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• Preparing and responding to critical incidents.
• Responding to Critical Incidents Training

Banardo's Education Community

https://www.educators-barnardos.org.uk/training-and-cpd-packages-brochure/

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• Taking Care of People You Lead   - Leadership and management programme that support and champions efforts to promote emotional health and wellbeing.
• The Invisible Backpack Package – focuses on developing a relational approach in our work with babies, children and young people.
• Barnardo's Education Community Booklets - Exploring grief  as well as more general wellbeing strategies.
• BEC Podcast -   conversations with young people discussing topics relating to mental health and wellbeing that are important to them.
• Therapeutic Games and Activities Resource – support staff to targeted interventions with individual and groups.
• https://www.educators-barnardos.org.uk/staff-wellbeing/spaces-for-wellbeing-programme-short-clips

Association of Directors of Children Social on safeguarding  pressures report on Childrens Services (Research In Practice) - READ: Latest research shows changes in safeguarding pressures | Research in Practice

Consultations

• Bristol Sanctuary Strategy 2025-2030   - Closes 16th March 2025
• Improving the way Ofsted inspects education  - Closes 28 April 2025
• Consultation - Revised use of reasonable force and other restrictive interventions in schools guidance - Closes 29 April 2025

Preventing and responding to measles

• Measles letter
• Education Leaders Pack
• Preventing and responding to the measles outbreak - guidance webpage.

Bristol Youth Voice Conference. Bristol Youth Council - Youth Voice 2024 report has been published

KBSP Shadow Board  - Having conversations with your child about knife crime 

• How to have conversations with your child about knife crime video

• Recruitment Poster - https://www.bristolsafeguardingineducation.org/media/bcbjeqkx/shadow-safeguarding-board-flyer-design-01-25.pdf

S.175 Audit and KBSP Annual Data Drop 

• s.175 Audit - Bristol's S.175 Audit
• Annual Data Drop KBSP Education Annual Data Drop

What are you doing specifically to support children who are seeking sanctuary?

• https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BU5A2B/
• For termly attendance and belonging updates please click here.
• Sign-up to join the attendance and belonging mailing list by clicking here.
• Seek advice and guidance:
• attendanceandbelongingteam@bristol.gov.uk
• education@bristol.cityofsanctuary.com

Supporting children who are directly affected by sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviour.

The Green House - Home - The Green House

•  Schools guidance -Sexual Abuse, Schools, Safety and Support - Guidance for education staff from people with lived experiences - The Green House (2024).
• The Green House School Guidance video

Be Safe  -

Be Safe service :: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

•  Schools guidance  - Responding to children and young people's harmful sexual behaviour - Guidance for schools - Be Safe 2025 -
• Be Safe Bristol Schools Guidance video