What's New

NEW :: Safeguarding Support for the Voluntary Sector
Voluntary Action Calderdale provides safeguarding support to voluntary and community sector groups delivering services in Calderdale. We can give help and advice to organisations around Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable adults.  We can offer:

• Criminal Record Checks

• Safeguarding Training

• Advice around policies and procedures

• Access to model policies

Safeguarding is everybody’s business, therefore it is extremely important that anyone who comes into contact with Children or Vulnerable Adults either by volunteering or paid work has some basic safeguarding training. Click here for more details

NEW :: The Safe Network Standards
These national core standards and accompanying guidance are designed to support non-statutory organisations to put in place clear safeguarding arrangements for children and young people. Accessible and easy to use, they are aimed primarily at smaller groups and organisations within the voluntary and community sector that may have limited resources.

The standards are also aimed at social enterprise organisations and other not-for-profit organisations that may not consider themselves to be within the voluntary and community sector.' Download the full document here

Independent Review of The Criminal Records Regime
A copy of the 'Independent Review of The Criminal Records Regime –Government Response' can be downloaded here.

Safeguarding Training – New Courses

Train the Safeguarding Trainer – click here for more information

Review of Continuum of Need and Response – click here for more information

Train the Trainer – E-Safety – click here for more information

Multi-Agency Learning and Development Programme 2011-2012
Download the PDF for more information
Updated October 2011

Safeguarding Procedures
The Safeguarding Procedures are updated twice a year - click here to see a helpful summary of the revised version (August 2011)

Click here to access the latest West Yorkshire Consortium Safeguarding Procedures Manual

Making a Referral if You are Worried about a Child

Common Safeguarding Children Referral Form (June 2011)

Common Safeguarding Children Referral Form Guidance (June 2011)

Female Genital Mutilation – Guidelines

Female Genital Mutilation – Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines issued by the Government (2011)

Child Death Overview Panel Executive Summary 2009/10
Since April 2008 there has been a statutory requirement for Local Safeguarding Children’s Board’s to review the deaths of all children who reside within a local authority area.  - See Calderdale's 2009/10 CDOP Executive Summary here

Free access to research for all child care professionals
Free access to research for all child care professionals - this innovative service helps busy managers and practitioners to keep abreast of current developments in practice and policy - Click here