Resource Library
We share a wide range of information on a variety of topics creating a free go-to resource for parents, carers, families, students and professionals.
Sources include:
Useful Organisations
Articles and Blogs
Audio Visual Materials
Documents and Publications
Legislation, regulations and statutory guidance
Recommended Books
Education, learning and training courses
Other Useful Links including Toolkits and Apps
Topics
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Dos and dont’s: What to say to a young person who is grieving - Winston’s Wish. 22 Nov 2022
Ways to cope with anniversaries, birthdays and special days when you have been bereaved - Winston’s Wish, 6 May 2020
Traumatic Bereavement - UK Trauma Council. Free, evidence-based resources to support schools, colleges and practitioners working with traumatically bereaved children and young people
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Do you know these 10 signs of bullying? - Ineqe Safeguarding Group
When Your Child is the Bully - Ineqe Safeguarding Group
Bullying at school - GOV.UK
Anti-Bullying Week 2023 resources - NSPCC Learning
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Keeping Our Girls Safe (KOGS) is a registered charity working with children and young people to Educate about unhealthy relationships, child sexual exploitation (CSE), grooming and risks; to Empower them to have confidence and self-esteem; and Inspire them to make positive life choices.
NWG is a charitable organisation formed as a UK network of over 14,500 practitioners who disseminate our information down through their services, to professionals working on the issue of child exploitation (CE) and trafficking within the UK.
Parents Against Child Exploitation (PACE) is a national charity working to keep children safe from exploitation by supporting their parents, disrupting the offenders and working in partnership with police and family services. We also train professionals to support affected children and their parents using a trauma-informed, family-centric approach.
We are Survivors is a a survivor focused voluntary sector organisation that aims to create and facilitate safe spaces for male (including trans and non-binary individuals) survivors of sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation across Greater Manchester providing to access quality assured support.
Film launched to tackle child exploitation - Northamptonshire Police 14 Sep 2023
A Different Class: Excluded kids lured into crime - BBC Radio 4 File on 4 3 Sep 2023
Burgers and coats: county lines gangs exploit hardship to recruit UK kids - The Guardian 10 Dec 2022
Real Voices: Child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester - an independent report by Ann Coffey, MP. Oct 2014
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997 – 2013) - Alexis Jay OBE. Aug 2014
Emma Jackson (2010) The End of My World: The Shocking True Story of a Young Girl Forced to Become a Sex Slave Ebury Press
Spotting the Signs Tool - Brook - a FREE Spotting the Signs Tool designed to strengthen safeguarding practice and enable professionals who work with young people to better recognise and respond to Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (2019) Inventing Ourselves The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain - Black Swan
Nicola Morgan (2022) Blame My Brain The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed - Walker Books
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Not using ‘LAC’ to refer to looked after children in care - NSPCC Learning 27 Oct 2023
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Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, promotes and protects the rights of children, especially the most vulnerable, and advocates for their views and interests.
Children’s Commissioner for Wales
The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), part of Just for Kids Law, works with around 100 members to promote children’s rights and monitor government implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - UNICEF UK
Children and the law - NSPCC Learning Updated 28 Nov 2023
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TLAP Care and Support Jargon Buster - Think local, act personal
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Janice Nix (2021) Breaking Out HQ
Fearless - (part of Crimestoppers)
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Information and Records Management Society (IRMS)
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB)
A 10-step guide to sharing information to safeguard children - Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO.) 14 Sep 2023
Safeguarding and data sharing: new ICO guidance provides reassurance but lacks detail- Farrer & Co 2 Nov 2023
Social work recording - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Aug 2019
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Recognising child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse - Research in Practice 21 Feb 2023
Children face greater risk of domestic abuse during World Cup - NSPCC 18 Nov 2022
Understanding men who perpetrate domestic abuse - Russell Webster 27 Jan 2022
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Vaping in children and teens: smoke without fire? - Welsh Parliament 6 Dec 2022
Managing drug and alcohol misuse at work - HSE
Substance Use - The Children’s Society
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Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Adultification bias within child protection and safeguarding - Jahnine Davis Jun 2022
Helping young children to think about race in the early years - Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Jan 2023
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How to counter online hate and extremism with young people - internet matters 17 Jan 2024
Counter Extremism – Preventing Radicalisation in Schools
Arno Michaels (2010) My Life After Hate - authentic presence publications
FREE Prevent Duty Training GOV.UK
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Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school - Statutory Guidance, DfE Updated 16 Aug 2017
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Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children and families.
Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through our network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. Our goal is to make sure everyone severely affected by mental illness has a good quality of life.
A-Z mental health - Mind
Let’s talk about anxiety: animation and teacher toolkit - Anna Freud
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
How trolls are born: The psychology of internet trolling and why they are everywhere - Power of Zero 15 Jun 2023
What are parasocial relationships - Mashable 7 Sep 2023
AI-Generated Fakes: How to spot them, how they're made and how they have been used to mislead YouTube 17 Jan 2024
A periodic table of internet elements - Good Things Foundation
Digital Wellbeing Hub - Information, guidance and resources to help support digital wellbeing in children and young people - SWGfL
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Managing risks and risk assessment at work - HSE
C. Ajibo, A. Van Griethuysen, S. Visram et al., (2023) Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people: a systematic review examining evidence of physical effects and consumer attitudes Public Health
Gerd Gigerenzer (2015) Risk Savvy: How to make good decisions - Penguin
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The Ethnicity of Missing People - Findings from police and local authority data, 2021-22, Missing People and Listen Up (February 2023)
Children missing education Statutory Guidance - DfE Updated 5 Sep 2016
Children who run away or go missing from home or care Statutory Guidance - DfE Updated 24 Jan 2014
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Contextual Safeguarding Research Durham University
A 10-step guide to sharing information to safeguard children - Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO.) 14 Sep 2023
Dropping off and picking up before and after school - NSPCC Learning Oct 2023
Nigel Leat sex abuse: ‘Lamentable failure’ of school management - BBC News 26 Jan 2012
How Ofsted inspects safeguarding in schools - (Video) Ofsted webinar for schools 26 Oct 2023 - YouTube
Keeping children safe in education Statutory Guidance - DfE Updated 1 Sep 2023
Working together to safeguard children Statutory Guidance - DfE Updated 1 Jul 2022
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This section of the Resource Library now contains up-to-date links to all 145 Safeguarding Partnerships and Boards in England and Wales.
Links will be checked on a regular basis, but if you find a bad link, please let me know. All links checked 17.05.2024.
Barking & Dagenham Children’s Safeguarding Partnership
Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership
Barnsley Safeguarding Children Partnership
Bath & North East Somerset Community Safety and Safeguarding Partnership
Safeguarding Bedfordshire Partnership
Bexley Safeguarding Partnership (S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Blackburn with Darwen - Blackpool - Lancashire (Children’s Safeguarding Assurance Partnership)
Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Board
Brent Safeguarding Partnerships
Brighton & Hove Safeguarding Children Partnership
Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership
Bromley Safeguarding Children Partnership
Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Calderdale Safeguarding Children Partnership
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Partnership Board
Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Regional Safeguarding Board
Central Bedfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Cheshire East Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
Cheshire West and Chester Safeguarding Children Partnership
City of London & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership
City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Safeguarding Children Partnership
Coventry Safeguarding Children Partnership
Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnership
Cumbria Safeguarding Children Partnership
Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board
Darlington Safeguarding Partnership
Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership
Doncaster Safeguarding Children Partnership
Dorset-Bournemouth-Christchurch & Poole (Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership)
Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership
Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Ealing Safeguarding Children Partnership
East Riding Safeguarding Children Partnership
East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership
Essex Safeguarding Children Board
Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership
Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children's Partnership
Greenwich Safeguarding Children Partnership
Gwent Safeguarding (South East Wales)
Halton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Hammersmith & Fulham Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Haringey Safeguarding Children Partnership
Harrow Safeguarding Children Board
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership
Havering Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
Herefordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Hillingdon Safeguarding Children Partnership
Hounslow Safeguarding Children Partnership
Hull Safeguarding Children Partnership
Isle of Wight Safeguarding Children Partnership
Islington Safeguarding Children Partnership
Kensington - Chelsea - Westminster Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
Kent Safeguarding Children Multi-Agency Partnership
Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership
Kirklees Safeguarding Children Partnership
Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership (new website under development)
Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership
Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership
Leicester Safeguarding Children Partnership Board
Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership
Lewisham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (this website is reportedly not secure)
London Safeguarding Children Partnership
Luton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Manchester Safeguarding Partnership
Medway Safeguarding Children Partnership
Merton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board
Middlesbrough-Redcar & Cleveland-Tees Valley (South Tees)
Milton Keynes Safeguarding Partnership (MK Together)
Newcastle Safeguarding Children Partnership
Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership
North East Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
North Lincolnshire Children’s Multi-Agency Resilience & Safeguarding Board
North Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
North Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership
North Wales Safeguarding Board
North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership
Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership
Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board
Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership
Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership
Reading-West Berkshire-Wokingham (Berkshire West Safeguarding Children Partnership)
Redbridge Safeguarding Children Partnership
Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Partnership
Rotherham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Salford Safeguarding Children Partnership
Sandwell Children’s Safeguarding Partnership
Sefton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership
Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership
Slough Safeguarding Partnership
Solihull Safeguarding Children Partnership
Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
South Gloucestershire Children’s Partnership
South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership
Southampton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Southend Safeguarding Partnership
Southwark Safeguarding Children Partnership
St. Helens Safeguarding Children Partnership
Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board
Stockport Safeguarding Children Partnership (this website is reportedly not secure)
Stoke-on-Trent Safeguarding Children Partnership
Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership
Sunderland Safeguarding Children Partnership
Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership
Sutton Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
Swindon Safeguarding Partnership
Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership
Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership
Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children Partnership
Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership (this website is reportedly not secure)
Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Childrens Partnership
Trafford Strategic Safeguarding Partnership
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership
National Independent Safeguarding Board of Wales
Walsall Safeguarding Partnership
Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children Board
Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership
Warrington Safeguarding Partnerships
West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board
West Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership
Wigan Safeguarding Partnership
Wiltshire Safeguarding Vulnerable People Partnership
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Safeguarding Partnership
Wirral Safeguarding Children Partnership
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School refusal: Insights from Parent Talk - Action For Children 24 Oct 2023
School suspensions and permanent exclusions - Statutory Guidance, DfE Updated 1 Sep 2023
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First Hand is for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died. This may be because you happened to be at a particular location, or because your job involves responding to these incidents.
Jonny Benjamin (2019) The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope - Bluebird
Stay Alive App - Grassroots Suicide Prevention
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A guide to neurodiversity in the early years - Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Apr 2023
National Organisation for FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)
Naoki Higashida (2014) The Reason I Jump: one boy’s voice from the silence of autism - Sceptre