News
Please see below for the latest news updates from Bexley S.H.I.E.L.D.
Metropolitan Police – Right Care, Right Person
Right Care, Right Person (RCRP) will be going live within the Metropolitan Police (MPS) call centre from 1st November 2023. This will mean that the MPS will no longer be responding to health related calls unless there are exceptional circumstances. The
S.H.I.E.L.D.’s published arrangements document
A refreshed version of our statutory published arrangements document has been produced and can be found on the partnership's website: https://bexleysafeguardingpartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bexley-SHIELD-Arrangements-document-to-be-published-Feb-2022-Final.pdf The document provides a detailed description of the partnership arrangements, meetings, approaches to working with families, and our training
Bexley FLARE 7-minute briefing
Bexley FLARE, our Parent Champion Network, have produced a 7-minute briefing on who the group is, the group’s principles and values, what the group offers, some of their previous achievements and future plans. You can find the briefing on our
Safer London Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Emotional Support Service
The Safer London Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) service provides early emotional support to children and families impacted by child sexual abuse. The service has operated in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham since 2018 commissioned by the CCGs in those areas and
Update on Bexley F.L.A.R.E.
Our parent champion group (Bexley F.L.A.R.E.) are preparing for a joint training workshop on collaborative work with practitioners due to take place on 25 October. The workshop will help us to think about how we can develop our restorative practice
Youth Mental Health Day – 7 September 2021
Next month on 7 September is Youth Mental Health Day (YMHD), an awareness day founded by leading young persons’ mental health charity, stem4. YMHD encourages understanding and awareness of mental health in young people, enabling them to live happy and
Bexley S.H.I.E.L.D. annual conference – 8 October 2021
The partnership’s third annual conference will take place on 8 October and provide an overview of some of the work of the Learning Hub, Learning from Practice Group, F.L.A.R.E. and other activities undertaken between October 2020 and September 2021. The conference
Coping with crying campaign
Bexley S.H.I.E.L.D. is working with the safeguarding partnerships in Greenwich and Lewisham on a joint campaign to promote resources and support services to parents who might be struggling to respond to their babies when they cry. The initial phase of
Healthwatch Bexley – Children and Young People Survey
Healthwatch Bexley is keen to ask young people aged 11-25 years about the impact Covid-19 has had on their wellbeing with the aim of increasing awareness of support services that are available to them. Please share and promote their survey
Priority 6 update
The Learning Hub group for Priority 6 – Getting basic child protection right – has met for sessions on case closure, substance misuse, and neglect and has also carried out a multi-agency audit on domestic abuse. One final session is