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Welcome to the Rotherham Safeguarding Children Partnership
We're a statutory body, established in accordance with the Children Act 2004 and Working Together guidance 2018.
This site provides important safeguarding information for the public, children, young people, parents, carers, school staff and other professionals.
Safeguarding Awareness Week 2020 - Goes Virtual
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, Safeguarding Awareness Week, 16-20 November 2020, looked very different this year.
Read all about Safeguarding Awareness Week here
To hear what Rotherham partners and Rotherham Youth Cabinet told us at the Official Launch event on 16 November
Children and young people
Information and advice for children and young people - How you can stay safe.
Parents and carers
Information and advice for parents and carers - How to spot the signs.
Professionals and volunteers
Information and advice for professionals and volunteers - What you need to know.
Training and development
Keep up to date with the latest developments in safeguarding.
Domestic Abuse, Sexual Abuse
Information and guidance for women, children and men who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Babies cry, its normal: you must never shake the baby
ICON public health message is all about helping people who care for babies to cope with crying, including parents and carers and professionals annd volunteers.
Safeguarding Children During Coronavirus (COVID-19)
This is a dedicated page about Coronavirus which hopefully will provide all the information in one access point
Covid 19 (Coronavirus)
Latest news
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The Children and Young People Service (RMBC) Vacancies
The Children and Young People Service (RMBC) are now starting the recruitment process for Registered Managers, Deputy Managers and Practitioners.
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Coronavirus Update
The Partnership will be seeking assurances that agencies are working together effectively to protect frontline services, keep their staff safe and key services running.
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Real Safeguarding Stories
For free ‘Real Safeguarding Stories’ useful for training/presentation/community events/conferences.
Championing the interests and rights of children and young people.
Involving all partners in Rotherham in a duty to co-operate on
safeguarding matters.
Receiving independent challenge and scrutiny, to ensure feedback,
accountability and learning.
Change is led by measurable improvements in the safeguarding systems
and outcomes for children and their families.
Children who are neglected will have their needs recognised early
and receive the right level of support to improve outcomes. We will
seek assurance that Children in Care have their needs assessed and
met in timely manner.
Children who are being exploited in the community will be identified
early. They will receive appropriate services which are informed by
research on adverse childhood experiences.
We will know if services and practice is effective and how this is
improving outcomes for children. We will also identify areas of
continuous learning and improvement, e.g. Safeguarding Practice
Reviews and challenge these to improve both practice and outcomes.
Principles and Priorities:
Principle 1
Principle 2
Principle 3
Principle 4
Outcome: Safe at Home
Outcome: Safe in the Community
Outcome: Safe Safeguarding Systems
Rotherham Multi-Agency Arrangements for Safeguarding Children and Review of Child Deaths
The Rotherham Safeguarding Children Partnership are pleased to publish the new Multi-Agency Safeguarding Children Arrangements for Rotherham; and the Arrangements for Reviewing Child Deaths, in partnership with the other three local authority areas in South Yorkshire.
The multi-agency safeguarding children arrangements, to be implemented from September 2019, will be independently chaired and consists of the three key agencies that collectively hold the statutory responsibilities for safeguarding in Rotherham: NHS Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire Police; and also includes all the agencies and organisations in the wider partnership providing services to children and their families in Rotherham.
The Rotherham Safeguarding Children Arrangements and all the partners named within them have a key role to play in ensuring that children in Rotherham are kept safe and that all organisations work together effectively to promote their welfare.
Safeguarding means promoting a child’s welfare and protecting them to live safely within their families and community, free from abuse and neglect.
View the Rotherham Multi-Agency Arrangements for Safeguarding Children.
View the Arrangements for Reviewing Child Deaths.
'safeguarding is everyone’s business'
The Rotherham Safeguarding Partnership are:
Rotherham MBC
South Yorkshire Police
South Yorkshire Probation Trust
National Probation Service
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group
NHS England, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
Rotherham Foundation Health Trust
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Health Trust
Children, Young People and Families' Consortium
Rotherham Schools