February 2025
Welcome to your February DSL Planner Page!
This month our Planner focus is on Child Substance Misuse and Child Mental Health.
Between April 2023 and March 2024, 14,352 children and young people received alcohol and drug treatment in the UK. The impact of substance misuse on children can at times be devastating, leading to poor academic performance, behavioural problems, and long-term physical and mental health issues.
Around 1-in-5 children have a mental health difficulty in England, but only a third of those were able to access treatment last year. A growing number of children and young people are experiencing mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression and behavioural disorders.
Education settings play a crucial role in identifying and supporting children who may be struggling with substance misuse and/or poor mental health.
Join Safeguarding Network and let us help you develop a structured and comprehensive approach that builds a strong and sustainable safeguarding culture.
Member benefits - DSL Training Materials covering Child Mental Health and Child Substance Misuse
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 child substance misuse and child mental health. 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.
FREE TRIAL - Free trial of Governor child on child and bullying materials.
There is not a lot of guidance or support for the crucial role of Safeguarding Governor and many feel less than confident in their role, so building on the success of our work with Designated Safeguarding Leads we have created a Safeguarding Governor membership to provide structure and advice for individuals in this important duty.
Did you know? Safeguarding Network offer Safeguarding Governor membership specifically to support this crucial role, which includes:
- Learning walks
- Suggested discussion topics with the DSL
- Ideas for conversations with young people
- A calendar with reminders around governor responsibilities
- Free governor safeguarding training pack
- Discounts on online learning
- Discounts on Safeguarding Governor training
- Advice line for Safeguarding Governors
- Briefings on key safeguarding topics
Membership is just £99+vat for a whole year of support.
Offer expires on 28th February 2025. 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.
Question: What percentage of secondary aged pupils reported drinking alcohol?
You’ll find the answer on our Child Substance Misuse resource page… We have a whole set of quiz questions and scenarios for your team in our member resource packs.
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.
Calendar dates
Children’s Mental Health Week - 3rd Feb - 9th Feb
International Day for Zero Tolerance of FGM - 6th Feb
Safer Internet Day - 11th Feb
The last step
Our model works for a growing number of schools, colleges and other settings – ensuring they have a structured and comprehensive approach that builds a strong and sustainable safeguarding culture.
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There are lots of benefits
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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There’s no tie in beyond the term
If you join and you’re not happy, we are happy to discuss and have a no-quibble policy.
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Still unsure?
You can contact us and arrange a free virtual tour & tutorial of what we have to offer.
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