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Newsletters
May 2026
Newsletter: May 2026
Neglect Champions Newsletter May 2026 (PDF, 502 KB)
Questions for Success Training Flyer 2026 (Word doc, 107 KB)
St Giles Violence and Exploitation Learning Series 2026 (PDF, 862 KB)
April 2026
Newsletter: April 2026
Neglect Champions Newsletter Mar 2026 (PDF, 447 KB)
Oral Health Care Training for Children & Young People (PDF, 1 MB)
Oral Health Parent Sessions (PDF, 1 MB)
Oral Health Training - Additional Needs (PDF, 1 MB)
February 2026
Newsletter: February 2026
Neglect Champions Newsletter Jan 2026 (PDF, 407 KB)
Unique and Wonderful Training Flyer (Word doc, 69 KB)
January 2026
Newsletter: January 2026
Working with fathers Conference 2026 Flyer (Word doc, 129 KB)
Adultification Training 2026-27 (Word doc, 89 KB)
Coercive Control flyer (Powerpoint, 160 KB)
The Changing Landscape of Domestic Abuse flyer (Powerpoint, 160 KB)
December 2025
Newsletter: December 2025
2025 NSCP RA Promotional Flyer FINAL (PDF, 230 KB)
Adultification Training Winter 2025 26 Updated (Word doc, 87 KB)
ANOOF Bitesize Briefing Intergenerational Neglect (PDF, 135 KB)
ANOOF Bitesize Briefing Medical Neglect (PDF, 158 KB)
ANOOF Bitesize Briefing Patterns of Disengagement (PDF, 170 KB)
Jump Christmas Opening Hours (Image, 131 KB)
Neglect Champions Newsletter November 2025 (PDF, 467 KB)
NSVCS Festive Opening Hours (PDF, 5 MB)
Pol-Ed - Adding a new user 2025 (PDF, 213 KB)
2025 Leaflet for schools - Primary white header (PDF, 388 KB)
2025 Leaflet for schools - Secondary white header (PDF, 399 KB)
November 2025
Newsletter: November 2025
Online Parents session for Norfolk December 25 (PDF, 187 KB)
Online Parents session for Norfolk January 26 (PDF, 186 KB)
Online Parents session for Norfolk March 26 (PDF, 186 KB)
October 2025
Newsletter: October 2025
Adultification Training Winter 2025-26 (Word doc, 89 KB)
ANOOF 7 minute briefing_Patterns of disengagement Amended 14.8.25 (Powerpoint, 424 KB)
CSE Practice Week 2025 Flyer FINAL (PDF, 211 KB)
Immediate learning from the Baroness Casey report into Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (grooming gangs) (A4) (1) (PDF, 675 KB)
Neglect Champions Newsletter September 2025 (PDF, 1 MB)
Online Parents session for Norfolk October 25 (PDF, 186 KB)
Scrutiny proposal CSA & CSE_for DSP agreement_AUG2025 (Word doc, 47 KB)
Serious_Youth_Violence (Word doc, 83 KB)
St Giles Training Winter 2025-26 (Word doc, 88 KB)
Suffolk and Norfolk leaflet Conferences - Small Steps (PDF, 2 MB)
Suffolk and Norfolk leaflet Virtual Sessions (PDF, 3 MB)
September 2025
Newsletter: September 2025
ANOOF (Powerpoint, 425 KB)
Brave Futures Support Infographic (1) (PDF, 198 KB)
Map of Hubs (2) (PDF, 304 KB)
Neglect Champions Newsletter July 2025 (PDF, 530 KB)
Norfolk Graded Care Profile Flyer Autumn Winter 2025 (Word doc, 103 KB)
Suffolk and Norfolk Leaflet Conferences - Small Steps (PDF, 2 MB)
Suffolk and Norfolk leaflet Virtual Sessions (PDF, 3 MB)
MI Sheets
MI sheet updates from academic year 2023/2024
- MI 17/24 - DBS Checks for Norfolk Children's Services Employees
- MI 4/24 - Gender Questioning Children: Draft Guidance for Schools and Colleges from Department for Education (December 2023)
- MI 1/24 - Working Together to Safeguard Children: updated statutory guidance
- MI 167/23 - The Prevent Duty - updated guidance documents
- MI 174/23 - Launch of the Norfolk Continuum of Need Guidance
- MI 202/23 - Consultation on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
MI sheet updates from academic year 2022/2023
- MI 133/23 - The Launch of Family Help pilot in Norfolk Children's Services
- MI 130/23 -Department for Education Consultations on changes to "Working Together to Safeguard Children" and "Information Sharing Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners
- MI 114/23 - Safeguarding Update
- MI 106/23 - Revisions to Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE (Guidance from 1 September 2023: For Information Only)
- MI 94/23 - Changes to Format and Content of Agency Reports to Initial Child Protection Conferences
- MI 70/23 - Norfolk Graded Care Profile Tool Training
- MI 53/23 - Updated LADO Procedures
- MI 43/23 - DSL Safeguarding Webinar - Child Exploitation: The preventative role of RSHE
- MI 7/23 - DBS Checks for Norfolk Children's Services Employees
- MI 198/22 - Private fostering awareness and reporting
- MI 177/22 - Bystander Intervention Programme: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Abuse
- MI 170/22 - Audit of School Safeguarding Practices 2022: Analysis and Visits
- MI 141/22 - Update to "Keeping Children Safe in Education" 2022
MI sheet updates from academic year 2021/2022
- MI 129/22 - Updated Safeguarding Policy and whole school training package
- MI 110/22 - Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE) - May 2022 revisions
- MI 241/21 - Audit of School Safeguarding Practices 2022
- MI 239/21 - Advice for schools - Safeguarding and the Incel ideology
- MI 238/21 - Further support for secondary schools and colleges to tackle sexual violence and harassment
- MI 233/21 - Amendments to the Norfolk Model Safeguarding Policy
- MI 178/21 - Early Help Assessments (letter) and Multi-Agency Support Panels
- MI 169/21 - Tackling sexual violence and harassment - support for schools and colleges
- MI 135/21 - Domestic Abuse Act 2021
- MI 124/21 - Revisions to "Keeping Children Safe in Education" DfE
- MI 91/21 - Review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, Ofsted, 10 June 2021
- MI 82/21 - Preventative Practice and Understanding of Neglect Survey, and Multi-Agency Support Panels
- MI 23/21 - Prevent in Education Update
- MI 19/21 - Audit of School Safeguarding Practices 2019-2020: Analysis
- MI 8/21 - Changes made to Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020
Updating safeguarding knowledge
In addition to regular training, both DSLs and staff should update their safeguarding knowledge. This could be through the following:
Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs)
- Reading MI sheets in the eCourier for Norfolk Schools and Learning Providers
- Accessing the Norfolk DSL twitter feed
- Attending or watching recordings of webinars
- Attending courses related to safeguarding and wellbeing
- Attending DSL networks
- Reading recently published guidance documents
- Reading serious case reviews / safeguarding practice reviews
All staff
- Reading a newsletter produced by DSLs
- Attending staff meetings / briefings with a safeguarding focus
- Reading recently published guidance documents
- Completing other training packages on specific areas of safeguarding
