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Get in touch with us at The P Pod Join Steve and the rest of the SSCP Business unit as we wrap up some of the Partnership activity that's been taking place throughout 2024, as well as the work individual members of the SSCP Business Unit have been up to - as well as a chance to look forward into some of the ongoing work in 2025. Further details of topics discussed can be found on the SSCP Web...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod We continue our conversation today with Detective Sargent Harvey Ahern from the Avon & Somerset Police's Internet Child Abuse Team (ICAT) In this episode we focus on some of the challenges facing the work of the team, including tackling the advance of new technologies and AI, as well as working in a global arena with foreign governments, international pol...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod This week we talk with Detective Sgt. Harvey Ahern from Avon & Somersets Internet Child Abuse Team (ICAT) about the work that he and his team undertake to safeguard and protect children online, as well as how they respond to suspected or known abuse and police the internet, both on a local and global level. Links referred to in this episode: CEOP Website (Chil...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Ever heard of Family Group Conferences but not sure what they are or how they work? Tracey Seager and Lisa Taylor from Somerset's Family Group Conference service join us today to talk about the amazing work that they and their team do to work with families to help them devise solutions to keep their children safe. You can find out more information here: Famil...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Today we speak with Jo Burt and Alyssa Belcher from Somerset Council's Preventing Exploitation Team who join us at The P Pod to talk about the work they do to support children, young people and parents where there are concerns of exploitation and how through the adoption of a Trauma Informed Approach it has allowed them to successfully engage with victims and...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode I speak with two of my colleagues from the SSCP Business Unit, Jasmine Wark, Business Unit Manager, and Nicole Wooldridge, Project Support Officer where we discuss Resolving Professional Differences (RPD's) - in other words, what you need  to do if you have concerns that action being taken, or not taken, places a child at increased risk of h...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Today we're lucky enough to speak with one of the countries leading experts on Trauma Informed Practice, Dr. Karen Treisman MBE, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist. I first met Karen earlier this year where we were both keynote speakers at a conference on Neglect and I was inspired by her knowledge and passion for the subject, and I hope you'll be e...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode we're pleased to welcome back Jackie Webb, our Motivational Interviewing trainer where today we talk about the difference between 'Doing MI' and 'Being MI', or simply put, how to learn and really embed it into practice. If you've not heard any of the previous episodes we recommend you go back and listen to Parts 1-5...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays special episode we speak with Gill Bawler, Service Manager for Partnership Transformation to inform you of all of the key updates that have recently been published in the update to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) and the Information Sharing Guidance (2024) . Importantly we discuss the issue of consent to share information and when it is or...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Being a parent is tough, especially when you have a baby who won't stop crying. Sadly over the last few years we've seen a huge rise in harm caused to young babies, so today we're joined by Father CoOrdinator with Dad Matters, Charlie Hull and Clinical Practice Educator for Public Health Nursing, Ellie Wylie to talk about how the ICON Strategy and r...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode we speak with Mark Jackson, TRiM (Trauma Risk Management) Co-Ordinator for the Avon & Somerset Police who talks to us about the work he undertakes to support officers and wider police staff when they may have experienced trauma and the importance of embedding a Trauma Informed Approach throughout an organisation. Find details of Somerset&apos...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In today's episode we hear first hand the devastating impact that abuse has on children and young people when we speak to a survivor of sexual abuse, who joins us to share her story to help us to learn how we can best support victims at the most critical times in their lives. Importantly though, we also speak with Jodie and Ellie from Barnardos Phoenix Projec...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Today we're joined at the P Pod by our colleagues Lisa Hucker and Philippa Small from the Family Front Door, who are the front door for children's services in Somerset. In today's episode we talk about the role the front door plays in ensuring families receive the right help at the right time, and in particular what they look for when triaging an Ea...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Today sees the launch of the Somerset Trauma Informed Network so we've put together this special episode to introduce it to you and to find out what Trauma Informed Practice is, what it means for you, and how it can help the support offered to children and families. In todays episode we speak with a number of professionals from across the Partnership to find...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In today's episode I'm pleased to be joined again by MI Trainer, Jackie Webb and Consultant Social Worker Sharron Ricketts to continue our conversation about how MI can be used to support families and safeguard children. In previous episodes we've discussed how MI can be used to support change - but what about those times when the journey of change...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode we're joined by a real expert in his field, Jordan Alexander, CEO of Prism Training and Chair of the National Working Group of Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief. This is an area that many may have heard of, but few of us really understand the intricacies of so we're so pleased Jordan has taken the time to inform us on this subject. For lo...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode we speak with Anthony Goble, one of the Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO's) for Somerset, about the role of the LADO and their role in safeguarding children and supporting the process when an allegation is made against someone who works with children. If you'd like to find out more about the Managing Allegations process you can...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode I speak with Chloe Deverell, Team Manager for Child Exploitation within Children Social Care about her experience of working in this field and the importance of everyone working together to safeguard and respond to concerns relating to the exploitation of children and young people. You can find details on Child Exploitation on the SSCP Webpage he...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Today we bring you a special episode where Jackie Webb, MI Trainer and Consultant Social Worker Sharron Ricketts have agreed to join us to hold a live Motivational Interviewing conversation to demonstrate how MI can actually work in practice. If you've not hear our previous 3 episodes on MI with Jackie we strongly recommend you go back and listen to these fir...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In this episode we talk to Fiona Phur, Participation and Partnerships Business Manager, Paul Mitchell, Senior Partnership Engagement Officer and Gaby Sorgente, SEND Young People's Champion about how and why Children & Young People influence change across the Partnership. For further information on the topic discussed in today's episode go to: Web pag...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In todays episode we speak with Jayden Mills, Complex Care Midwife with Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT) about how she and the WREN Team support parents with complex needs and ensure effective safeguarding in the Pre-Birth period. If you'd like to find out more about the WREN Team go to The WREN team - Maternity (somersetft.nhs.uk) You can find more informatio...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Motivational Interviewer Trainer, Jackie Webb, joins us for another episode where we further explore MI and how it can be used to support families. Today we begin to delve into some of the techniques that you can use in practice, and focus on promoting change through MI conversations. If you've not listened to Episodes 1 and 2 of 'Using Motivational Inte...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod We're joined again in the studio for todays episode by Donna Markham, Team Leader for the Kinship Team in Somerset's Children Social Care who this time talks to us about Special Guardianship Orders and other forms of care arrangements for Children & Young People. You can find out further details on SGO's and other information relating to fosteri...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod In this episode we speak with Suzie Figg, Team Leader and Young Carers Lead for Somerset Council's Children's Services and Mel Bicknell, from Youth Unlimited CiC who is the Young Carers in Schools Award CoOrdinator about what it means to be a Young Carer and what support is available for them in Somerset. You can find more information on Youth Unlimited...

Get in touch with us at The P Pod Working Together to Safeguard Children has just been updated. We join Jasmine Wark, Business Manager of the SSCP Business Unit where she outlines to us what changes have taken place and what they mean for you. Documents referred to in this episode: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 Summary of Changes Children S...