Sandwell Early Help

Info and Resources for Practitioners

This is where we will share any Articles of Interest, News Stories and Training Opportunities.  If you have any items that you would like to share, please contact Angel@scvo.info 

Articles of interest

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 - an overview for VCS

Join Leanne from the SCSP as she talks you through some of the key points of the Working Together 2023 to Safeguard Children guidance and how the VCS are an important part of the bigger picture.

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NEW Programme of Community Network Meetings

The NEW programme of our Community Network Meetings has now been arranged for each of the localities and will take us through to June 2025.

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Universal Credit: Managed Migration Briefing

With the changes to Universal Credit being rolled out, many people across Sandwell will be affected. SMBC Income Management Team would like to share a briefing with you, to help support any families/individuals that you may be working with and that could be affected by these changes.

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Working Together to Safeguard Children (Dec 2023) with additional Chapter Briefings

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 was published in December 2023. It outlines a number of changes to improve practice, processes and systems across the continuum of help and support by strengthening multi-agency working while keeping children at the centre of our work using a whole family approach.

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Safeguarding resources for Out of School Settings Community

For those members of the Out of School Settings Community, the SCSP would like to provide you with some essential resources to support your safeguarding efforts.

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Early Help in Sandwell

This booklet has been put together as a resource for Practitioners working with and supporting children, young people and families in Sandwell, and aims to inform you about what Early Help looks like in Sandwell and how to access support you may need in your role.

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Early Help Action Cards

These ‘action cards’ have been produced to fit in with Sandwell’s windscreen of support model and are suggestions around the support available as you travel through the ‘windscreen’.

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Sandwell Early Help Offer at a glance

Sandwell Early Help Offer at a glance - Strengthening Families Teams' contacts.

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Guidance on Sharing Nudes

Guidance document put together by the VRP which will hopefully support schools in responding to disclosures and where to go for further support and help within this area.

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Permanency in Sandwell: A Partnership Approach

Permanence - creating more resilience within families and communities and ensuring all of our children and young people have a safe, happy and stable home.

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News posts

Lead Professional in Practice Drop-in Sessions

Lead Professional in Practice drop in sessions have been arranged for the rest of the year.

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Free Mental Health Support for Secondary School Pupils in Sandwell

BCHFT have commissioned another 12 months access for secondary aged CYP in the Black Country to the Wysa App. Using AI technology the aim of the app is to provide support for those who don’t require more intensive support, but also as a ‘safe waiting’ tool whilst people are waiting for support from Specialist CAMHS.

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What is a Family Hub?

Children’s Centres are growing to include more support and services and will become Sandwell Family Hubs.

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Grants of up to £25,000 available for new or replacement goalposts!

A small grant can go a very long way - there's nothing like scoring a goal in a brand new net.  From matchdays to training sessions, the Football Foundation has got your goalposts needs covered.

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Grant funding to support tree, hedgerow and orchard establishment.

Encouraging communities and young people up to the age of 21 to become involved in planting and caring for trees, hedges and orchards.

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Kooth's Offer of Support to CYP and Practitioners in Sandwell

Kooth offers free, safe and anonymous access to online wellbeing support and advice for children and young people aged 11 - 25 years old; and much more!

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Excluded Access Programme

Details of a scheme from Transport for West Midlands that involves buying free travel for individuals who may be unable to access transport and are, as a result, increasingly excluded from society and opportunities.

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NHS Young People's Health Challenge in the Black Country

Get involved in the NHS Young People’s Health Challenge! NHS England and Barnardo’s have co-designed an exciting new initiative for young people aged 7-14.

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True Colours Trust Small Grants Fund

True Colours Trust has a small grants fund of up to £10,000 for organisations working with disabled children.

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Severn Trent Community Fund

Up to £200k grants (three levels) are available to local not-for-profit organisations for local projects that support the wellbeing of communities in the Severn Trent region.

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Training opportunities

Early Help Module (EHM) - Basic and Advanced training

New Face to Face training offer - this is a half day IT based course for delegates that require both basic and advanced training on the Early Help Module.

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Reducing Parental Conflict Levels 1 and 2

NEW training dates available for Reducing Parental Conflict Level 1 and Reducing Parental Conflict Level 2 Toolkit training.

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SCSP Learning and Development Catalogue

Have a browse of the wide offer of training available for those working with/supporting children and adults across the borough.

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Free training to help keep children safe

The NSPCC has recently launched its Listen Up, Speak Up campaign nationally which is aimed at empowering everyone to know what to do if they are ever worried about a child or family.

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Ending Male Violence Against Women and Girls (EMVAWG)

A free online course offering an introduction to Ending Male Violence Against Women and Girls (EMVAWG).

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Free Suicide Awareness Training

Papyrus are offering 2 FREE Suicide prevention training courses for anyone working directly with children, young people and adults across Sandwell.

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