Kent’s Journey

Penny Davies – KSCB Manager

Rebecca Avery – E-Safety Officer

The KSCB had E safety as part of it’s Universal Safeguarding Action Plan – therefore E Safety became part of my role

IdentifIed a strategic lead as well as an operational person

Established what was already in placeAsked around – who was doing what?

Were there policies already?

What was available nationally we could use?

Who was available nationally we could talk to?22

Starting

Identify the skills neededIdentify the skills needed

I needed all things technologicalI needed all things technological

I identified that the schools e-safety service could answer those I identified that the schools e-safety service could answer those needsneeds

That the service had an E- Safety programme in placeThat the service had an E- Safety programme in place

That the service had developed several learning tool and policy That the service had developed several learning tool and policy documentsdocuments

That the service had “The Andy’s”That the service had “The Andy’s”33

E-Safety Officer

E-Safety Officer – the need for role was identified and established as a part-time post in 2006.

The role was developed into a full-time post as the “Operational e-Safety Officer” in July 2008 working with the Kent Safeguarding Children Board.

Kent and CEOP

Piloted CEOP education programme, “Thinkuknow”, for children and young people in 2006

Rolled out to– All 105 Secondary Schools

– Youth Workers

– All Kent Police Youth Crime Reduction officers

– Kent Libraries Families Services Team

E-Safety Training in Kent

Training package developed for Primary Schools teachers

CEOP’s Thinkuknow training is to be re-offered to Secondary Schools and other establishment/partner agencies

E-Safety training package for KSCB – organised and delivered by e-Safety officer and Children’s Officer

Developing a training package for partner agencies

Kent’s E-Safety Strategy Group

E-Safety Strategy group was set up in 2006

Membership

Creation of ‘e-safety in schools’ blog: http://kenttrustweb.org.uk?esafetyblog

Resources

Sharing the Learning & Awareness Raising

National Conferences

Staff Training across agencies

Training to Foster Carers

Parents evenings

Delivery to offices and workplaces

Posters & Leaflets

Kent e-Safety Annual Conferences

Repeated 3 times a year to meet demand

First Year – Raising Awareness

Second Year – Putting it into Practice

Where are we now?Where are we now?

KSCB Subgroup is established

Strategy and Action Plan being written and will be presenting both the Strategy Statement and the Policy Statement to the full Safeguarding Children Board in February for approval

Developing a range of training programmes for young people, parents & carers

We will be working towards developing Practices & Procedures for practitioners

The Kent LSCB E-Safety Strategy

The Kent LSCB E-Safety Strategy

Challenges

Reporting mechanisms

Joined up working

Future-proofing (responding to changes in technology)

Education of children/young people vs. awareness of parent(s)/carer(s)

Engaging the voluntary sector and private providers.

Lessons Learned

Collaboration is vital

Raising awareness

Engaging senior officers

LSCB :

Safeguarding children in a digital world: Developing a strategic approach to e-safety’

Safeguarding Children Online: a guide for Local Authorities and LSCB’s

Parents

Know IT All for Parents – Childnet International

Children and YP

ThinkUKnow - CEOP

Key resources – What help is there?

Kent’s Journey

Rebecca Avery – E-Safety Officer

PC Martin Carter – Force Youth Crime Reduction Officer, Kent Police

Kent Police – An Overview

1509 Square Miles

343 miles of Coastline

6,557 Police Officers/Staff

6 Policing areas covering Kent and Medway

Team of 13 Youth Crime Reduction Officers

Kent Police Perspective

Approached in October 2005 to support the Microsoft Schools tour

Linked to Kent County Council via CEOP and Think U Know training

Invited to be part of the newly formed e-Safety group

September 2006 – CEOP awareness training for Police reps across the County

All YCRO’s are CEOP “Think U Know” trained – supporting schools with curriculum delivery and parents sessions

Hosted the e-Safety Conferences at Kent Police Training College

Very close relationship between Kent Police and CEOP - Increasing number of referrals being received via “Report Abuse” and direct reports to Kent Police.

Mark Bedford

Mark Bedford, aka Supalover666, aged 21 from Ontario, Canada.

Sentenced for 3 years after admitting to 75 counts including mischief to data, extortion, making child pornography, impersonation and criminal harassment.

It followed a police inquiry involving Kent Police which began after the computers of 42 girls aged between 9 and 14 were hacked into.

Kent Police Posters

“Be Safe e-Safe” DVD

Kent and Medway Young People’s Safety Forum

Young People’s Respect Academy 2007

KMYPSF – identified Internet Safety as a concern

Members worked together with Kent Police and e-Safety Officer to write and create a DVD on using Social Networking sites

The idea and concept

The (almost) finished product

www.kent.police.uk/internetsafetywww.kenttrustweb.org.uk?esafety

www.kscb.org.uk

Thank You and Questions

Penny Davies:penny.davies@kent.gov.uk

Rebecca Avery:rebecca.avery@kent.gov.ukesafetyofficer@kent.gov.uk

PC Martin Carter:martin.carter@kent.pnn.police.uk