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We publish a newsletter once every term with relevant safeguarding information for Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools and colleges across Norfolk. The newsletter will not duplicate information contained within MI sheets distributed on E-Courier.
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- MI 4/24 - Gender Questioning Children: Draft Guidance for Schools and Colleges from Department for Education (December 2023)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