Catherine Irving

NSPCC Accredited child protection trainer providing consultancy & training across all settings. Part time crochet addict

[LGfL SafeguardED 🫂☂️📱😟 ➡🙂⛑️ @LGfLSafeguardED]

DfE- "From September, we will offer schools greater clarity about the threshold for effective versus ineffective safeguarding through our inspection handbook, as well as regular blogs and webinars."
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#safeguardingchildren #safeguarding

[SWGfL - Safe, Secure, Online @SWGfL_Official]

New #filtering and #monitoring standards have now been introduced by the Department for Education. We encourage schools and colleges to use them to review their filtering and monitoring strategies to better protect their students online. https://t.co/7GTJY5CXiN @educationgovuk

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

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Children as young as eight strip-searched by police as report shows 'evidence of deeply concerning practice'

[Dame Rachel de Souza @Rachel_deSouza]

I am incredibly grateful to the children and young people who shared their experiences & barriers they’ve faced with me & informed these findings. Now we need to listen to what they have said & take real action to give them the education that they deserve. https://t.co/w63FTn6Z79

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

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NSPCC's Childline reports 45% rise in number of boys suffering online sexual abuse

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

What a wonderful, wonderful advert!

[John Lewis & Partners @JohnLewisRetail]

It’s the things we do that mean the most. 🛹
#TheBeginner

[Pooky Knightsmith @PookyH]

SEE THE CHILD

I put this together to help us keep children at the heart of meetings about them and see their strengths as well as their challenges

You can download a copy here + watch a short video about the thinking behind it: https://t.co/IaXWvJsTni

Like it? Please share it

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

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Children as young as nine sucked into drug dealing and violence

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

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More than 13,000 online child sex offences while promised safety bill sat in limbo, research suggests

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

Culture of abuse found at three Doncaster special schools https://t.co/RRujaq5hTP

[Making Ourselves Heard @MOH_tweets]

Do you lead or know of a strategic participation group for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities? We want to add them to our interactive map which connects you with strategic participation groups! https://t.co/x43sNEeyGF

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

As long as we avert our gaze from sexual abuse, we will continue to fail children | Sonia Sodha | The Guardian https://t.co/14necjmzIa

[Becky Platt @BeckyPlatt3]

Most clinicians feel nervous about safeguarding conversations.

They worry about making things worse.

Here are 10 steps that will make it easier.

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

‘Poisonous’: how WhatsApp is exposing UK school children to bullying and harmful content | Internet safety | The Guardian https://t.co/OipiqxSFcY

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

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[Susan Taylor @susantaylorTTS]

Hot off the press 🔥👇🏽👇🏽

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[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

Thank you for sharing this Rebekah. Attention to detail within record keeping is so important within all organisations, as well as providing rationale for decisions made. Protected time must be provided to ensure records are factual, accurate and clear.

[Rebekah Pierre @RebekahPierre92]

An open letter to the social worker who wrote my case files: Trigger warning - contains extracts of case notes some may find upsetting, with reference to CSE & domestic abuse. Putting this out there is scary, but not nearly as scary as the thought that nothing will change.

[Rebekah Pierre @RebekahPierre92]

An open letter to the social worker who wrote my case files: Trigger warning - contains extracts of case notes some may find upsetting, with reference to CSE & domestic abuse. Putting this out there is scary, but not nearly as scary as the thought that nothing will change.

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

If you’ve ever attended my training, you will know how passionate I am about the voice of the child and participation.

[Making Ourselves Heard @MOH_tweets]

Our Participation Audit Tool is an essential resource for statutory and voluntary agencies across health, education and social care to evidence and develop their #participation practice and outcomes. Download now! https://t.co/O6asU90pwo @CDC_tweets @KIDScharity @educationgovuk

[Catherine Irving @cath_irving]

This guidance has also been updated, make sure you are aware of your responsibilities and always refer to the guidance if incidents occur. Note: any search for a prohibited item listed in the guidance should be recorded on safeguarding reporting system.
https://t.co/gW7kWEvS28