- safeguardingpartnerships@blackburn.gov.uk
- 4th Floor, 10 Duke Street, Blackburn, BB2 1DH
It is vitally important that professionals, from the front line to executives, are kept up to date with all our local and national processes, policies and procedures.
In order to provide these in an accessible way, all BwD Safeguarding Policies and Procedures are available on our TriX page, at: Pan Lancashire Tri X
The BwD SCP will ensure that professionals, are able to be updated, consulted and collaborate on local multi-agency working.
Through your service representatives at subgroups and leaders on the Board, it is expected that policies and processes, including our arrangements and reports, are co-produced with the whole workforce.
Click here for the Schools Safeguarding Policy Template
• The guidance, launched in 2025, aims to provide the framework of a consistent and effective response to tackling conflict and domestic abuse.
• The guidance contains a practitioner pack to use in day to day work with children and families. All tools and guidance are available via the safeguarding partnership
• The principles are based on the ethos that no one agency can address all the needs of people affected by, or perpetrating domestic violence and abuse
• Roles and responsibilities of practitioners are stated throughout the guidance
The new local Domestic Abuse Guidance can be accessed here:
Domestic Abuse Practice Guidance
The launch session can be viewed here:
The presentation can be accessed here:
Some children experience abuse and exploitation outside the home. This is often referred to as “extra-familial harm”. Harm can occur in a range of extra-familial contexts, including school and other educational settings, peer groups, or within community/public spaces, and/or online. Children may experience this type of harm from other children and/or from adults. Forms of extra-familial harm include exploitation by criminal and organised crime groups and individuals (such as county lines and financial exploitation), serious violence, modern slavery and trafficking, online harm, sexual exploitation, teenage relationship abuse, and the influences of extremism which could lead to radicalisation. Children of all ages can experience extra-familial harm (Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2023).
Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to understanding and responding to children and young people’s experiences of significant harm beyond their families.
If you feel a young person you know is at risk of any of the above, the following screening tool can be used and a referral made to the Engage Team in BwD using the form below:
Following the advice below, for every sleep, day and night, reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, previously known as cot death).
The safest place for a baby to sleep is in their own clear, flat, firm separate sleep space (e.g. a cot or Moses basket) in the same room as you.
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Always protect your baby from cigarette smoke during pregnancy and after birth. If you or your partner smokes, never share a bed with your baby. This can increase the risk of death for your baby.
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Give your baby a clear, flat, separate sleep space, in the same room as you, such as a cot or Moses basket. Never fall asleep with baby on a sofa or chair; this can increase the risk of death by 50%.
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Never fall asleep with baby after drinking alcohol or taking drugs, including medications that may make you drowsy.
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Always put your baby to sleep on their back with their feet to the foot of the cot or Moses basket.
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Keep baby’s head and face uncovered and make sure they don’t get too hot. The room they sleep in should be between 16-20°c.
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Breastfeed your baby. If you need help with breastfeeding, talk to a health professional or contact your local family hub.
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The local guidance on Safer Sleep can be found here.
More information can be found at the Lullaby Trust.