The Smile Baby Programme is for parents/carers of young children born in the year before or during the covid health crisis. IT provides parents/carers with information and support to help them promote their child’s social and emotional development during covid conditions and the opportunity to discuss any anxieties or concerns.
Organisations interested in offering a Smile Baby Programme should contact Dr Pauline McClenaghan pauline@lifestartfoundation.org 0791251709
Welcome to the second February 2022 edition of the locality news for Derry, Limavady, Strabane and Waterside Locality Planning Groups with lots of the latest information on training, programmes, events and resources across the local area.
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Operation Encompass Pilot Programme rolled out to another 77 schools across the Newry and South Armagh area. The programme which is already operational across the Downpatrick area, sees police sharing information with schools where there have been instances of domestic abuse involving a child. This will allow officers to pass on relevant information to the school the child attends to that the right support can be put in place.
Operation Encompass is a partnership between the Safeguarding Board of Northern Ireland, the PSNI, the EA and schools, aimed at supporting children who witness domestic abuse or violence in the home. If the police attend a domestic abuse call where children are present, they ill contact the child’s school before 9am the next morning to share this information with their safeguarding team.
77 schools in Newry and South Armagh are joining the programme before it is rolled out across Northern Ireland, including schools of all types – Nursery, Primary, Post-Primary, Special, EOTAS, Irish Medium and Independent Christian.
With this programme, safeguarding staff in schools are well placed to meet the immediate needs of children who have witnessed an incident of domestic violence.
For more information on the programme and for resources: https://www.operationencompass.org/
Supporting Vulnerable Children and Young People (VCYP) Contingency Guidance has been updated for schools and other education settings.
Read more – https://bit.ly/3p6ESuo
Never mind if Valentine’s was disappointing – we’re here to show you some love with the latest issue of Ni4kids!
A packed What’s On Where event guide, our collab with @KeepNIBeautiful Eco Schools’ Green Flag Award, & so much more!
