Safeguarding Children during Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Safeguarding Hub have business continuity arrangements in place. How we manage phone calls into the service has been amended to allow us to safely manage demand with a reduced workforce.

If you have an urgent safeguarding concern then you can telephone the safeguarding hub. If the lines are busy there will be a facility to leave a message (0333 240 1727).

All other safeguarding concerns from professionals must be submitted via single contact form.

All multi agency meetings, including strategy meetings, initial and review child protection conferences, CLA review, MACE and MARAC meetings will be arranged as telephone conferencing.  Those involved in meetings will receive communication regarding expectations around any report/update submissions and instructions on how to dial in to calls.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the CSCP have agreed to deliver certain training courses virtually via Microsoft Teams. 

cumbriasafeguardingchildren.co.uk/training/starthere.asp

All practitioner forums for March until May are cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.  

The CSCP will take a view on scheduled forums for June onwards in the coming months and will advise as soon as possible once a decision has been made.

https://cumbriasafeguardingchildren.co.uk/forums/default.asp

Advice on how people can protect themselves can be found online at www.nhs.uk/coronavirus

Coronavirus (COVID-19) – UK Government response - including stay at home guidance, travel advice and other guidance

Guidance - Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice - the Department of Health and Social Care will be publishing updated data every day at 2pm until further notice

Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK and protecting older people and vulnerable adults

Safeguarding Factsheet for Community Volunteers during COVID-19 - Gov.uk having published a factsheet designed to address specific concerns that people involved in supporting their community may have at this time.

COVID-19 Free of charge DBS Applications/Fast Track Barred list check service/Fast Track Service eligible roles - Gov.uk have published a guidance on Fast-track service – eligible roles who will receive free-of-charge DBS checks and a fast-track Barred List check is taken from The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2020.

COVID-19 Guidance for public on mental health and wellbeing - Gov.uk have published a guidance for the public on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of coronavirus (COVID-19)

You are not alone - The Government have released ‘you are not alone’ support for domestic abuse victims campaign to signpost where help can be found. The freephone, 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline is 0808 2000 247.