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The importance of data | Recommendations for Change: a series about the IICSA final report - episode 2
NSPCC Learning Podcast
02/28/24 • 28 min
In the second episode of our series looking at the IICSA final report, we explore the topic of data. You’ll learn how data can help professionals to prevent and respond to CSA, and what the existing data and evidence is telling us about the scale of CSA in the UK. We also cover how the introduction of a single core dataset in the UK will improve data collection.
> Read the podcast transcript
About the speakers
Lisa McCrindle is Assistant Director in Policy, Communications and Strategic Influence at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre). She’s an experienced public policy and communications leader, researcher and evaluator with over 20 years’ experience working in public policy across the children and young people’s agenda.
Kelly Agudelo is Head of Analysis at the National Policing Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP).
Further resources
> Read the CSA Centre's latest trends in data report
> Read the VKPP's National Analysis of Police-Recorded Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Crimes Report 2022
> Read the NSPCC Learning briefing on some of the issues to consider when looking at child abuse statistics
About the series
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its final report in October 2022. The report was a comprehensive examination of institutional failings to protect children from sexual abuse, demonstrating the need for a wholesale change in how child sexual abuse (CSA) is tackled. The report highlighted 20 key recommendations that would contribute towards this change.
This five-part podcast series explores these recommendations in more detail. A range of experts from both inside and outside of the NSPCC will break down why the recommendations are needed, how they’ll work if implemented, and what impact they might have on the prevention of child sexual abuse. The series is a useful introduction to the Inquiry for anyone who is working or volunteering with children and young people.
Intro/outro music is This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
64: The voice of the child in social work practice
NSPCC Learning Podcast
07/29/24 • 28 min
In this episode, three consultant social workers from the NSPCC’s Quality and Practice team discuss: what we mean by ‘the voice of the child’ and why it is important; how to effectively capture the voice of the child and what barriers might get in the way of this; how to make use of the child’s voice in practical work, including in meetings, assessments, interventions and record keeping.
You can read this episode’s transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Julian Fabian has been a qualified Social Worker for more than 26 years. He is currently Consultant Social Worker in the NSPCC’s Quality and Practice Team with a remit of quality assurance and practice improvement.
Emily Waddington is a Supervisor in the Childline Service. Prior to this role, Emily has worked as a Consultant Social Worker at the NSPCC and in the Assessment and MASH teams in the Local Authority. Emily’s main areas of interest include systemic and reflective practice which is underpinned by a desire for continuous practice improvement.
Damien Fitzpatrick is a NSPCC Consultant Social Worker based in the Service Quality and Practice Team. His role involves quality assurance of direct practice through a safeguarding lens, pre-post inspection support, supporting the development and implementation of practice standards and guidance. Prior to joining the NSPCC, Damien practiced in the local authority for 12 years in a number of different roles.
📚 Related resources
> Find out what case reviews highlight about the voice of the child
> Listen to our podcast episode on pre-birth assessments
> Learn more about what makes a good assessment with our ten practice points
> Discover other NSPCC Learning resources for social workers
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
59: Supporting new parents through adversity – part one
NSPCC Learning Podcast
11/13/23 • 26 min
New parents who experience adversity, such as domestic abuse, may need additional help to build these support networks for their child.
This is the first part in a two-part podcast discussion focusing on For Baby’s Sake, a service which provides therapeutic and trauma-informed support to expectant parents who have experienced domestic abuse.
You'll hear from Ged Docherty, a Team Manager at For Baby’s Sake Blackpool, and Colin Smy, Development Manager at Blackpool Better Start. The discussion explores how early intervention services can support families through adversity and give babies the best start in life.
Part two is available here.
You can read this episode’s transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Colin Smy is Development Manager at Blackpool Better Start. Blackpool Better Start is a 10-year National Lottery funded programme to transform services in the town and change childhoods through lived experience, science, and evidence. The Centre for Early Child Development is the research and development hub of Blackpool Better Start, and provides a whole systems approach to delivering universal services, early help, and specialist support.
Ged Docherty is Team Manager at For Baby’s Sake. For Baby’s Sake is a programme for expectant parents that takes a whole-family approach, starting in pregnancy and dealing with the entire cycle and history of domestic abuse, identifying and directly addressing the trauma or traumas that lie at the heart of the problem.
📚 Related resources
> Find out more about For Baby’s Sake
> Find out more about Blackpool Better Start
> Learn more about how childhood trauma affects child brain development
> Take the NSPCC’s elearning course on trauma and child brain development
> Take the NSPCC’s safeguarding elearning course for anyone working with under 1s and families in the antenatal or postnatal period
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
57: What's next for children's social care in England? A practical perspective
NSPCC Learning Podcast
09/11/23 • 29 min
Earlier this year, the UK government published its vision for the reform of children's social care in England: Stable homes built on love.
The strategy sets out a number of proposals to family support and early help services, including the rollout of new multi-disciplinary family help teams to provide earlier support to families so they don't reach crisis point.
In this podcast episode three experts from the NSPCC consider what the government’s proposals might look like in practice.
The discussion covered:
- the planned reforms to family support and early help services
- what new multi-disciplinary family help teams might look like
- the benefits and challenges of taking a family-first approach to social care
- the importance of developing meaningful relationships with families and considering lived experience
- changes to social care workforce roles, including the introduction of a new lead child protection practitioner role
- barriers to implementing reform, and how they might affect the day-to-day work of social care professionals.
💬 About the speakers
Matt Forde is Partnerships and Development Director at the NSPCC, for services across the UK that work in partnership with communities and professionals. These include place-based projects and specialist partnerships for the most vulnerable children and families. Matt joined the NSPCC from local authority children’s services in 2010 as National Head for Scotland and took up his current role in 2020.
Rachael Holdcroft is a Strategic Services Manager overseeing the delivery of the Together for Childhood project in Stoke on Trent; a 10 year project which focuses on preventing Child Sexual Abuse. Rachael has been in this role with the NSPCC for 18 months following a 20 year career working with children and families in Local Authorities and the Private Sector.
Eavan Mckay is a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the NSPCC. Prior to joining the NSPCC, Eavan worked in education, first as an English teacher, then as a middle leader in schools with curriculum and safeguarding responsibilities, then at the education charity The Literacy Pirates where she led education intervention and engagement programmes for children. Eavan has also held Policy and Public Affairs Officer roles at JDRF and London Councils.
📚 Related resources
> Early help and early intervention
> Why language matters: what is meant by 'early help'
> News: The government's plans to reform children's social care in England
> Government plans to reform children's social care England: CASPAR briefing (2023)
> The independent review of children's social care final report: CASPAR briefing (2022)
> The case for change: independent review of children's social care in England: CASPAR briefing (2021)
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
56: What’s next for children’s social care in England? An interview with Josh MacAlister
NSPCC Learning Podcast
09/04/23 • 27 min
Earlier this year, the UK government published its vision for the reform of children's social care in England: 'Stable homes, built on love'.
The Independent Review of Children's Social Care in England, which published its final report in May 2022, provided a cornerstone for this strategy. The review was chaired by Josh MacAlister and aimed to produce recommendations for a social care system that puts lifelong loving relationships at the heart of the care system and acts decisively in response to abuse.
In this podcast episode, Abigail Gill, the NSPCC’s Associate Head of Policy and Public Affairs, sat down with Josh to talk about the review and what still needs to be done to meet its aims.
The discussion covered:
- the story of the Care Review and what problems it was trying to address
- how the review captured the voices and lived experiences of children, young people and adults that have received the help or support of a social worker, or who have been looked after
- problems found with the social care system and how these negatively impact safeguarding and child protection
- the reforms and recommendations proposed by the review to address these problems
- how to implement reform and create positive future change in collaboration with professionals.
💬 About the speakers
Josh MacAlister is the Executive Chair of Foundations, the What Works Centre for Children and Families. He is also Co-founder and Chair of SHiFT. He chaired the Independent Review of Children's Social Care between March 2021 and May 2022.
Abigail Gill is the Associate Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the NSPCC. She works across a number of policy areas, including children's social care, place-based approaches, early help and early intervention, poverty, and neglect.
📚 Related resources
> Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy and Consultation
> News: The government’s plans to reform children’s social care in England
> Government plans to reform children's social care in England: CASPAR briefing
> The independent review of children’s social care final report: CASPAR briefing
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
54: An introduction to Report Remove, an online self-reporting tool for young people
NSPCC Learning Podcast
03/21/23 • 24 min
Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about why a tool like Report Remove is needed, how the tool works, and how you can signpost young people to the tool as part of your response to incidents of sharing nudes.
You can read this episode’s transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Samantha Firth has been involved with Childline since 2006. With a background in child development and training, she was initially a volunteer Childline counsellor, becoming a Childline counselling supervisor in 2013 and then moving into the Childline Online Service in 2020.
Zara is a Senior Content Analyst who has worked at the Internet Watch Foundation for over nine years. She spends each working day assessing online images and videos of children suffering sexual abuse and removing them from the Internet.
📚 Resources mentioned in this episode
> Find out more about the Report Remove tool and download accompanying print-outs
> Watch an introductory video for professionals on how Report Remove works
> Access the Report Remove tool on the Childline website
> Take the Managing incidents of sharing nudes elearning course to learn more about the topic
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
53: Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing in schools
NSPCC Learning Podcast
02/28/23 • 23 min
This episode examines what education professionals can do to build a positive mental health culture in schools, recognise when young people are struggling with their mental heath and respond appropriately if those struggles escalate into safeguarding concerns.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Sharon Cole is the Head of Safeguarding at Place2Be, a UK-wide children’s mental health charity providing a whole-school approach to supporting children and their families with mental health in schools. She previously worked as a manager of a large multi-disciplinary team supporting schools in Hackney and was involved in setting up the area's first Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).
Stefania Nicotra has worked on the Childline Helpline for over 10 years; in her current role, she is accountable for the live day-to-day running of the service through a duty system that ensures resources across the UK are utilised and coordinated effectively, to deliver a high standard safeguarding service to as many children and young people as possible.
📚 Related resources
> Learn more about children's mental health
> Learn more about Place2Be
> Access the Childline resources on mental health, to be used by children and young people
> Take the NSPCC Learning mental health safeguarding in education elearning course
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
52: Together for Childhood — what we've learnt to help prevent abuse and neglect
NSPCC Learning Podcast
10/24/22 • 29 min
Listen to Pat Branigan, Assistant Director for Together for Childhood, talk to the panel of development managers from all four TfC sites about the benefits of a place-based and community-focused approach to preventing child abuse and neglect.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Pat Branigan is the Assistant Director for Together for Childhood at the NSPCC. In addition to this, he’s an anthropologist with a background in public health and has led research into sensitive sexual health topics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Shelley Shaw is the Development Manager for Together for Childhood Plymouth and has worked in the team since early 2018.
Bernie Taylor has been involved in Together for Childhood for five years, initially as a research and evaluation officer and subsequently Development Manager for Together for Childhood Grimsby.
Jennie Hammond is a Development Manager for the NSPCC and leads on the development and implementation of the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Plan through the Together for Childhood programme in Stoke-on-Trent.
Di Porter is a Development Manager for the NSPCC at Together for Childhood Govan in Glasgow.
📚 Related resources
> Find out more about the Together for Childhood programme
> Learn more about child abuse and neglect
> View our other resources for voluntary and community groups
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
51: Researching mental health support for adolescents who have experienced sexual abuse
NSPCC Learning Podcast
09/05/22 • 36 min
The discussion covers the purpose of the study, the importance of listening to and learning from young people, and the ‘six pillars’ of an effective response to adolescents who have experienced sexual abuse.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Dr Helen Beckett is Director of the Safer Young Lives Research Centre and a Reader in Child Protection and Children’s Rights at the University of Bedfordshire. She has 25 years’ experience of undertaking applied social research, across academia and the voluntary and statutory sectors. She holds particular expertise in researching sexual harm and related adolescent safeguarding issues, and in ethically engaging children and young people in such research.
Dr Debbie Allnock is a Senior Research Fellow at the Safer Young Lives Research Centre, part-seconded to the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme within Norfolk Constabulary. She has undertaken a wide range of research on issues of social justice within the US and the UK, where she has taken a specific focus on the field of child protection and safeguarding. She has particular expertise in CSA disclosure and service provision and policing and criminal justice responses to child and adult harm.
Chloe Gill is a Senior Research and Evaluation Officer at the NSPCC. Over the last nine years Chloe has carried out exploratory and evaluation research focusing on Childline, the NSPCC Helpline, children’s social care, sexuality and relationships education, and child safety online. Chloe has supported the joint NSPCC and ESRC research grants programme since 2017, helping disseminate findings to NSPCC’s internal and external audiences.
📚 Related resources
> Read the full Safer Young Lives Research Centre report
> Read more about what child sexual abuse is and how to respond to protect children from this form of abuse
> Learn more about supporting children and young people’s mental health
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
An introduction to IICSA | Recommendations for Change: a series about the IICSA final report - episode 1
NSPCC Learning Podcast
02/26/24 • 24 min
This first episode of the series provides the background to the Inquiry. You will learn why IICSA was set up, how the NSPCC contributed to the Inquiry, and why it’s so important for professionals working with children to be aware of the Inquiry and its findings. The episode also covers how the Inquiry engaged with victims and survivors of CSA, including the set-up of the Truth Project.
> Read the podcast transcript
About the speakers
Peter Wanless is Chief Executive of the NSPCC. Peter joined as Chief Executive in 2013, after running the Big Lottery Fund for 5 years. Before this he worked as a Director at the Department of Education. In the 2021 New Year’s Honours, Peter was awarded a knighthood for services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector.
Lisa McCrindle is Assistant Director in Policy, Communications and Strategic Influence at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre). She’s an experienced public policy and communications leader, researcher and evaluator with over 20 years’ experience working in public policy across the children and young people’s agenda.
Dr Maria Neophytou is the Director of Strategy and Knowledge at the NSPCC, joining in 2020 from Impetus, where she was Acting CEO. Maria has worked on strategy, public policy and research in the children’s sector for over fifteen years, exploring how we can harness evidence in aid of social change. She gained her PhD at Cambridge University, where her research was on gender equality and international relations.
Further resources
> Read the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) final report
> Read the CASPAR summary of the IICSA final report, and the government responses to the recommendations made
> View the CSA Centre's 'Key messages from research' series
> Access other practice resources from the CSA Centre
> Learn more about child sexual abuse
About the series
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its final report in October 2022. The report was a comprehensive examination of institutional failings to protect children from sexual abuse, demonstrating the need for a wholesale change in how child sexual abuse (CSA) is tackled. The report highlighted 20 key recommendations that would contribute towards this change.
This five-part podcast series explores these recommendations in more detail. A range of experts from both inside and outside of the NSPCC will break down why the recommendations are needed, how they’ll work if implemented, and what impact they might have on the prevention of child sexual abuse. The series is a useful introduction to the Inquiry for anyone who is working or volunteering with children and young people.
Intro/outro music is This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley
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