HSCP Learning & Development Programme
The HSCP/HSAB Summer 2021 Newsletter is now available on our website – Newsletter Summer 2021
FREE Lunch & Learning Sessions, facilitated by SAHWF (St Albans & Hertsmere Women’s Refuge) on the following dates:
- 8 July 2021 – 12:30pm to 1:30pm
- 15 July 2021 – 1pm to 2pm
You can sign up for these sessions on our Training Webpage. Both sessions are free of charge, but delegates will be charged for non-attendance.
OPEN TO BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULT PRACTITIONERS.
Following the virtual launch of the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership’s Neglect Strategy and Joint Campaign with the NSPCC, please see below a link to the Neglect Hub on the HSCP website. The resources available are as follows:
- Neglect Strategy 2021-24
- Practice Guidance
- Neglect Strategy Toolkit
- Link to the Graded Care Profile tool
- The presentations from the launch by Dez Holmes, NSPCC and Operations Director, Matt Ansell
- Posters
Neglect Hub Edge Browser
Neglect Hub Explore Browser
Year of Learning
May 2021: Female Genital Mutilation 7 minute briefing
In April this year, the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) chapter in the HSCP Procedures was updated to reflect national procedures. Please click here to find the May 2021 - 7 Minute Briefing on FGM - for you to share during your team meetings.
FGM is a criminal offence – it is child abuse and a form of violence against women and girls, and therefore should be treated as such. FGM is an unacceptable practice for which there is no justification (HM Government 1998) and is recognised as amounting to torture and risks the health and lives of girls and women (Equality and Human Rights Commission. 2014)
Children who are born or living in the UK may be at risk of FGM taken place within the UK or when they travel with their families to visit friends and relatives in countries where this practice is common. It is an offence in UK law (regardless of nationality or status) to assist FGM, perform FGM or fail to protect from the risk of FGM in relation to any girl who is a UK national or resident and whether in the UK or abroad. Please can you share this information with your teams/partners.