It’s been a busy few months at the Partnership, and we are excited to share our latest updates with you. This edition of the newsletter will focus on the learning from two recently published Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Child Safety Week, our Business Improvement Plan 2025-27, and our new Child Exploitation awareness campaign poster – ‘Could you put the pieces together?’.

Our Practitioner Spotlight interview features Nicola, who works in the Child Abuse Investigations Team at West Midlands Police.

We hope you enjoy the newsletter! If you have any content suggestions for future editions, please don’t hesitate to contact Katherine Selby (BSCP Communications Officer).

 
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Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership – July 2025

 
Welcome to our July newsletter!

It’s been a busy few months at the Partnership, and we are excited to share our latest updates with you. This edition of the newsletter will focus on the learning from two recently published Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Child Safety Week, our Business Improvement Plan 2025-27, and our new Child Exploitation awareness campaign poster – ‘Could you put the pieces together?’.

Our Practitioner Spotlight interview features Nicola, who works in the Child Abuse Investigations Team at West Midlands Police.

We hope you enjoy the newsletter! If you have any content suggestions for future editions, please don’t hesitate to contact Katherine Selby (BSCP Communications Officer).

 
 
 
Learning from LCSPRs: Children out of sight and safeguarding children during parental mental health crises
 
Learning from LCSPRs: Children out of sight and safeguarding children during parental mental health crises
 
In June, Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership published two Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews. We encourage practitioners across all agencies to […]
 
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Safeguarding news

Child Safety Week 2025

Child Safety Week, which is hosted annually by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), took place from 2nd – 8th […] View more

‘Could you put the pieces together?’: Spotting the signs of Child Exploitation

Criminal exploitation is a form of child abuse where children and young people are manipulated and coerced into committing crimes. […] View more

BSCP’s Business Improvement Plan 2025-27: Our vision for the next two years

In May, BSCP published our Business Improvement Plan 2025-27, which sets out our four strategic priorities and key actions to […] View more


Working with children and families?

Fill out our Neglect survey!

The Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP) would like to understand how you, as practitioners, respond to neglect, the resources you use, and any support you might need from BSCP. Your views will help shape BSCP’s strategic approach to tackling neglect.


Practitioner Spotlight

We sat down with Nicola, who works in West Midlands Police’s Child Abuse Investigations Team, to discuss her role, what a typical day looks like for her, and why safeguarding is so important.

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Did you know?

The Department for Education has now published Working together to safeguard children: an illustrated guide for children, young people and their familiesThis version of the guide uses simplified language and illustrations to display the information in a clear, accessible way.

There is also a a short, animated version of the guidance.

Download the guide

Watch the animation


Available training courses

DA Module 2: Advanced Domestic Violence & Abuse training – Knowing how to validate victims and childrens’ disclosures (Only book if attended Module 1)
Tuesday 15 July 2025 (09:30 – 16:30)

Child Exploitation and Youth Violence
Friday 18 July 2025 (09:30 – 16:30)

Introduction to Child Exploitation
Tuesday 22 July 2025 (13:30 – 16:30)

Online Safety
Friday 12 September 2025 (09:30 – 13:30)

Introduction to Child Exploitation
Tuesday 16 September 2025 (09:30 – 13:00)

Safeguarding Disabled Children & Young People
Thursday 18 September 2025 (09:30 – 16:30)

Professional Curiosity & Challenge
Thursday 25 September 2025 (09:30 – 16:30)


Updated procedures

Birmingham Children’s Trust  Exploitation Screening Tool (External)


We hope you enjoyed the newsletter! The next edition will be published in Autumn.

In the meantime, if you would like to contact us, please email BSCP.ContactUs@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk

 
 
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