“You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand-new ending”
Events this week:
November 14th- December 20th- UK Disability History Month
December 18th- International Migrants Day
December 20th- International Human Solidarity Day 2024
Legislation/Regulation of the week
The Data Protection Act 2018
The Data Protection Act 2018 is a UK law that sets out how personal data must be collected, handled and stored to protect people’s privacy. It also gives individuals the right to know what personal data is held about them and to have that data erased in certain circumstances.
For organisations, the Data Protection Act (2018) plays a major role in how different-sized companies can use and handle people’s data across the country. Now, the public can rest assured that their data is protected in our advanced digital era thanks to the Act’s framework.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Please remember to review this in your policy/legislation review workbook)
Videos of the week
What would Jesus Buy?
What Would Jesus Buy? is a hilarious and thought-provoking documentary diving into the over-commercialization of Christmas and the dark side of consumer culture. Follow Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they hit the road during the holiday season to challenge corporate greed, materialism, and environmental destruction—all with humour, music, and theatrical flair.
Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 90 mins)
Event of the week/month
International Human Solidarity Day 2024
Taking place on 20th December every year. This day is about developing a culture of solidarity and a spirit of sharing in order to achieve social justice and combat poverty.
International Human Solidarity Day is:
a day to celebrate our unity in diversity;
a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements;
a day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity;
a day to encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals including poverty eradication;
a day of action to encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 40 mins)
Safeguarding & ED & I
Too little, too late: A multi-agency response to identifying and tackling neglect
Neglect is the form of abuse most often listed as the initial category of abuse on child protection plans in England.1 This report explores the scale of the problem and examines the barriers and challenges that professionals face when identifying and tackling neglect.
The report draws on three strands of qualitative and quantitative research:
a YouGov poll in which 700 multi-agency safeguarding professionals were asked about their confidence in identifying and responding to neglect
a series of online focus groups with 15 multi-agency professionals, including social workers, teachers, police and healthcare professionals
insights gathered from the NSPCC Helpline between April 2023 and March 2024 regarding contacts relating to neglect.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 50 mins)
Safeguarding and child protection for tutors
Tutors can become an important part of a child or young person’s life. Over a period of time tutors can build up a strong, trusting relationship with children and their families and play a key role in providing support.
Tutors can have varied roles. They may:
work with groups of children
work on a one-to-one basis
regularly visit children at home
work in their own home with children.
Like anyone who works with children, tutors have a responsibility to promote children’s wellbeing. It’s important they are able to recognise and respond appropriately to any concerns, and help keep children safe.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
The voice of the child: learning from case reviews
Listening to and capturing the voice of the child is essential for effective safeguarding practice. It helps professionals to understand children’s lived experiences, hear their views about their lives and circumstances, and take effective action to support or safeguard them.
However, case reviews highlight that professionals often face challenges around hearing and acting upon what children are telling them. Key issues include: children not being seen frequently enough or asked about their views and feelings, barriers to seeing children not being adequately challenged, and difficulties in correctly understanding and reflecting upon the child’s voice.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Report, Remove Child Sexual Images: Video
Police data shows that, in 2022/23, police logged more than 33,000 offences where child abuse images were collected and distributed. They found there was a 25% increase in offences between 2021/22 and 2022/23. And a 79% increase on figures from five years ago.
When a young person loses control of a nude image of themselves, it can be very distressing. It's important that young people don't feel judged when this happens and you should reassure them that they haven’t done anything wrong. You should also follow your organisation’s child protection procedures
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Navigating puberty
Puberty can be a challenging time. For children and young people who have a learning disability, puberty may come with increased challenges, such as understanding the changes in their bodies, managing their emotions, and expressing their feelings.
Understanding privacy and the difference between public and private behaviours can also be difficult and, at times, confusing.
We know this can also be a tricky time for parents and carers who want to support their children and young people through this new stage of growing up.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Health & Safety
Keep Safe for Christmas
With the festive season almost upon us, it is important that we make the most of what should be an enjoyable time. We want to keep as safe as possible in the run up to this time so here is some guidance that you may wish to share with parents to help keep safe over the festive season.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Can cold weather make you ill? And other winter myths
It may be a memory of our mum telling us we'll catch our death if we go outside without a coat. Perhaps a well-meaning relative has advised slurping down some chicken soup when we've got a winter virus. Whatever the advice, we've all heard a few winter health myths - but is there truth in any of them? And what age-old advice might keep us healthier this winter?
We all associate the winter with having more colds - and for good reason. But is it the cold weather that triggers these uncomfortable winter viruses?
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Should you go to work when you have a cold?
It's a situation every employee has grappled with at some point: do you stay at home or go into work when you're feeling under the weather? Tempting though it might be to bury yourself under the duvet and settle in for a long session of daytime TV, it may not be feasible to take time off whenever you're feeling suboptimal.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
How to boost your energy levels and feel less tired in winter
The cold and darker months can take their toll on the way we feel. Often, the shorter days, dismal weather and changes to the way we eat and sleep mean we feel groggy and tired in winter - making it difficult to get out of bed. But why can our energy levels drop over winter, and what can we do about it?
There are several reasons we may feel more tired in winter. Firstly, as the days become shorter, our sleep and waking cycles can become disrupted and we might experience hormonal changes as a result.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Wider Curriculum
The Rise of Online Shopping Scams
As Christmas approaches, many families turn to online shopping for convenience, especially when shopping for gifts for children. While the ease of ordering toys, clothes, and gadgets with just a few clicks is a huge advantage, it also presents a unique set of risks—particularly for families.
During November and December, four out of 10 Brits experience an increase in scam approaches. UK Finance reported that last year, criminals stole a record £85.9 million through 156,516 purchase scams.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
What is the Dark Web?
What is the dark web? Watch this video that explains what it is. The Dark Web can be accessed through particular software and programmes. The most common of these is called TOR (The Onion Router). The software anonymises the user through directing all requests to a centralised source, and randomly redirecting it. It is known as “The Onion Router” as it promises layers of encryption, meaning a user could not be traced. It is a dangerous place for children. the guidance in the link explains what you can do to try and prevent children accessing the dark web.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
How to manage social anxiety during Christmas gatherings
Christmas can be a stressful time. There's often a lot of rushing around and social events to prepare for, as well as high expectations. If you have social anxiety, the festive season can bring additional challenges. However, it is possible to manage your anxiety so you can still enjoy Christmas in a way that feels better for you.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
The Christmas party helping tackle loneliness
One hundred pensioners have gathered for a Christmas party aimed at bringing together people at risk of loneliness and isolation. The lunch, at Adderbury near Banbury in Oxfordshire, is sponsored by a number of local businesses and has been running for four years.
"To me this means an opportunity to get together with people at Christmas," said Chris one of the people who attended. Pamela said: "It gets me out of my flat and I meet other people, and you see them every year, you know, have a good chin wag, catch up on old times."
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
Sustainability
Top Tips For A Sustainable Christmas
The season of goodwill is the perfect time to be part of the movement towards a more sustainable future. So, if you’re dreaming of a green Christmas, check out our top tips below and help bring our world back to life. While Christmas can be a time of great joy for many, it can also be one of excessive waste. From wrapping paper to wasted food, you may find yourself dreaming of a green Christmas.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 30 mins)
Dreaming of a green Christmas? Here are 10 sustainability tips
The festive season is a wonderful – but wasteful – time of year. Dee Marques shares 10 top practical ways on how you can have a more sustainable and greener Christmas, including giving gifts that last and reusing wrapping paper.
As we're getting closer to the Christmas period, most of us are busy and excited making plans for this special time of the year. The festive season is synonymous with time off, family gatherings, and a time for reflection and gratitude. Although with the pandemic still ongoing, Christmas 2021 may still be different from what it normally is. And in terms of the environment, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Because as you already probably know, Christmas isn't the greenest of celebrations.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 20 mins)
An Idiot’s guide to change the world- Education is the epicentre of every issue
Education is at the heart of achieving the Global Goals. Everyone deserves a quality education, but what does ‘quality’ mean in the 21st century? How are our children being taught, what are they being taught and who has access to it? To tackle Goal 4, Gail and Loyiso travel to India, Sierra Leone and the UK to meet the education reformers trying to make our schools more accessible, more inclusive and more empowering.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning if it links to the knowledge, skills, and behaviours in your apprenticeship standard – Approx. 60 mins)
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