“Be bright, be happy, be you”
We have over 6 hours of Off-the-Job training below!
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Playday 2022 3rd August 2022
Playday is the national day for play, celebrated each year across the UK on the first Wednesday in August. Playday 2022 will be celebrated on Wednesday 3 August.
This year’s theme aims to highlight that play is for everyone. Play happens everywhere, every day, and is the right of every child and young person. Playday encourages families, communities, and organisations large and small, to consider how they can build better opportunities for all children to play.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
NHS in England Facing Worst Staffing Crisis in History, MPs Warn
The large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies is posing a serious risk to patient safety, a report by MPs says. It found England is now short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives, calling this the worst workforce crisis in NHS history.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Ofsted Report Shows Ongoing Impact of Pandemic
According to Ofsted's latest briefing, children's development in the early years continues to be affected as a result of the pandemic. Evidence shows that the main areas of concern include language and communication; social, emotional and physical development.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Understanding Digital Wellbeing
On Wednesday 13th July, SWGFL hosted the second online event with TikTok ‘Understanding Digital Wellbeing’. This exclusive free online event brought together hundreds of professionals from across the UK to hear from a select number of guest speakers about digital wellbeing. The session included the latest research and insights around Digital Wellbeing as well an introduction to some of the most supportive tools and resources available to professionals working with children and young people
(Watching and Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 150 mins)
Reforms to protect victims of intimate image abuse, criminalising “downblousing” and sharing pornographic deepfakes without consent
The Law Commission of England and Wales has proposed new recommendations to strengthen the law to protect victims of intimate image abuse.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Responding to Scenarios - Advice from the Harmful Sexual Behaviour Support Service
Throughout July, the Harmful Sexual Behaviour Support Service has launched a new campaign across social media to show how professionals can get support in dealing with incidents of HSB involving children and young people
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
#WakeUpWednesday: Online Safety Tips for Parents and Carers to Keep Children Safe Online Over Summer
The advent of the school holidays may temporarily release parents from daily considerations like “Have they done all their homework?” and “Where did I last see that backpack?” … but it often replaces those concerns with substitute stresses such as “Is he honestly going to play on that video game all day – again?” and “Who’s she been chatting to online all afternoon?”
Many young people’s knee-jerk solution for entertaining themselves this summer will be to reach for an internet-enabled device. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with that – but it does put pressure on parents in terms of online safeguarding. Our #WakeUpWednesday guide has some useful tips that trusted adults might like to remind themselves of as the school holidays begin.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Autism and females – are we ready?
Autism has long been thought to be predominant in males. However, diagnosis in girls increasing. But are we ready? Do we really know what autism in girls looks like? Do we really know how to support girls on the spectrum? This webinar hopes to open up the dialogue about autism in females.
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 60 mins)
