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 offer. A separate account of our journey from Bexley Safeguarding Children’s Board to the S.H.I.E.L.D.

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 website: https://bexleysafeguardingpartnership.co.uk/flare-2/ The group also has designed a new logo.

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 is now expanding to Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley. Criteria and referral pathway information can be

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 with families in a variety of settings and situations. The workshop will run from 9.30am

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 healthy lives all year round. Each year, the day aims to get young people, and

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 will focus on Bexley's approaches to Think Family and multi-agency conversations. When: Friday 8 October

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 the campaign – to identify some key resources (websites, organisations and apps) and signpost parents

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 with any young people you know who live in the London Borough of Bexley. Children

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 due to take place on guidance for professionals working with pre-mobile babies. 23 practitioners completed

Bexley S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive has been focused on plans for 2021 – the work of the Learning Hub, the role of independent scrutiny, and the partnership operational team resources. A number of practice issues have also been spotlighted – young people in custody suites, suicide prevention, working with young people during hospital admissions. The Executive will