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Thinking about safeguarding can sometimes feel quite overwhelming. There is a great deal of help available to groups and organisations who work with families, children and young people. The Local Safeguarding Children Board
Locally, we have a fantastic safeguarding children board that give us lots of support and have all sorts of useful information. In the Learning Zone you will find details of a comprehensive training programme and you will find a model child protection policy within the TSCB Publications area.
The Safe Network: Safeguarding children and young people
The Safe Network is funded by the Department for Education and the NSPCC, and is run as a partnership between Children England, the Child Accident Prevention Trust and the NSPCC.The Safe Network's website contains practical safeguarding information and advice for community and voluntary groups, especially small organisations supporting recreational activities and BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) and faith communities. They also provide training, events, an enquiry service and community-based support through their regional development managers, delivery partners and other networks.
The Safe Network Standards cover four essential safeguarding areas:
- Safer staff and volunteers – recruitment, induction and supervision.
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Child protection.
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Preventing and responding to bullying.
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Avoiding accidents and running safe activities and events.
Local advice on safe recruitment
We work in partnership with the Volunteer Centre Tameside who can support you in gaining CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checks for your volunteers and staff. 
Listening to Vulnerable Children
An Ofsted evaluation of serious case reviews published between 1 April and 30 September last year has found that professionals are consistently not listening to the views of children. In many cases this was because either practitioners focussed too much on the needs of parents or parents and carers prevented professionals from seeing children.
Christine Gilbert, Ofsted chief inspector, said: 'I hope all involved in the protection of children will read the report and take stock of the importance of observing and listening to children, using different approaches to encourage children to speak openly and taking account of those who speak on their behalf.'
Download the full report here.
