Month: September 2014

Safe Network is joining forces with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to raise awareness of safer recruitment issues and how to prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable groups.   During the week of 29 September – 3 October 2014 they are working together on a awareness raising mission.

They are aiming to provide up-to-date and relevant information for the voluntary and community sector in England in a number of different ways including:

•             free webinars

•             interviews with DBS staff

•             the launch of a new safer recruitment resource

•             briefing papers

•             social media activity

•             infographics

Follow the link below for further details:

Safe Network & Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) focus week

Kings Heath Carnival of Play

Kings Heath Park, Birmingham B14

Saturday 20th September 2014

1.00pm – 4.00 pm

FREE

Inclusive Youth Festival

Welcoming Everyone & Especially Young People With Additional Needs

Click Carnival Now – Kings Heath Sep14 for further details.

The Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) are pleased to announce that the new child protection manual is now available at  http://www.proceduresonline.com/birmingham/scb/. 

The procedures are fundamentally the same, but the layout has changed a little. 

The old procedures have now been removed from the BSCB website and the new procedures are accessible by the link above.  There is also a quick link from the BSCB website homepage that takes you directly to the new procedures.

 On the homepage of the new procedures website there is –

*  A link to a page called “How to Use this Manual”.  This gives more detail about how the manual is organised and how changes will be made to keep it up to date.

*  A link that allows you to register for updates – you will then be notified each time the procedures are updated.