The Safeguarding Children and Young People Award

Celebrating Good Practice in Newcastle

The Safeguarding Children and Young People Award in Newcastle is designed to recognize and celebrate individuals, group or team who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and good practices in safeguarding the well-being of children and young people in the Newcastle area. Safeguarding is a vital aspect of our society, ensuring that children and young people are protected from harm and exploitation. It is a responsibility shared by everyone and can involve many stakeholders, such as parents and carers, educators, social and healthcare providers, police, and the broader community. The Newcastle Safeguarding Children Partnership is committed to creating a safe and supportive environment for all children and young people, and this award celebrates those who go above and beyond to achieve this goal.

Who Is the Award For?

The Safeguarding Children and Young People Award is open to any organization or individual in Newcastle, who is able to nominate someone, group or team that they feel deserves recognition for an exceptional commitment to safeguarding children and young people. This could include, but is not limited to people associated with:

Schools and educational settings

Non-profit organizations and charities

Health and social care providers

Sports clubs and youth organizations

Volunteers and individuals making a difference in children’s lives

Local Authority service practitioners

We would encourage nominations by or for young people, to recognise when young people do something that safeguards others.

Good Practice Criteria

Nominations should outline how the individual, group or team have demonstrated their commitment to any of the following safeguarding practices:

Changing Outcomes: A commitment to evidencing an impact that has made a difference.
Partnerships and Engagement: A passion for collaborative working with practitioners from other agencies and the local community to create a ‘joined-up’ approach to safeguarding children and young people.
Awareness and Education: A drive to raise awareness about safeguarding issues within their own and other organisations, among children, young people and parents or caregivers.

Recognition

The work of the recipients will be recognised and shared as good practice at one of our development events and potentially with wider partners and public. Their names will be added here, to the Partnership website to promote their good work and recognition

Nomination Form

Good Practice Award Nomination Form

Nomination Form

The Safeguarding Children Executive is aware of much good practice by individuals and teams across many fields and organisations in Newcastle. The partners would like to offer an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the work of practitioners and volunteers, individuals who demonstrate exceptional safeguarding efforts for children and young people. The Safeguarding Children and Young People Award is open to any organization or individual in Newcastle, who would like to nominate any individual, group or team that they feel deserves recognition for an exceptional commitment to safeguarding children and young people. To make a nomination please complete the following information for consideration by the Partnership Executive.

Date

Your Information

Name

First Last

Your Organisation and Role

Nomination

Person Nominated

Their email address or how we can contact them:

Please tell us in no more than 500 words about the person, their work and the achievement/contribution/impact they have made to safeguarding in Newcastle.

Thank you for your nomination, please send this form to safeguardingboards@newcastle.gov.uk. Nominations are considered by the Executive every three months and if the nomination is successful we will contact you and the nominee.

Previous Winners

The multi-agency Child Concern Notification Triage team for their cooperation in response to police notifications and for their approach which has fostered a mutual understanding of agency roles and supported effective information sharing to safeguard babies, children and young people and families effectively.

Jennifer Renham (Senior Practitioner) has been recognised for consistently going above and beyond to help safeguard some our most vulnerable young people. Showing dedication and resilience with colleagues and building and maintaining excellent relationships with partner agencies to ensure a joint approach to safeguarding.