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Planned 20% Off the Job Activities
Legislation of the Week - Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the work place and wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act to make it easier to understand and strengthen protection in some situations.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 45 mins)
Video of the Week - Tom Daley: Illegal to be me
Tom Daley visits the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth to explore how gay athletes are facing extreme persecution. What can the Commonwealth Games do to help?
(Watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 60 mins)
Event of the Week - Never Give Up Day - August 18th 2022
Never Give Up Day is all about cultivating a mindset of determination, which helps us to get through all of the difficult challenges that life throws our way.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Additional 20% Off The Job Activities & News
#WakeUpWednesday: What Parents Need to Know about Amazon Fire Tablets
The Amazon Fire Tablet is a popular choice. Not only are Amazon’s own-brand devices more affordable than most other tablets on the market, but some models are designed specifically for youngsters, including 3-7 year olds.
Indeed, in a world where it can feel like our children know more about tech than we do, it can be daunting to let them loose on their own device for the first time – that's why the Amazon Fire Tablet comes in as a smart choice for many, with its host of parental controls and safety features.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Social care staff to benefit from improved career options and training
Hundreds of thousands of social care staff to receive help to develop careers in care.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
DoLS caseloads hit record levels
Dip in deprivation of liberty applications in 2020-21 reversed in 2021-22, as proportion of cases completed within statutory timescales falls to one in five.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Adult care bereft of cash for current pressures and long-term reforms, warn MPs
Covid funding ended prematurely, while government has 'no roadmap, timescales or measures of success' for reforming sector, says select committee.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Safeguarding children who come from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities
Many children and young people who come from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities experience racism, bias, stereotyping or cultural misunderstanding as they grow up. It might happen at an individual, institutional or societal level and might be displayed consciously or unconsciously.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Sebastian Kalinowski tortured by mum and partner, murder trial told
Warning ⚠️ - Due to the nature of the case this will be triggering for some people
Paragraph 2 of Keeping Children Safe In Education 2022 states “Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility”. Paragraph 3 of the statutory guidance also states that “No single practitioner can have a full picture of a child’s needs and circumstances. If children and families are to receive the right help at the right time, everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt action”.
But could staff at the school used their ‘professional curiosity’ to share concerning information with agencies to protect Sebastian?
A mother and her partner tortured her teenage son in a weeks-long campaign of abuse that culminated in his death, a court has heard.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Sex offenders using drones to target schools as criminal quadcopter use rises rapidly, police warn
Paedophiles feared to be among drone users responsible for more than 300 suspicious flights over schools reported to a specialist police unit.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Protecting pregnant workers and new mothers in the workplace
Employers are responsible for providing a safe working environment while effectively managing risks to the health and safety of all workers, including women of a childbearing age.
(Reading & watching this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Construction company fined £600K after death of seven-year-old
A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Community learning disability and autism placements increasingly costlier than inpatient care – report
Government-commissioned study says new funding needed to support longstanding drive to discharge people with learning disabilities and autistic people from mental health hospitals, given current budget deficits
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 25 mins)
Half of foster carers considering quitting due to cost of living crisis, finds survey
Large majority of carers having to cut back on essentials, as rising prices risk deepening fostering shortages.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
