Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership

In July 2024, the decision was made to separate the Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Children’s Partnership into two partnerships; one covering the Dorset Council area and the other covering the Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) area.

Each Safeguarding Children Partnership has a statutory responsibility as set out in the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance (2023) for leadership and multi-agency co-ordination of “arrangements to work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children”.

The website has been re-structured into sections for each Safeguarding Children Partnership. For information from the Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership please click here. For information from the BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership please click here.

There is some activity that will remain as Pan-Dorset and this includes the multi-agency child safeguarding training offer, our core safeguarding policies and procedures based on national guidance and our child death review process. For information on the Pan-Dorset activity please click here.

Child Sexual Abuse – Information for Professionals

 

 

LETS TALK PANTS!!

With the help of our friendly dinosaur Pantosaurus, talking PANTS is a simple way to teach children how to stay safe from abuse.

 

 

 

Click HERE to;

  • Download an activity pack
  • Sing along with Pantosaurus,
  • Download a ‘Playtime with Pantosaurus’ game
  • Find additional information on resources for schools and teachers.

For NSPCC PANTS Guidance for Early Years settings and Child Care settings 

For NSPCC PANTS Guidance for Foster Carers 

For NSPCC PANTS Resources for Schools and Teachers 

If you are aware of any parents in your community who would benefit from specialised materials, please share the relevant PANTS guides:

Children with learning disabilities

Children with learning disabilities (in Welsh)

Parents/carers of children who have autism 

Parents/carers who have learning disabilities

Parents/carers who have learning disabilities (in Welsh)

The Underwear Rule for d/Deaf children – Recorded with British Sign Language and subtitles, this video aims to teach d/Deaf children about the Underwear Rule and encourages them to share secrets that upset them with a trusted adult.

For additional information on keeping children safe from abuse and other dangers, both online and in the physical world, please click here

To find out more visit the South West Survivor Pathway website