Safeguarding (COVID-19)

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Updated 22 June 2021

• Safeguarding children and young people during COVID 19
• Keeping children safe in education
• Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership
• Example Video Conferencing Policy [29.18KB]
• Barnardo's Language Matters presentation [514.87KB]

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Tricky Friends

'Tricky Friends' is a short animation to help people to understand what good friendships are, when they might be harmful, and what they can do.

It is important that people with learning disabilities and autism, those who have cognitive difficulties, and also children and young adults, have positive opportunities to make and maintain friendships. This is designed to help them to do this, to reduce the risk of harm and exploitation in groups who may be less able to recognise the intentions of others, and to raise awareness of issues like exploitation, County Lines and cuckooing.

The animation is only 3 minutes long and can be used with or by anyone - carers, family, organisations, groups.