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Funding Annual Report
Applies to - All
Status - Information

Hi, Please find link below to the latest funding update. The funding opportunities with the more imminent deadline are at the top of the bulletin. Also attached is the External Funding Team’s Annual Report.

If you have a project or an idea that you require advice and funding assistance with, please fill out an Enquiry Form.

• Click here to view the attachment
• Click here to view the Schools Bulletin - July 2017
• Click here to visit the Funding Bulletins Home Page

Please circulate this to your networks as appropriate.

Jonathan Patten
Funding Support Officer – Municipal Building
Enterprise & Property, Halton Borough Council
0151 511 7214/Internal: (16)7214
jonathan.patten@halton.gov.uk 

CAMHS Sumer Events
Applies to - Secondary Schools
Status - Information

• Click here to view the Runcorn events
• Click here to view the Widnes events

Faye Woodward
Commissioning Manager
Children, Families & Adult Mental Health
NHS Halton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
 Runcorn Town Hall
Heath Road
Runcorn
WA7 5TDTel: 01928 593008
Fax: 01928 593790
faye.woodward@haltonccg.nhs.uk

New LADO Briefing Date
Applies to - all
Status - Information

LADO Annual Briefings

Date: Saturday 9th September 2017
Time: 11am – 2pm
Venue: The Venue Community Centre, The Lache, Chester
 
I would like to take the opportunity to highlight some positives of attending the LADO briefing sessions and the reason why it is so important;

• When inspected by your inspectorates the LADO is frequently contacted for information on compliance issues and strengths, the attendance at LADO training is highlighted as a strength.

• Due to the fact that provisions do not deal with LADO issues on a daily basis the training offers practical support and guidance on how to manage situations as they arise. The number of questions your practitioners ask after the event is of a high number and demonstrates the need for further information in this area.

• The information shared at LADO briefing events provides your front line staff and safeguarding leads with strategies for safer working environments and how to keep children and employees safe.

Whilst we understand time is precious the briefings are only 3 hours and support the safeguarding of children and your organisations. 
Please take a moment to ask whether you can assure yourselves that those working with children and young people understand the implications and expectations of them when allegations about adults who work with children are made.  Perhaps consider the following cases in doing so:

·       Eunice Spry
·       Paul Wilson
·       Frank Beck
·       Sally Brier
·       Beverly Allit
·       Michael Brewer
·       Caroline Berriman
·       Dale Bollinger
·       Lauren Cox

Does your staff group understand the implications of restraint and can they tell the difference between restraint and assault?  Recent training suggests that the staff group do not understand the LADO threshold, which leaves your organisations vulnerable as are the children you work with. 

I therefore ask that you identify people within the organisation that can access the briefing session and would benefit from this. So far no health practitioners/police/voluntary groups/CSC have attended and very few nursery, fostering, schools and childminders have.

To book places follow this link to the Training page of the HSCB website: http://haltonsafeguarding.co.uk/training/

Applicants will be required to register with the HSCB online booking system if they have not already done so in order to book a place (please note this is an individual registration form and 1 place can be booked at a time).

Dawn Lewis
Learning and Development Officer
Halton Safeguarding Children Board
2nd Floor, Rutland House
Halton Lea
Runcorn
WA7 2GW
Mobile 07711231347
Safeguarding Inbox: safeguarding.training@halton.gov.uk
Website: www.haltonsafeguarding.co.uk
Twitter: @haltonscb

Compromised Care Training
Applies to - All
Status - Information

Compromised Care Training
Thursday 6th July 2017
9.30 am – 1.00pm
The Foundry, Lugsdale Road, Widnes

Dear Colleagues

There are places still available on this course which focuses on substance misuse, mental health and domestic violence and the impact of compromised care on children and young people using learning from serious case reviews. Participants will have opportunity to look at the barriers and solutions to working with families and review local services available to families who can offer support when there is compromised parenting.

To book a place go to http://haltonsafeguarding.co.uk/training/

Dawn Lewis
Learning and Development Officer
Halton Safeguarding Children Board
2nd Floor, Rutland House
Halton Lea
Runcorn
WA7 2GW

Mobile 07711231347
Safeguarding Inbox: safeguarding.training@halton.gov.uk
Website: www.haltonsafeguarding.co.uk
Twitter: @haltonscb

New statutory duty for school governing boards and schools
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Status - Information

Dear colleagues,

On 1^st April 2017 the Children and Social Work Act was passed into law and it places a new statutory duty on maintained schools, Academies and Free Schools.  

The new duty states that for Children Previously Looked After, the governing board of a maintained school in England and a Proprietor of an Academy or Free School must:

• Designate a member of staff at the school or Academy  as having responsibility for promoting the educational achievement of relevant registered pupils (see definition below)

• Ensure that the designated person undertake appropriate training and has regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State

• The Secretary of State may by regulations require the governing board of a maintained school or an Academy to ensure that the designated person has qualification or experience (or both) prescribed by the regulations.

The definition of Children Previously Looked After is:

1,  A child who was looked after by the local authority or another local authority in England and Wales but ceased to be looked after as a result of:

• A child arrangements order which includes arrangements relating to with whom the child is to live, or when the child is to live with any person,

• A special guardianship order, or

• An adoption order within the meaning given by section 72(1) of the Adoption Act 1976 or section 46(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, or

2.   A child who appears to the local authority:

• To have been in state care in a place outside England and Wales because he or she would not otherwise have been cared for adequately, and

• To have ceased to be in that state care as a result of being adopted.

This duty applies to a child who is educated in a local authority's area and is:

• Receiving early years provision secured by the local authority

• Is of compulsory school age and

• The child attends a school in the local authority's area, or

• If the child does not attend school, the child receives all or most of his or her education in the local authority's area.

The immediate implications for Schools and Academies of this new statutory duty are:

• This role will be in addition to the statutory role of Designated Teacher for Children in Care.

• You will need to have the named person in place by September to ensure that you are statutorily compliant

• There is no guidance published yet as to the required

• qualifications and experience to fulfil this role.  For example, there is no indication as to whether the person has to be a qualified teacher on the Senior Leadership Team as is the case for the role of Designated Teacher for Children in Care.

• There has been no indication of any additional funding for schools to support the capacity to fulfil this role and the new duty.

There is also a similar duty now placed on the local authority to provide advice, support and guidance to schools, parents and early years providers for children previously looked after – this will become part of my remit as Headteacher of the Virtual School.

Please be assured that once I have further information I will be in contact.

Sharon Williams
Headteacher of the Virtual School
Education, Inclusion and Provision Division
Halton Borough Council
Rutland House  Floor 2
Halton Lea
Runcorn
WA7 2GW
Tel No:  0151 511 7391
Mobile:  07899 846505
Email: sharon.williams@halton.gov.uk
Fax No:0151 511 7508

African Masks training

Applies to - Primary Schools
Status - Information

2 places remaining for African Masks training 12th July 3.30pm – 5.30pm @ The Brindley

See attached example of masks produced by teachers on last week’s training.

• Click here to view the attachment

Some of the comments from the teachers include:

“Learnt a lot of useful techniques, which I will be able to use in class.“

“Really enjoyed this class, very simple techniques but they look so effective.”

“Great ideas to use with children.”

This training is free, to book a place email haf.bell@halton.gov.uk

External Items

Safter Schools Update
Applies to - All
Status - All

• Click here to view the Safer Schools Update

PC Liz Stanton MBE -  Lead  Youth Engagement Officer
Safer Schools and Young People Partnership
Cheshire Constabulary HQ | Oakmere Road | Winsford | Cheshire | CW7 2UA
Phone:  07595005689 / 01606364565
Email: elizabeth.stanton@cheshire.pnn.police.uk