data 2 Insight project (hosted by SESLIP) was also agreed (£90k).