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Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership
Welcome to the Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership
The Newham Safeguarding Children’s Partnership is led by the 3 statutory partners who work together with other local agencies including the voluntary sector to ensure that children are protected from harm and that their welfare is promoted.
The core objectives of the Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership is to coordinate local work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and to ensure the effectiveness of what the member organisations do individually and together.
NSCP Executive Partnership Update
This agreement sets out the decisions made by the defined statutory partners in Newham which are Newham Council, the Integrated Care Board and the Metropolitan Police, to implement the requirements of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 in respect of how local safeguarding arrangements are organised. The Department for Education (DfE) statutory guidance sets out what organisations and agencies who have functions relating to children must and should do to help, protect and promote the welfare of all children and young people under the age of 18 in England.
NSCP published arrangements linked here.
Newham’s Youth Safety Strategy – Linked here
The Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership is delighted to introduce our Youth Safety Strategy. Senior leaders from the local authority, the police, health and education services, the voluntary and community sector and all partners who work with the residents of Newham are committed to ensuring the safety of our children and young adults now and in the future. We will work hard in a co-ordinated and collaborative way to have a real impact on making our children and young adults safer. The principles set out in this Strategy are key to delivering this
ambition. The relational, child first trauma-responsive approach alongside children and young adult’s voices are at the heart of everything we want to achieve. As Chair of the Newham Safeguarding Children’s Partnership I look forward to implementing this Strategy alongside children, young adults, parents, carers and all those who work with our residents.
The National Panels Latest Publication
In November 2024 the National Panel published the national review into Child Sexual Abuse within the family environment (link). The report goes through the key findings relating to hearing the children’s voices and understanding their needs, as well as parents’ and carers’ needs and context, identifying signs, understanding risk and raising concerns and how to respond to these concerns of intrafamilial child sexual abuse. These findings are outlined in depth in the report, concluding with recommendations.
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Newham Council launches Young People’s Charter
Newham Council has published a pioneering Young People’s Charter.
What is the Young People’s Charter?
The Young People’s Charter was created by our amazing young people as an agreement and a set of principles that frame the way they want to be supported. The content, form, appearance and all aspects of the Charter have been defined by children and young people across Newham. Any organisation that has an influence in the lives of young people aged 0-25 in Newham can sign up to the Charter and commit to embedding its principles.
The Children and Young People’s Plan focuses on five key outcomes for Newham’s children and young people to:
- Be cared for, safe and protected from harm,
- Be happy and enjoy improved health and wellbeing,
- Be proud of and protect the environment they grow up in,
- Access, participate and receive a great education, and
- Thrive and achieve their full potential.
Please follow the link below to sign up to the Charter and register your commitment to children and young people in the borough.
Sign up for the Young People’s Charter
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Newsletters
Click here for NSCP Newsletter July 2024
Click here for NSCP Newsletter October 2023
Click here for NSCP March Newsletter March 2023
Safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility and the purpose of these web pages are to encourage the widest possible participation in the work of Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership.
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Learning & Training Courses
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) states “There is a shared responsibility between organisations and agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in a local area”. A wide range of multi agency training is available to all providing a service to Newham’s children, young people and families. Click the link below.