North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Day or Night, Sleep Right is a key message to those who care for infants across North Yorkshire and York. The ‘Day or Night, Sleep Right’ campaign has been created as a way of providing information regarding the importance of safe sleeping environments for infants to reduce the number who have sadly died as a result of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI). In this podcast we hear from the Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children in Care from the North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group about safer sleep for babies.

Private Fostering Week 2022 is between 21 and 25 March 2022. To support Private Fostering Week, in this podcast we speak to Jess Markwart, Group Manager for Access and Multiple Vulnerabilities about what private fostering. We explore: 1. What is private fostering? 2. Why you need to know about private fostering? 3. What you should do if you are either a parent looking to put a private fostering agreement in place or you are working with children and young people I believe that a child is being cared for by someone who is not their close relative More information about private fostering can be found on our website at: · www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/professionals/private-fostering

In this podcast we will hear from PS Heidi Lewis about Operation Choice, a process designed for referring children and young people in North Yorkshire who are found in possession of drugs, into a course of Police led educational sessions,  

In this podcast we will hear from Sarah Arnott, Commissioning & Partnership Services Manager for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner who provides an overview of the range of support services provided by the PFCC including referral criteria and pathways for children, young people and their families.  

In this podcast we will hear from Elaine Wyllie, Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children and Children in Care presenting a keynote speech about ICON at the Development in safeguarding: Manager’s Mini Masterclass in April 2021.

What is Hidden Harm? Hear from our multi-agency partners about what is hidden harm, how to spot it and what to do if you have a concern.