From today (21st June 2021), ‘World Wellbeing Week’ will take place until the end of June aiming to highlight the importance of mental and physical wellbeing. Wellbeing can be interpreted differently depending on the individual however generally speaking ‘wellbeing’ is defined as a satisfactory condition of excellence or the state of being happy, healthy and…
This course is suitable for delegates who have recently attended the ‘Safeguarding Children Complex (Level 4)’ and wish to explore the competencies at Adult Safeguarding compliant with the Health Intercollegiate Document (Level 4) .The course is also a refresher for lead professionals who have already attained Safeguarding Adults (Level 4).
Whole School Training is a 1/2 day course aimed at all members of school staff, including volunteers, to understand their responsibilities and role(s) concerning safeguarding.
This course is designed for multi-agency professionals to evaluate a child’s lived experience of neglectful care and apply specific intervention strategies to safeguard and promote the child’s development.
This course will explore how professionals assess and intervene with families where neglect has been identified.
What is ‘UMHD’? Why is it important? University Mental Health Day is an annual event run by ‘Student Minds’ Charity & ‘University Mental Health Advisors Network’ (UMHAN) held on the first Thursday of March. This year ‘UMHD’ is taking place on Thursday 4th March 2021. UMHD is aimed at uniting the University community, both students…
Taking over from Social Networking in the child’s world or just another Internet fad? Live streaming is the ability via mobile phone or other device to broadcast yourself and your surroundings or activities ‘live’ to friends, or if you so choose, the world. Platforms such as Tiktok, Twitch, Discord and Facebook live have given users,…
Sexting – Has it increased during lockdown and what does research tell us? According to Wikipedia Sexting is…..”sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or videos, … or sending a text possibly with images”. To be clear this is an adult description. Talk to young people and they have a number of names for…
Cyberbullying – The realities and coping mechanisms for young people and adults Bullying in its many forms can affect children in varied ways. Some like myself only encounter short periods in their life when this happens, and the majority develop coping strategies and the period ends. For others though the impact can be massive.…
Tweet #AnInternetWeTrust Facts and Figures An Internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world Headlines from the National Crime Agency. Cyber criminals seek to exploit human or security vulnerabilities in order to steal passwords, data or money directly. The most common cyber threats include: Hacking – including of social media and email passwords Phishing…
