Stay Safe Online

09.10.2009

Do you worry about what your children do online?  Do you know how to help them stay safe in cyberspace?  The Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board have produced a booklet with lots of helpful information and advice.  You can download a copy of the "E-Safety Booklet" here.  If you would like further information then please don't hesitate to ask at the Office.

What is the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board?

The government says that every area must have arrangements where organisations and professionals can meet together to plan how they can keep children and young people safe from harm.

How does the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board do this?

by:

• encouraging members of the whole community to think of safeguarding children as Everybody’s Responsibility;
• helping to make sure that all those who work with children are trained to spot when abuse might be occurring and do something about it;
• making sure professionals have sound procedures to guide their work;
• making sure that services and systems set up to protect children are working well; and
• looking at the best ways of preventing children from being harmed in the first place, including promoting E-Safety

You can find out more about the work of the board at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/wscb where the booklet is also available in these languages: Gujarati, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi.

If you are worried abou the safety of a child then you can reach the Children’s Team during office hours on: 01926 410410.  In an emergency during evenings and weekends, contact the Emergency Duty Service on 01926 866922.

If you are a child and you need to talk to somebody you can contact Warwickshire Children’s Team on 01926 410410 or you can call Childline 0800 1111 or visit www.childline.org.uk