Safeguarding children in a digital world LSCB regional events November 08

Make the UK the safest place online 02 Improve child safety and protection 03 Consider e-safety as a child protection issue, not a technology issue 04 Protect in school, educate for out of school 01 Encourage mainstreaming of e-safety in wider safeguarding policies 05 Becta’s principles

What do we mean by Safeguarding? Content - Commerce - Contact - Culture - Uploaded and downloaded! Scams, identity theft, commercialism Grooming: sexual and race hatred Cyberbullying and social networking Empowering children and young people to protect themselves from the 4 C’s

Fatigued by blame Not driven by parental demand for safety Work well with government and third sector Not delivering transparency, clarity, consistency Industries Not engaged Feel overwhelmed Lack confidence to parent online Not accessing or using available information Parents Not always joined-up Not using all levers effectively Lacking technical expertise Under pressure to find a silver bullet Government Running ahead Vulnerable: technical knowledge and wisdom Face the same development issues online Prone to risk Children Lack of teacher confidence to teach e-safety Lack of awareness of the issue Lack of curriculum time Childrens W/F The national issues

The Children’s Act 2004: Safeguard and promote the welfare of children Every Child Matters Staying Safe Working together to Safeguard Children A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children Byron Review: Harmful or inappropriate “material” – CONTENT, CONTACT, CONDUCT LSCB Stocktake Why LSCBs…?

Becta’s work to date with LSCBs… MonthActivity Oct 07Meeting with ADCS Chair of Information Systems and Technology Committee (Richard Stiff, North Lincs) November 07CEOP and ADCS support for the safeguarding of children online and local authority support Dec 07ADCS support a national survey Feb 08Wrote to every local authority asking them to nominate a strategic e-safety lead, launch of the toolkit and a national conference – 141 LAs have nominated a strategic e-safety lead April 08Sponsoring of ADCS presidency June 08LSCB e-safety development days – 42 LSCBs attended September 08LSCB e-safety development days - 72 LSCBs attended November 08Regional events Post NovSupport through the online forum

Today….. Is an opportunity for you to develop and test your strategy Take stock and map into current plans To hear from colleagues in the region about how they can support your work

This afternoon… 3 options: 1 – an exercise to extend your thinking; test your strategy 2 – a series of tasks aimed at getting to grips with the toolkit 3 – an opportunity to work independently on your own strategy