December 2024
Welcome to your December DSL Planner Page!
This month our Planner focus is on Children in the Care of Others.
Children may live in the care of others under a variety of arrangements with or without the formal badge of "being looked after". These children may face specific risks and it's important we can identify the different arrangements there may be.
Families are diverse and have many different forms in the UK. Sometimes they find a ‘fit’ that is best for them, and children grow up in the care of grandparents, friends, ex-partners, the local authority, adopters or others. This can provide children with opportunities they otherwise would not have received but can also mean the child is vulnerable.
Where children are not with their parents, your setting should try to understand how the child came to be living with a person other than their parents in the first place, and what it means for both the day-to-day experiences and longer-term outcomes for that child. Where a child is identified to be privately fostered, you must report this to the relevant local authority
What do you and your staff know about the wide-ranging issue of children living in the care of others? Is the training in your setting up-to-date?
Join Safeguarding Network and let us help you develop a structured and comprehensive approach that builds a strong and sustainable safeguarding culture.
Question: A child is privately fostered when there is a plan for them to live with someone who is not a close relative for how many nights?
You’ll find the answer on our Private Fostering resource page… We have a whole set of quiz questions and scenarios for your team in our member resource packs.
Member benefits - DSL Training Materials covering Children in the Care of Others.
Our membership includes a 2-year staff training curriculum covering every area in KCSiE with bitesize sessions designed to fit into your staff meetings every month, including the subject of children in the care of others. DSL materials include:
- Handouts
- PowerPoint presentations with presenter notes.
- Quizzes
- Whole Setting Update and Presenter Notes - the General Safeguarding Update training to be delivered by the DSL.
- Scenarios - Safeguarding Scenarios with separate Scenario DSL notes to aid discussion and support sharing of best practice.
All DSL materials present the subject matter in a straight-forward and practical way, keeping the safeguarding of children at the heart of the topic.
SPECIAL OFFER - £20 Safeguarding Network membership discount.
Become a Safeguarding Network Member today and receive a £20 discount on the joining cost. Membership starts from £99+VAT per term for an annual subscription, and £109+VAT per term for a termly subscription. Enter the code PLANNER20 at the checkout to receive £20 off your first invoice. All members have access to the full 24 month Calendar of DSL Materials and:
- Regular bulletins
- Webinars on hot topics
- Heavily discounted online learning
- Training discounts
- Initial safeguarding advice
- KCSiE implementation tool
- KCSiE discounted staff knowledge checker
- Discounts on places at our annual safeguarding conference
- INSET training pack
Offer expires on 31st December 2024. Limited to one use per setting where the setting is not already a member of Safeguarding Network. Offer can be withdrawn at any time. If used more than once per setting or by member settings, the full membership price will be charged as appropriate. No alternatives (cash or otherwise) will be offered.
Enter your details to download the free poster for this month
Please note that by entering your details to download any document on this page, you are signing up to our free fortnightly safeguarding bulletin keeping you up to date in developments in the world of safeguarding. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the link in the bulletin.
Check out our free resources
Children in the Care of Others
Calendar dates
16 Days of Action against Domestic Abuse - 25th Nov - 9th Dec
Human Rights Day - 10th Dec
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Check out the different levels of membership to find one that suits you and your setting and ensure you have a structured approach in place.
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