35: Giving birth during a pandemic: what parents experienced and how we’re helping
Learn how we’ve adapted our Baby Steps service during COVID-19 lockdowns and local restrictions.
28m Nov 30, 2020
28m
34: How we’re delivering our Schools Service during the pandemic
Hear how we’ve adapted our safeguarding programme to be delivered online in primary schools.
17m Oct 19, 2020
17m
33: Children never just witness domestic abuse
Abuse can happen in any relationship, and both males and females can be abused or be abusers. It’s important to recognise that children are never just witnesses to domestic abuse but they also experience it.
24m Sep 28, 2020
24m
32: Safeguarding advice for tutors
Listen to this episode to find out about the biggest safeguarding challenges tutors face, the impact of the pandemic, lockdown and social distancing on tutoring and more.
19m Aug 24, 2020
19m
31: Living through a pandemic: what children told us
Hear from our Childline team about children’s use of the service during the coronavirus pandemic.
26m Jul 27, 2020
26m
30: Children’s services, social distancing and COVID-19
We asked a Children’s service practitioner about their experience working with children and families during lockdown.
21m Jun 29, 2020
21m
29: Uncovering the reality of the pandemic on schools
Schools have been at the frontline in supporting the wellbeing of vulnerable children since the lockdown began in March 2020. From remote learning and online platforms to taking on a more active pastoral role, how have schools responded to the challenges?
16m Jun 22, 2020
16m
28: Returning to school post-lockdown
How has coronavirus affected the education sector, teachers and pupils?
19m Jun 15, 2020
19m
27: Antenatal and postnatal care during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Hear how health visitors are continuing to support parents before and after birth during the pandemic.
21m Jun 08, 2020
21m
26: The invisible voice of children under two
Understand the developmental needs and vulnerabilities of infants under two to help improve practice
26m Mar 09, 2020
26m
25: Preventing harmful sexual behaviour in education
How to prevent and effectively respond to harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) in schools, academies and colleges
29m Feb 10, 2020
29m
24: Assessing sexualised behaviour
Gain an insight into assessing high and lower level sexual behaviour concerns in schools
31m Jan 27, 2020
31m
23: Harmful sexual behaviour in schools
Why is it important for schools, colleges and academies to be aware of harmful sexual behaviour? Around a third of child sexual abuse is by other children or young people (Hackett, 2014). Educational settings play a key role in identifying and preventing harmful sexual behaviour. However, this can be difficult to manage without adversely affecting the education of both the child and young pers...
27m Jan 13, 2020
27m
22: Supporting young people with learning disabilities
Hear about our Love Life resources aimed at young people with special educational needs and learning disabilities
24m Dec 09, 2019
24m
21: Steps to Safety programme
Steps to Safety was an early-intervention programme that we piloted between February 2017 and June 2018. It was designed to help families and couples living with domestic abuse where violence is situational and noncritical to individuals involved. The service encouraged changes in parents’ behaviours to create a safer and stable future for children under 5-years-old. The pilot phase has sinc...
30m Nov 25, 2019
30m
20: Protecting disabled children from sexual abuse
The NSPCC recently funded a study that looks at parents’ and carers’ views about working together to protect disabled children from sexual abuse, including those with learning and communication needs. A total of 30 parents and carers were interviewed by Sarah Goff, Safeguarding Disabled Children Services Manager at the Ann Craft Trust who, along with colleagues Anita Franklin and Alex Toft, wro...
31m Nov 11, 2019
31m
19: What is the Underwear Rule?
We teach children various safety messages when they are growing up but how do you talk to them about sexual abuse without using scary words or making them feel worried? The Underwear Rule (also referred to as PANTS) is a simple way to have age-appropriate conversations with children about keeping safe from sexual abuse.
23m Oct 28, 2019
23m
18: Together for Childhood in Stoke
In one of our first episodes, we invited Jon Brown to give us an overview of our Together for Childhood initiative – a project which addresses how agencies and organisation work together to prevent child abuse and support children and their families. This week we visited one of the four sites delivering Together for Childhood – a ten-year programme by the NSPCC that focuses on preventing chi...
22m Oct 14, 2019
22m
17: Charity trustees’ responsibilities
How can trustees work with managers to keep children and young people safe and deliver safe services? Safeguarding duties apply to any charity that is working with or has contact with children or young people. This includes the board of charity trustees who also have a responsibility for keeping children safe.
29m Sep 30, 2019
29m
16: Safeguarding in faith-based communities
Faith and places of worship play a significant role in the lives of many children and young people. What does safeguarding mean to faith-based communities and groups?
25m Sep 16, 2019
25m
15: Schools’ role in safeguarding overview
Listen to this episode for advice on child protection in schools featuring our Senior Education Consultant, Kay Joel and Helen, the parent of a primary school child.
29m Sep 08, 2019
29m
14: Enhancing online safety for children overview
Do you have online safety measures in place to protect children and young people. This episode focuses on how to enhance online safety for children and young people and deal with issues that arise online.
32m Sep 02, 2019
32m
13: Safeguarding adults and children
This episode looks at the responsibilities voluntary and community groups and organisations have towards both adults and children to ensure everyone is protected, particularly in inter-generational or mixed-age group organisations.
29m Aug 19, 2019
29m
12: Nominated child protection lead overview
What is the role of the nominated child protection lead in safeguarding children and young people?
32m Aug 05, 2019
32m
11: Introduction to safeguarding at events
An introduction to safeguarding children and young people during activities and events. As a small or new organisation/group, you might feel overwhelmed when thinking about your safeguarding responsibilities.
35m Jul 22, 2019
35m
10: How safe are our children? report overview
This episode explores the NSPCC’s flagship report, How safe are our children? which compiles and analyses data from across all four nations in the UK to show the current child protection landscape. This year we refocused our 2019 report on the most up to date statistics relating to issues of online safety and online abuse in the UK.
17m Jul 08, 2019
17m
9: Military families overview
The NSPCC has a long history of providing services to two of the largest garrison towns in the UK - Catterick and Tidworth – where there is a high population of members of the armed forces and their dependents. In this week’s podcast, we focus on our work with military families, the pressures military-connected parents and children face and reflect on the key findings from our evaluation rep...
31m Jun 24, 2019
31m
8: Safer recruitment in education overview
Safer recruitment processes may not always be the top priority in educational institutions but they should be. Establishing safer recruitment processes that apply a safeguarding thread throughout your organisation will help you attract and retain the right people. It will also help create a safer culture for children and young people attending your school, college or academy.
29m Jun 10, 2019
29m
7: Anti-bullying in schools overview
Are you implementing effective anti-bullying policies and procedures in your school? It is vital that schools have a robust anti-bullying culture and procedures set in place to ensure the safety of their students, including any bullying that takes place online.
9m May 28, 2019
9m
6: Speak out Stay safe overview
Every child should have the knowledge they need to stay safe from harm and to speak out if they’re worried. That’s why the NSPCC’s Speak out Stay Safe service aims to visit every primary school in the UK to help keep children safe from abuse.
32m May 13, 2019
32m
5: Perinatal mental health overview
This podcast looks at NSPCC’s two services, Pregnancy in Mind and Baby Steps, and how they support parents with their perinatal mental health problems. During the perinatal period, from pregnancy up to a year after birth, women and their partners can be affected by a number of mental health problems. These can include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) a...
29m Apr 29, 2019
29m
4: The Lighthouse overview
The multi-disciplinary team from an innovative new service talk about how they’re supporting children who have experienced sexual abuse by providing medical support, advocacy, social care, criminal justice, therapeutic support and more in one location.
29m Apr 23, 2019
29m
3: Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) overview
Our Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) team talks about providing a specialist service to professionals worried that a child may be a victim of trafficking. Established in 2007, the NSPCC’s Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) team provide free advice, training and guidance to professionals concerned that a child or young person has been, or is about to be, trafficked into or out of the UK.
31m Apr 08, 2019
31m
2: Protect and Respect - The NSPCC's CSE service
The NSPCC team talk about how our service to protect young people from exploitation is evolving. Protect and Respect is the NSPCC's service for children and young people aged 11 to 19 who either need support to learn about healthy relationships or who may be experiencing child sexual exploitation (CSE).
31m Mar 27, 2019
31m
1: Together for Childhood overview
Jon Brown, NSPCC's Head of Development and Impact, talks about Together for Childhood, our initiative to prevent child abuse and neglect. What if child abuse never happened? What if we all knew who to turn to if we're worried? Together for Childhood is an ambitious ten-year programme that focuses on preventing child abuse. It's an innovative, evidence-informed approach that brings local partn...
25m Mar 15, 2019
25m