Safeguarding and Protecting our children and young people from harm, and supporting and preparing them through to adulthood, has always been central to the planning and provision of services in Halton. We want to make sure that children and young people in Halton feel safe and cared for.
This website provides useful information and is a user-friendly tool which will aid children, young people, their families and professionals to ensure safeguarding children is everybody's business.
The website provides information about the work of HSCB, and explains its function and what it aims to achieve in safeguarding our children and young people. It is accessible to children and young people, families and communities as well as professionals working with children and is updated regularly.
As well as providing the latest safeguarding children updates and information, it includes important safeguarding children documents & procedures, information on training that is available and useful downloads.
We welcome any suggestions about what we can include on the website in the future. 
Audrey Williamson
Chair, Halton Safeguarding Children Board
The Halton Safeguarding Children Board (HSCB) was formally established in February 2006, ahead of the Government's timetable of 1st April 2006.
The Board has a very clear vision that places safeguarding at the centre of the borough’s overall commitment to supporting and valuing the community it serves. Click here to read more 'About Us'  NEWS FLASH
Private Fostering Annual Report This report provides an overview of the Private Fostering Activity for 2008 - 2009. It also reports on the impact of the strategy to increase notifications and assessment of Private Fostering arrangements and outlines planned developments for the year 2009 - 2010. Please click on the link below to access the report. Private Forstering Annual Report Safe from Bullying The following guidance outlines bullying in different settings and describes steps to prevent it and respond effectively. Please click on the link below to view the different documents. Safe from Bullying documents Safeguarding Training The 2009-2010 Safeguarding Training Programme is now available to download. HSCB Training Programme: 2009 - 2010 E-Safety Awareness Halton Safeguarding Children Board are on a mission to highlight the importance of E-Safety across the Borough to children, young people and adults. Below are links to several helpful and informative websites. These include Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre (CEOP), and 'Think U Know'. The CEOP Centre works across the UK tackling child abuse and also provides advice to adults and young people. 'Think U Know' is CEOP's online safety centre and provides tips and advice for children and adults of all ages. Please help us raise awareness! www.thinkuknow.co.uk www.ceop.gov.uk www.haltonlearning.org.uk www.nwlg.org/esafetygames Halton Anti-Bullying Guidance Everybody has the right to be treated with respect nationwide - bullying is the most common reason why children call Childline. Click here for guidance about bullying that involves children with special educational needs and disabilites. Click here for 'Healthy Schools' Anti-Bullying Guidance for Schools. Click here for Safeguarding Children Guidance for Schools: Anti-Bullying Policy and Practices Halton Levels of Need We are delighted to be able to introduce the first Halton Toolkit for Identifying the Levels of Need for children and young people. It is a framework that needs to develop over time and reflect new ways of working to meet the needs of the more vulnerable children and young people in our borough. The Toolkit is just the beginning of ‘growing’ an understanding of how services should work together to meet the needs of all children and young people across the four levels. The Children Act 2004 places a duty on all agencies to work together to ensure the safety and well being of all children. Our aim is to ensure that those children who have additional and more complex needs are not only identified at an earlier stage, but they receive services, which enables them to have their needs met across the five outcomes. It is important that we narrow the gap between those who do well and those who do not. Click here to look at Halton Levels of Need - Introduction Click here to look at Halton Levels of Need - Framework Click here to look at Halton Levels of Need - Leaflet Click here to look at Halton Levels of Need - National Assessment Framework Looking After Someone Elses Child Booklet Most children are cared for by their birth parents.However, things may happen in families, such as
illness, death or family crisis, which means that children are cared for by other adults known to them - either permanently or for a period of time. Adoption is the most well known of the different forms of care, but there is a range of options for caring for children in other families already known to them. These include:
• Special Guardianship
• Residence Order
• Foster Care / Kinship Care
• Private Fostering
• Care by Close Family. This useful information guide will help professionals working with children and families, parents, carers and general community members understand the legal difference for children living in these various arrangements, how we deal with children living in arrangements other than with their birth parents and the duties, roles and responsibilties agencies have in safeguarding these children. Click here to find out more... DCSF Guidance - Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked (December 2007) Click here to read more |
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