What's New?

• New: The 'Vetting and Barring' page has been updated and renamed to Disclosure and Barring Service. This page can be found on the Professionals section of the website.

• New Sandwell SCB Constitution - April 2012 is now available on the About us page.

• Sandwell organisation structure 2013 is now available on the Organisation Structure

• Sandwell have launched a new multi-agency / inter-agency referral form to be used for referrals into Children's Social Care which is being piloted for a 3 month period between January and March 2013. This form can be found on the 'Reporting a Concern' page

• New: Sandwell Notification of a Significant Safeguarding Incident - Practice Guidance document has been update and can be found on the Serious Case Reviews page

• Details of the role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) and Partnership Referral Form can now be found on the Professionals page.

• Domestic Violence / Abuse page has been updated.

• Further Support and Publications page for Childrens and Young peoples has been updated.

• Are you a child or a young person? page and the Comments and Complaints page have been updated with 'Black Country Advocacy Service' contact details.

• Sandwell Safeguarding Children Board main contact number has changed to: 0121 569 4800

• Sandwell Notification of a Child Protection Incident - Practice Guidance document is now available on the Serious Case Review page

• Reporting concerns page has been updated with a new Access Criteria for Children's Support Services (ACCSS) Document.

• Sandwell Serious Case Review(Chapter 8 Working Together) Practice Guidance document is now available on the Serious Case Review page

• The 'News and Events at Sandwell Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB)' section of this page has been updated.

• Index page has been updated with a new what's new link.

• Parenting handbook has been moved to the Parents / Carers Subsection.

• The Safeguarding Team page has been updated

• Professionals page has been updated

• Useful Links and Publications page has been updated and has also been renamed to 'Further Support and Publications'. You can access this page by clicking on the 'Further Support and Publications' button at the top of the page.

• Children's Useful Links page has been updated and has also been renamed to 'Further Support and Publications'. You can access this page by clicking on the 'Further Support and Publications' button in the Children & Young People's Section of the website

• The Private Fostering page has been updated and is now also available on the Professionals section

• The Training page has been updated. A new Training page button has been added to the Home, Professionals and Parents & Carers sections of the website.

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• Useful Links and Publications has been updated. This page can be found in the Home, Professionals and Parents/Carers sections of the website.

• Children's Useful Links and Publications page has been updated

• E-safety (Information for Children/Young People) page has been updated

• Bully (Information for Children/Young People) page has been updated

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• Disclosure and Barring Service page content has been updated.

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• New: The Sandwell SCB website has been redesigned and structured

  • Sandwell SCB Winter newsletter (Issue 1) has been added to the Useful Links and Publications pages.

  • New: Sandwell Parenting Handbook button has been added

  • The Training page and Serious Case Reviews page have been moved to the Home section.

  • New: Useful Links and Publications pages have been collaborated and updated. This page can be found in the Home, Professionals and Parents/Carers sections of the website

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• The Sandwell SCB Organisation Structure page has been added to the Home section.

• The 'About us' page has been updated.

• Child Trafficking Advice page has been added. The page contains contact details to assist in safeguarding children who may have been trafficked

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• Advert for Lay Advisors for the Black Country SCB Boards was placed on the website between the 12th July 2010- 2nd August 2010.

• Training Brochures for 2010-2011 have been placed in the Training page for you to view and download.

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• New: Signs and Symptoms page

• Safe Recruitment has been renamed to Disclosure and Barring Service and contents has been updated

• New page: What is Abuse

• Domestic Violence: the list of organisations (e.g. The Doli Project on this page have been linked up to their website).

• New page: What is Abuse

• New page: Staying Safe

• E Safety has been rename to 'e-safety (Information for Children/Young People). Page content has also been updated.

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• Bullying pages were added to both the Children's and Parents/Carers sections.

• A link to the 'Our Guide To' advice website was added to the Children's section.

• The Quarterly Training Schedule was revised in March 2010.