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SBNI launches new Online Safety Hub

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The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI) is delighted that the Health Minister Robin Swann has officially launched the new Online Safety Hub for young people, carers and professionals. The Hub was developed in partnership with Ineqe Safeguarding Group, and delivered as part of the NI Executive’s Keeping Children and Young People Safe: An Online Safety Strategy. It is split into two sections, one for adults and one for young people and brings together expert advice and resources from a range of member and partner organisations so that audiences can easily access education and support all in one central place.

 

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Hub Highlights newsletter

 

Read and share the first edition of the Hub Highlights newsletter, it features the latest online safety resources and news from partner organisations. Sign up to receive the newsletter every two months.

 

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Help us to spread the word

 

Promote the Hub in your organisation and community by using and sharing the bank of promotional resources – they include a poster, promotional video, social media graphics, email signatures and a stamp logo for websites.

 

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Submit content

 

The Hub is designed to host content and resources from a range of multiagency organisations to help young people, carers, professionals and the general public easily access them all in one central place.

 

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Incredible Years Facilitator Training

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This information is for the ‘Basic’ Parent Group Leader Training. Participants will be trained to deliver any one of three programmes: the Basic Parent program (for parents of children aged 2 – 8); the School Readiness programme; and the Toddler Programme [The ‘home coaching’ manual can also be utilised by group leaders if delivering the 1:1 home coaching programme].

The workshop for the Incredible Years® Basic Parent Group Leader Training (to cover toddlers, preschool and school aged children from 2 years up to age 8) is an accredited training which is three full days. The programme is designed to promote positive strategies and to assist parents in managing children’s behaviour problems. This intervention programme is used by various professionals (therapists and parent educators from psychology, social work, teaching and education, nursing and psychiatry) who work with families of young children.
The programme topics include: play; helping children learn; using positive reinforcement; effective limit setting including establishing effective rules and routines; how to ignore inappropriate behaviour; and using the Time Out approach as a non-violent discipline approach; problem solving; effective communication skills; and supporting children’s education. Group therapy process skills for group leaders such as empowering parents, collaborating, dealing with resistance, confronting and teaching, supporting and advocating for parents will all be covered. Participants will learn effective parent group leader skills and feel confident to deliver the programme to parents thereafter.

Led By: Maria McAleese, Incredible Years® (IY) Mentor NI
Contact: mariamcaleese2@gmail.com
Tel: 07920022782

Issue 123 – Southern Area FYI – 11 April 2024

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Welcome to Issue 123 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Download Issue 123

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Did you know the next page tells you things you may not have known about FYI?

Once again, we have a plethora of opportunities, resources and activities for families. However, we know there are more, so keep sending your information & updates through to us!

Thank you to all who responded to our recent survey to review ‘FYI’ and we will have the report in a future edition, along with responses to queries and suggestions.

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

#LookCloser learning programme on child exploitation and abuse

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We’re delighted to invite you to join us for our latest #LookCloser programme of learning. We have developed our sessions based on learning from The Children’s Society and wider partners to tackle the issues of child exploitation and abuse.

All sessions are free of charge and delivered on Microsoft Teams Live which means:
– Interaction with the presenters and participants will be limited
– There will however, be a Q&A function
– We will use tools such as Menti to provide opportunities for engagement and discussion.

The timetable below has links to each learning event on Ticket Tailor, where you can book on to as few or as many events as you please. All of our sessions have been designed for various professional audiences, so please share these events with anyone you think would benefit from attending.

If you have any questions about our learning events, please contact prevention@childrenssociety.org.uk

Click here for dates, session information and times

Western Area FYI – Issue 5

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Welcome to the 5th the issue of FYI your monthly round up of all things family support and early intervention/ prevention. If you would like to contribute upcoming consultations, training, articles, or events that practitioners from the community, voluntary or statutory sectors within the Western Trust will find useful please contact;

Dr Priscilla Magee
Mobile 07880723076 / priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net
Paul Sweeney
Mobile 07387259117 / paul.sweeney@westerntrust.hscni.net