Safeguarding

Salford Safeguarding Children’s Partnership’s 'A Guide to Cultural Consciousness' is quite an interactive, thought-provoking resource for practitioners working with children, young people and families.  

sscp-cultural-consciousness-guidance-july-2023.pdf

In this film a young girl shares her experience of what life was like when she was involved in County Lines as a victim of Child Criminal Exploitation. It’s really powerful emphasises the importance of professional curiosity. #SafeguardingChildren

Nicole tells her story of being groomed into a drug-running gang aged 11.

The below files are shared after Salford CVS run Adult Safeguarding training sessions. To see the next Adult Safeguarding training session see our Training and Events page

They are a set of resources that explain the different categories of adult abuse: 

Once you have developed your safeguarding policy and ensured it meets best practice it’s worth considering how to ensure it is accessed by your trustees, staff, volunteers and beneficiaries.

The following prompts will also help ensure your policy is relevant to your organisation and meaningful to everyone who uses it. This is a self-assessment tool for your own use: you don’t need to return a copy to Salford CVS.

However, do contact us if you want support with any of the actions.

The Salford Safer Children’s Partnership is currently promoting a short video that can be used to explore Professional Curiosity. 

It’s a useful tool either to use individually, to help you reflect on your own practice when working with children or adults at risk of harm, or as a group exercise.