The P Pod

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Welcome to the Partnership Podcast - The P Pod, from the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership! Meet the agencies who will help you to support children, young people and their families across Somerset. Explore local and national learning and how to improve your safeguarding practice. If you would like to take part in a future podcast or have any questions or comments arising from any episodes we'd love you to contact us at [email protected] www.somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk

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Helping Parents Cope with Crying - ICON

Jun 30 2024 38 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodBeing a parent is tough, especially when you have a baby who won't stop crying.Sadly over the last few years we've seen a huge rise in harm caused to young babies, so today we're joined by Father CoOrdinator with Dad Matters, Charlie Hull and Clinical Practice Educator for Public Health Nursing, Ellie Wylie to talk about how the ICON Strategy and re

Supporting Vicarious Trauma in the Police

Jun 16 2024 49 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodIn todays episode we speak with Mark Jackson, TRiM (Trauma Risk Management) Co-Ordinator for the Avon & Somerset Police who talks to us about the work he undertakes to support officers and wider police staff when they may have experienced trauma and the importance of embedding a Trauma Informed Approach throughout an organisation.Find details of

Supporting Victims of Sexual Abuse - Special Extended Episode

Jun 02 2024 84 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodIn today's episode we hear first hand the devastating impact that abuse has on children and young people when we speak to a survivor of sexual abuse, who joins us to share her story to help us to learn how we can best support victims at the most critical times in their lives.Importantly though, we also speak with Jodie and Ellie from Barnardos Phoen

The Family Front Door

May 19 2024 44 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodToday we're joined at the P Pod by our colleagues Lisa Hucker and Philippa Small from the Family Front Door, who are the front door for children's services in Somerset.In today's episode we talk about the role the front door plays in ensuring families receive the right help at the right time, and in particular what they look for when triaging an Ear

Trauma Informed Practice Special

May 06 2024 35 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodToday sees the launch of the Somerset Trauma Informed Network so we've put together this special episode to introduce it to you and to find out what Trauma Informed Practice is, what it means for you, and how it can help the support offered to children and families.In todays episode we speak with a number of professionals from across the Partnership

Using Motivational Interviewing to Support Families (Pt.5) - Having Difficult Conversations

Apr 28 2024 48 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodIn today's episode I'm pleased to be joined again by MI Trainer, Jackie Webb and Consultant Social Worker Sharron Ricketts to continue our conversation about how MI can be used to support families and safeguard children.In previous episodes we've discussed how MI can be used to support change - but what about those times when the journey of change i

Spiritual and Ritual Abuse, Including Accusations of Witchcraft

Apr 14 2024 52 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodIn todays episode we're joined by a real expert in his field, Jordan Alexander, CEO of Prism Training and Chair of the National Working Group of Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief.This is an area that many may have heard of, but few of us really understand the intricacies of so we're so pleased Jordan has taken the time to inform us on this subject.For

Understanding the role of the LADO

Mar 31 2024 60 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodIn todays episode we speak with Anthony Goble, one of the Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO's) for Somerset, about the role of the LADO and their role in safeguarding children and supporting the process when an allegation is made against someone who works with children.If you'd like to find out more about the Managing Allegations process you

Tackling Child Exploitation

Mar 17 2024 46 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodIn todays episode I speak with Chloe Deverell, Team Manager for Child Exploitation within Children Social Care about her experience of working in this field and the importance of everyone working together to safeguard and respond to concerns relating to the exploitation of children and young people.You can find details on Child Exploitation on the S

Using Motivational Interviewing to Support Families (Pt.4) - MI in Practice

Mar 03 2024 49 mins

Get in touch with us at The P PodToday we bring you a special episode where Jackie Webb, MI Trainer and Consultant Social Worker Sharron Ricketts have agreed to join us to hold a live Motivational Interviewing conversation to demonstrate how MI can actually work in practice.If you've not hear our previous 3 episodes on MI with Jackie we strongly recommend you go back and listen to