Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
The Department for Education (DfE) has updated Working together to safeguard children, its statutory guidance on multi-agency working to safeguard children in England. The guidance applies to all organisations and agencies in England who have functions relating to children, setting out how they can work together to support and protect children. Changes include: identifying, understanding and challenging racism and discrimination; recognising the specific needs and experiences of babies; understanding the impact of domestic abuse on children and families; information on Operation Encompass; consideration of children experiencing simultaneous harms or multiple harms; strengthened inclusion of children in care; and guidance on Family Help. The DfE has also updated its supporting information for local areas on embedding Working together to safeguard children and its statutory Children’s social care national framework for those who work in local authority children’s social care. NSPCC Learning will publish a CASPAR briefing summarising the changes.
Read the guidance: Working together to safeguard children
Read the supporting information: Improving practice with children, young people and families
Access the framework: Children’s social care national framework
Locala Sexual Health - New Services
Locala Sexual Health will take delivery of a new 'Clinic in a Van' in Spring 2026 to support Sexual Health and Contraceptive needs for people in Greater Manchester (Stockport, Tameside, Wigan, and Leigh). There will be 2 clinical rooms, with a toilet on board - meeting all the Infection and Prevention standards to be expected from mainstream clinics. More information can be found here.
Bury Young Carers
Bury Children's Services have renewed their young carers offer.
Below are some useful links:
- Leaflet for Young Carers: YC leaflet 2025
- Young Carers Self-Assessment Document: https://www.bury.gov.uk/asset-library/young-carers-self-assessment.docx
- Young Carers Toolkit for Professionals: https://www.bury.gov.uk/asset-library/young-carers-toolkit-professionals.docx
Alongside this, this web page has more information on Bury’s Early Help Offer: Early Help - Bury Council alongside a dedicated inbox: Bury Young Carers BuryYoungCarers@bury.gov.uk – please note this is for queries and not referrals, which should be sent instead via the MASH.
Essential Parent Poster
- Essential Parent - Poster[2.07MB]pdf file
Essential Parent - App
Trusted health and parenting information written by experts at your fingertips. A copy of the poster has been provided alongside this newsletter to access the QR codes. This application provides helpful support for families and as professionals, this new initiative requires your support to boost its awareness with Bury families. It is available in over 75 languages and features information and guidance across children’s development.
Safer Sleeping Toolkit
The following short video has been created to support and raise awareness for professionals working with families with additional vulnerabilities (such as substance misuse, domestic abuse and mental health concerns) around Burys Safer Sleeping Toolkit. This covers Burys bespoke toolkit, which has been adapted from the Lullaby Trust's Safer Sleep message, to give tailored information and consideration to where additional vulnerabilities are present for families.