AKAMAS - Victoria Climbie Conference feb 2011

Karen Walkden [email_address]

Pan London Safeguarding Faith and Culture Project Barnet Contribution
Best practice: engaging effectively with community groups and voluntary organisations

Background…
1.6m children in London
40% BME
Disproportionality - SCRs
Parenting practices vs UK legislation on child rearing and safeguarding
Community knowledge of legislation and resources
Professionals understanding and weighting of family culture and sensitivities
Trust needs to be built between statutory services and faith and cultural groups – so that protection of children is prioritised.
Beliefs
Drive
Behaviour

… Background
New Migrant Fund
Pan London Steering Group
All boroughs deliver focus groups (adult variations)
Identify and disseminate best practice
8 Local Authorities with projects
July 2010 to December 2011

Outputs
Guidance on culture and faith issues to accompany the London Child Protection Procedures
A Strategy Toolkit to assist LSCBs engage with local communities whose culture and faith distinguishes them from the host nation
A Training Toolkit to assist professionals to better safeguard children whose circumstances include culture and faith issues
Conference held jointly with Trust for London on May 13 th 2011
London Councils conference in November 2011

Best practice – local authority audit
Ethnic monitoring
Policies in place, processes for updating
Equalities impact assessment
Designated BME/Faith safeguarding person
Process for views of BME/Faith to influence service provision
Publications to promote safeguarding of BME/Faith
Prevention - Parent support programmes for BME/Faith
Training courses for professionals working with BME/Faith
Outreach services
Faith and culture sub-groups for LSCB
Voluntary sector BME networks
Universal services – reaching parents through primary schools
Culturally specific safeguarding advisors from the voluntary sector.

Focus group questions for faith and cultural community groups
What do you think are the priority safeguarding children issues in your community and/or faith group?
What is your experience of the statutory and voluntary services for supporting families and keeping children safe in your area?
What do you think statutory services professionals need to know and do (in relation to your culture and/or faith) that would help keep children safe?

Focus group questions for professionals
What do you feel least confident about when acting to safeguard children/support families from minority ethnic cultures and faiths?
Do you have easy access to expert advisers for the minority ethnic communities and faith groups that you deal with in your area?
What training would you like to improve your confidence and competence to safeguard children/support families from minority ethnic cultures and faiths?
What do you think your LSCB could do to assist you in your task of safeguarding children in different culture and faith communities and groups?

On-line survey
www.surveymonkey.com/s/faithandculture
Still open:
400+ responses to date

Borough projects…
Bexley – community parenting support groups for BME, managing inter-generational tensions
Brent – community needs assessment, creating a community lead sub-group for the local SCB. – focus on BME ( Victoria Climbe Foundation). Links to work in Harrow.
Enfield – training for professionals, church and community leaders and parents to promote early intervention and prevention in African communities. (AFRUCA)
Harringey – group work with Pentecostal pastors
Hackney – Community group work with Turkish/Kurdish families to address domestic violence and intergenerational conflict.
Merton – Investigating the extent and causes of disproportionality in child protection interventions for minority ethnic and faith communities. Links to AFRUCA work in Southwark.
Newham – sexual abuse and spirit possession in relation to Muslim teenage girls.
Tower Hamlets – Piloting a multi-agency cultural competence training programme

Barnet’s contribution
Increase knowledge and uptake of safeguarding resources by faith and BME communities through advice service.
Faith and safeguarding conference 2009
Safeguarding surgery on-the-road
Safeguarding Matters
www.thefaithbook.co.uk
Safeguarding resources mapped and details passed on
Barnet Multi-faith Forum
Equality and Diversity training
Network of Jewish organisations working with children and young people – safeguarding group
Respecting professionals in the voluntary sector

Involve young people through Youth Shield
Newly formed in October 2010
Part of youth participation programme
Working with young people – teenage parents, drug and alcohol abuse, youth justice, disabled young people – report back April 2011
Conference with SACRE on 15 th March 2011
www.thefaithbook.co.uk

Focus on supplementary schools and their particular needs
Training through Continyou 2 nd February 2011
Establishing a safeguarding lead for each supplementary school
Develop a learning group to drive training and support

Piloting materials, toolkits and information through focus groups and learning sets.
Faith leaders
Safeguarding leads in supplementary schools
BME community groups
Youth Shield
Statutory professionals

Follow progress through updates on the following websites:

Link to on-line focus group questions:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/faithandculture
Link to project update:
www.londonscb.gov.uk/culture_and_faith/
Link to BME/Faith safeguarding resources:
www.slideshare.net/karenwalkden/safeguarding-resources-for-faith-and-bme-groups -5694179
Link to this presentation:
[email_address] 07941 203564 www.flourishing.me.uk

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