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At Hendal Primary school we have always worked closely with our families and the local community. As well as providing support for staff and pupils, we are always mindful of signposting our families to the wide services available in the Wakefield district.

As always, we would encourage parents to speak to a member of the DSL team who can also support and direct to the correct services.

Designated Safeguarding Leads

Mrs K Ashton – Headteacher
Email: headteacher@hendal.wakefield.sch.uk
Tel: 01924 259465

Mr D Benson – Deputy Headteacher
Email: dbenson@hendal.wakefield.sch.uk
Tel: 01924 259465

Mrs R Knowles – Assistant Headteacher, SENCO, Foundation Stage Leader
Email: rknowles@hendal.wakefield.sch.uk
Tel: 01924 259465

Designated Safeguarding Governor

Mrs A Spiers – Safeguarding Governor
Email: aspiers@hendal.wakefield.sch.uk

You can find our Safeguarding Policy under “Documents and Policies” on this website

 

Wakefield Families Together

The Wakefield Families Together website provides one easy place for families in the district to find out more about the people, places, and services on hand to provide early help and support when they need it most. This website provides one easy place for families in the district to find out more about the people, places, and services on hand to provide early help and support when they need it most.

The website includes information about Wakefield Families Together and the support families can access in their local community if they have children under the age of 18 or up to 25 if they have special educational needs. In addition, children and young people themselves can also find out about support, advice and activities by going to WF – I Can or the also newly revamped WF Youth websites.

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New Babies

Welcoming a new baby into the home can be an exciting time for everyone. It can also be a period of transition and at times, it can feel overwhelming. There is a wealth of support and guidance for families available. Please use the links and videos to explore the help available in our local area. 

ICON is all about helping people who care for babies to cope with crying.

ICON stands for ….

I            Infant crying is normal

C           Comforting methods can help

O          It’s OK to walk away

N          Never, ever shake a baby

Speak to someone if you need support such as your family, friends, midwife, GP or health visitor.

More information and a wealth of resources are available on the ICON Cope website – www.iconcope.org

NSPCC handle-with-care-guide-keeping-baby-safe

Caring for a newborn baby – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Where can young parents go for support? | Family Lives

Coping with Crying: Looking After You – YouTube

Domestic Abuse

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Domestic Abuse is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. The abuse can include, but is not limited to:

  • psychological

  • physical

  • sexual

  • financial

  • emotional

It can happen in any relationship, and even after the relationship has ended. Both men and women can be abused or abusers. There does not need to be violence for it to be an abusive relationship.

Domestic abuse can seriously harm children and young people. Witnessing domestic abuse is child abuse, and teenagers can suffer domestic abuse in their relationships.

WDDAS – Wakefield District Domestic Abuse Service – Information Leaflet

Domestic Abuse – There’s no excuse Leaflet

Wakefield District Domestic Abuse Service

A comprehensive local support service for men, women and young people who are using abusive behaviours.

Phone: 0800 915 1561

Website: www.wakefield.gov.uk/domesticabuse

Food Banks & Support in Wakefield

St Catherine’s Church Centre is a vibrant and busy community centre which is committed to supporting families, young people and adults of all ages to learn new skills, improve their health and wellbeing and develop the confidence to achieve their goals and transform their lives. At the core of the Centre’s thinking is our belief in people and their capacity to achieve amazing things.

Emergency Food Provision
Thirteen million people are living below the poverty line in the UK today.  Many of those people are going hungry every day for a range of reasons, from benefit delays to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income.

St Catherine’s runs a range of free emergency food provision to help those people in Wakefield who are struggling to make ends meet and to feed themselves and their families:

Food Bank:  Operating Monday to Friday from 11am – 1pm providing food parcels for individuals and families in need.

Lunch:  We provide a daily free lunch for individuals and families using our food bank from Monday to Friday from 11am – 1pm.

Evening Meal:  We serve a free hot evening meal on Tuesday evenings from 6:30pm for vulnerable and homeless people in Wakefield.

St Catherine’s Church and Community Centre Community Activities (stcatherines-wakefield.org.uk)

Live Well Wakefield

Live Well Wakefield offers support for people aged 18+ years who are facing non-clinical challenges such as; bereavement, aids & adaptations, education, assistive technology, mobility, social isolation, lifestyle advice, loneliness, long term conditions,  home support, personal safety, mental health, housing finances and employment advocacy services.

Live Well Wakefield

Action for Children

Free and confidential live chat (various times morning to evening) with a parenting coach to offer information, advice and guidance regarding family life, caring for children or managing parental wellbeing.

1:1 chat – Parent Talk (actionforchildren.org.uk)

Family Action

Emotional support and parental guidance to address complex family pressures and issues via telephone, text, web chat or email. Long term and short term support available 9am to 9pm Monday to Friday.

FamilyLine – Family Action (family-action.org.uk)

Wakefield Adult Education Parenting Groups

Classroom/small group based parenting support from Early Years to Teenagers.

Parenting courses – Wakefield Council

West Yorkshire Night Owls

A new West Yorkshire based overnight listening service for children, young people, and their parents/carers experiencing mental health; call, text or chat.

Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service » West Yorkshire Night OWLS Helpline (lslcs.org.uk)

SCOPE

National mentoring service providing 6 weekly sessions of online/virtual emotional support for parents/carers of children with additional needs who are on the pathway to diagnosis or have received one in the last year. (Current 14 week wait for allocation of a mentor however initial contact is made within 2 days and screened)

Navigate: emotional support for parents | Disability charity Scope UK

Prevent

The purpose of Prevent is to safeguard and support vulnerable people to stop them from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.

Prevent is one of the four core elements of the Government’s CONTEST strategy for countering terrorism, it is built around four strands, each with a number of objectives.

Pursue: to stop terrorism

Protect: to strengthen protection against a terrorist attack

Prepare: to mitigate the impact of a terrorist attack

Prevent: to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism

What to do if you have a concern

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As with any safeguarding concern, please speak to a member of the school DSL team. School have been trained in Prevent and know how to report any such concerns to the relevant agencies.

Alternatively, if you are concerned about an individual or have noticed something suspicious you can speak to the following people:

In an emergency, dial: 999.

You can also contact:

• West Yorkshire Police on the non-emergency number: 101
• Wakefield Police Channel Team: wd.prevent@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
• Anti-Terror Hotline: 0800 789 321
• Speak to someone from Communities: 01924 306645 / 01924 306776

You can also submit a referral form (see useful documents), when completed the form should be returned to:wakefieldpreventreferrals@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk

If you find illegal or harmful information online, report it anonymously on the Home Office website.

The Prevent Strategy Leaflet

Social Care Direct

If you or some one you know needs any help or support then your first point of contact is Social Care Direct. 

If you have an concerns about the welfare or safety of a child, young person or vulnerable adult then please contact Social Care Direct. Any information you give will be treated with confidentiality. 

Social Care Direct are open 24 hours, 7 days a week. 

You can contact Social Care Direct by: