Warwickshire Children and Young People's Workforce

Warwickshire County Council has, on their web site a Multi-Agency Participation Guide which defines participation, gives ideas, tips and pitfalls and includes case studies.

It can be found at

www.warwickshire.gov.uk/mapguide

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) web site offers a very straightforward guide to Risk Assessments .

This 5-step guide can be downloaded from www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/raindex.htm

The National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO) have produced a guide to developing safeguarding practices, called Positively Safe.

It covers: Getting the balance right between safeguarding and stifling; Including young children in the process; recruitment, supervision and training; code of conduct; Child protection; whistleblowing and complaints; equal opportunities and working towards a safeguarding policy statement.

It is straightforward and nicely presented.

Their website is www.ncvcco.org

Ofsted have published a guide to best practice in early years provision.

It deals with meeting the Every Child Matters outcomes of enjoying, achieving and contributing.

The whole guide can be downoaded as a portable data file (.pdf) or viewed online at www.ofsted.gov.uk/gettingonwell

The Government Paper entitled Aiming High is attached as a portable data file (.pdf). To access the file click on the title of this teaser and you will be able to download the file.

Hear by Right is a tried and tested standards framework for organisations across the statutory and voluntary sectors to assess and improve practice and policy on the active involvement of children and young people.

To find out more visit: www.hbr.nya.or.uk/what_hear_right

As well as explaining about Hear by Right the site contains downloadable materials and practical examples provided by organisations who have tried it.

Helen Fielden, of the Respect Yourself Campaign Team has looked at their Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Level 1 course and mapped across where the training meets the Common Induction Standards. This now appears on the back of the certificates awarded for completing the course, so can be used in evidence towards the Common Induction Standards Certificates.

How Respect Yourself RSE Level 1 contributes to Warwickshire Common Induction Standards:

Warwickshire Council for Voluntary Youth Services have an excellent section on their web site where they have gathered together examples of best practice from a range of different voluntary sector groups and organisations.

To read the examples - most with photos - go to www.warkscvys.org.uk/best_practice_youth_work

If you have examples of your own work you would like included, contact Helen Smith through the web site.

Three new studies on early years practice have been published by the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young People's Services (C4EO).

The three studies are Improving Development outcomes for Children, Improving attainment and Narrowing the Gap.

The three studies are attached as portable document files (.pdf)