STAFFORDSHIRE ONLY - NEW Senior Leaders/Managers Safeguarding Children and Adult Asylum Seekers and Refugees Briefing

For training costs please go to our webpage Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board

Target Staff:

Specific Staffordshire multi agency Senior Managers and Leaders with responsibility for the organisation safeguarding arrangements

Description:

A 2-hour briefing aimed to increase the understanding of refugees and asylum seekers current landscape, safeguarding and statutory framework.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explaining what a home Office dispersal area is, and that Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire fall in that category and are also refugee relocation areas. Includes some statistics to give a picture of the numbers and backgrounds of people who are part of our communities.
• An overview of traumas experienced and possibility of / actual ongoing risks and harms, e.g., human trafficking / modern slavery, homelessness, domestic abuse, spirit / witchcraft abuse.
• How the above lived experiences connect with Safeguarding legislation and government guidance for protection. Highlighting the key statutory and non-statutory roles in promoting safety and wellbeing.