South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Board

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South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Board

• E-safety Progress to date

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South Tyneside

• Dec 07 initial stock take
• January 2008 initial meeting with Becta
  Northern Grid for Learning
• Agreeing way forward
• LSCB working group

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South Tyneside

• March 08
• Initial meeting of E-safety Group
• Agreed membership
• A multi-agency strategy
• PIES model
• Terms of reference

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South Tyneside

• Initial scoping exercise
• Analysis
• Need for agreed minimum standards
• E-safety group to be a standing working group of
  LSCB not just task focussed
• Clarification about schools

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South Tyneside

• Action plan
• Children first
• But also staff
• All technologies
• All settings
• And parents?

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South Tyneside

• Addressed issue with the LSCB
• Idea of Multi-agency strategy
• Leads in all agencies / LSCB lead
• Initial training event
• Raising the profile

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South Tyneside

• Agreed our vision
• Every child and young person will be confident
  and safe in the digital world.
• They will be supported and encouraged to develop
  as positive role models and responsible 21st
  century citizens.
• Schools and agencies will support and guide
  families and professionals to ensure that they
  also effectively contribute to our safer
  community and recognise their responsibility to
  present themselves as positive role models.

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South Tyneside

• E-SAFETY INCIDENT FLOWCHART

A concern is raised
Lead Informed
Agency / School procedure to be enacted
Establish who is involved and whether instigator
or victim
Establish Nature of Concern
Illegal
Inappropriate
Child Protection Issue
Inform Police and IWF. Secure and protect
evidence and hardware (6)
Yes
No
Dealt with by single or multi agency response, as
required (7)
Refer to Childrens Services and Police Child
Protection Procedures Enacted (8)
Inform LADO/ Initiate Allegations Management
Procedure if appropriate (9)
All Incidents Recorded (10)
Inform policies, infrastructure, and education
Review of Procedures
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South Tyneside

• Where are we now?
• Partial draft strategy developed
• More work to do on minimum standards
• Promoting the issue with LSCB agencies
• Strategy will go through Policies Procedures
  subgroup before being presented to the Board.

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The end

• Any questions?