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If you are worried a child is, or at risk of, suffering, neglect or abuse, please contact the
Children’s Reception Team on
0300 300 0117
at any time, day or night.
You do not need to know everything about the child before contacting the Children’s Reception Team.
If you are concerned, it is important that you talk to someone about this.
In an emergency please call the Police on 999
Quick Links
This page contains useful websites and resources for parents, carers and professionals. Click on the quicklinks below to jump to a topic:
The Anti-Bullying Alliance is a coalition of organisations and individuals that are united against bullying and have a website containing lots of advice.
An anthology of poems and illustrations by children and young people living on the Isle of Wight, aged 8-15.
Phone Number: 0808 800 2222 (FREE) Call any time day or night
Website providing help to those experiencing bullying.
Provide children, families and professionals with advice and information to keep children safe.
The Anti-Bullying Network is an independent operation with the following objectives:
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to support anti-bullying work in schools;
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to provide a free website
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and to offer an anti-bullying service which will include the provision of training, publications and consultancy services
Isle of Wight Children’s Social Care
Phone Number: 0300 300 0117. Call any time day or night
Report your concerns about yourself, a child or friend to Children’s Reception Team (IOW Social Care)
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APAC
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) offers support to adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.
Phone Number: 0808 800 5000 or if you are 18 or under call 0800 11 11
A leading children's charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. They help children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protect those at risk, and find the best ways of preventing abuse from ever happening.
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Barnardo’s Frankie Service
This counselling service is for children and young people who have been affected by Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Exploitation or FGM. Referrals can be made by professionals or self-referral. Key contact: Laura Groves Children’s Service Manager,
laura.groves@Barnardos.org.uk
Advice for parents, professionals and young people on the signs of sexual exploitation and how to keep safe.
This counselling service has been established to provide therapeutic counselling to children and young people aged 0 to 19 years who have experienced sexual abuse or violence. The service is provided in partnership between Barnardo’s and The YOU Trust. Referrals can be made by professionals using the
referral form
. If you are a parent/carer and feel that this service could support your child or as a young person you would like some support or make a self-referral please contact Evie Parmar on 07584 395682.
This service provides specialist support to children and young people who have been, or are at risk of, child exploitation.
Referrals and further information can be
found here
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Report to one of CEOP’s Child Protection Advisors if you are worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating online. Website also contains a range of information about keeping yourself or a child safe from child sexual exploitation.
Mosac offers direct, practical help and emotional suport to vulnerable chidlren, young people and their families.
Pace works alongside parents and carers of children who are – or are at risk of being – sexually exploited by perpetrators external to the family. They offer guidance and training to professionals on how child sexual exploitation affects the whole family.
Keeping It Together
- A parent's guide to coping with child sexual exploitation.
A booklet written for parents whose children are being sexually exploited by an indiviudal or group outside the family unit.
Parents Protect is a child sexual abuse awareness and prevention website created by the child sexual abuse prevention campaign
Stop It Now! UK and Ireland
and
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
. It contains lots of information about what is child sexual abuse, where you can get help, how you can take action, internet safety and resources
Providing specialist support and services for victims and survivors of sexual violence
A campaign for preventing child sexual abuse
SurvivorsUK provide a national helpline and both individual counselling and group work from their base in Shadwell, London. The counselling and groups are for boys and adult men (13 and over) who have experienced sexul abuse at anytime in their lives and they offer workshops for carers/partners/supporters of male survivors. They also provide training to professionals and organisations working with adult male survivors.
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) is the only UK-wide child protection charity dedicated solely to reducing the risk of children being sexually abused.
Phone Number: 0800 999 5424
An LGBT+ anti-violence Charity. Provide support for individuals who have experienced hate crime, sexual violence or domestic abuse. Also support lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people who have had problems with the police or have questions about the criminal justice system.
Call Freephone 0808 801 0327 Monday-Friday 9am-5pm or email info@mensadviceline.org.uk
Confidential helpline for men experiencing domestic violence from a partner or ex-partner (or from other family members).
Phone Number:
0800 970 2070
The National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) provides a free, fast emergency injunction service to survivors of domestic violence regardless of their financial circumstances, race, gender or sexual orientation.
Phone Number: 0808 2000 247 (FREE) Call any time day or night
This helpline can you support, help and information to those who have or are experiencing, violence and abuse. Run by specialist services to help survivor’s access safety and rebuild their lives.
Phone Number: 0808 802 4040. Available Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
info@respectphoneline.org.uk
A confidential and anonymous helpline for anyone concerned about their violence and/or abuse towards a partner or ex-partner.
Hampton Trust provide services to both adults, chidlren and professionals. They also work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, helping them to change their behaviour.
A website to help children and young people to understand domestic abuse and how to take positive action if it’s happening to you. Also contains an adult page which gives information to adults about domestic violence and the effect it has on children.
The Survivor’s Handbook provides practical support and information for women experiencing domestic abuse, with simple guidance on every aspect of seeking support.
Phone Number: 01983 825981
Wight DASH support all women experiencing difficult times in their lives. They offer a range of group programmes covering domestic abuse, sexual violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as well as one-to-one support.
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OW! Centre
Phone Number: 01983 300423
WOW! Women's Centre, a Wight DASH project, offers a range of activities, workshops, informal support, drop in and access to computers and phone lines.
Phone Number: 0808 2000 247 (FREE) Call any time day or night
This national charity is working to end domestic abuse against women and children.
YOU First
Phone Number: 0800 234 6266 or email
youfirstiow@theyoutrust.org.uk
YOU First is the Isle of Wights Integrated Domestic Abuse and Sexual Crime Service. Their information leadlet can be found
here
If there is immediate danger call
999
Phone Number: 020 7250 8374
The British Youth Council empower young people aged 25 and under to influence and inform the decisions that affect their lives. They support young people to get involved in their communities and democracy locally, nationally and internationally, making a difference as volunteers, campaigners, decision-makers and leaders.
Phone Number: 0800 11 11
A free, private and confidential service where you can be you. Whatever your worry, whenever you need help, however you want to get in touch. We're here for you online, on the phone, anytime.
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oram Voice
Coram Voice offers support and information for children and young people in care, on the edge of care and care leavers.
Provides child safety on a wide range of topics from home safety, road safety, stranger danger, water safety and online safety.
ELSA Support is a website which provides downloadable resources that support the teaching of emotional literacy or emotional intelligence by ELSA's. ELSA's in school is an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant. There is a recognised ELSA training course aimed specifically at Teaching Assistants in schools. Examples of things covered on the course are social skills, emotions, bereavement, social stories and therapeutic stories, anger management, self-esteem, counselling skills such as solution focus and friendship
Family Lives was formed over forty years ago by volunteers with the aim of ensuring that all parents had somewhere to turn before they reached crisis point. Family Lives provides targeted early intervention and crisis support to families who are struggling, including debt, emotional and mental health, family breakdown and challenging relationships and behaviour.
A leading national charity working with single parent families to live secure, happy and fulfilling lives. They provide expert advice, practical support and campaign for single mums and dads.
Karma Nirvana is a UK registered charity that supports victims and survivors of Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse.
This app supports frontline staff and citizens with 24 hour mobile access to up to date safeguarding guidance and local contacts to report safeguarding concerns. It provides an overview of necessary legislation and guidance covering both children and adults safeguarding as well as an NHS staff guide, and contains regional contact information on how to report a safeguarding concern, links to national bodies and for healthcare staff to have a one stop sign posting and safeguarding information
Hampshire Police have developed a site containing advice on how to protect yourself in many areas such as online safety, child abuse, honour based abuse and forced marriage, domestic abuse etc.
A Metropolitan Police website containing information, resources and help on a range of topics such as internet safety, domestic abuse, drugs and alcohol, knife crime, hate crime, terrorism etc.
Our Local Offer website has been designed to help parents and carers find the right support for children with special educational needs and disabilities. All families need extra support from time to time. Knowing what is available gives you more choice and more control over what support is right for your child.
Phone Number: 0208 392 5710. Available 9 – 5pm
Support for young people away from care, and/or caught up in a gang or going county or if you are a family member or carer worried about your loved one being involved with a gang. Safe call will listen and offer support. Will not judge you or tell you what to do.
Phone Number: 00808 808 4994
The Mix is a support service for young people under the age of 25, helping to face the challenges of mental health, money issues, homelessness, finding a job, breakups and drug use.
Phone Number: 01983 821 000
The IOWSAB is a statutory, multi-agency partnership committee, coordinated by the local authority, which gives strategic leadership for adult safeguarding, across the Isle of Wight. The primary purpose of the IWSAB is to help safeguard adults with care and support needs
Child Bereavement help children and young people (up to the age of 25), parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best posible care to bereaved families.
Childhood Bereavement Network (CBN) supports professionals working with bereaved children and young people, with information updates, key resources and networking opportunities.
This charity provides free help to anyone who has been bereaved, regardless of the length of time since the bereavement. On the Isle of Wight our trained support workers will give one to one bereavement support in your home.
Coping with Bereavement in Church Schools.
These guidelines provide a basis for coping with bereavement well within the life of a school, whether it’s the death of a child’s parent, the death or a child or a member of staff.
Grief Encounter support bereaved children and their families to help alleviate the pain caused by the death of someone close.
Hope Again is Cruse Bereavement Care's website for young people. Cruse is a national charity that provides support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone close to them dies.
Find information and resources to assist if a child has or is about to lose someone, such as a family member or friend.
The Good Grief Trust provides practical and emotional support and signposting to a choice of immediate tailored local and national support organisations
Winston's Wish provides emotional and practical bereavement support to children, young people and those who care for them. They also provide online resources, specialist publications and training for professionals.
Phone Number 023 80 224 224, hello@breakoutyouth.org.uk, @breakout_youth
Breakout Youth provide a range of support services to young people and professionals on LGBT+ issues.
A Home Office website which provides information and guidance on healthy relationships, and explains what is sexting, consent, and rape.
Website providing information and guidance on healthy relationships, also contains stories and games.
Let’s talk about relationships. Whether it's relationship abuse, sexting, consent, issues on social media or forced marriage that you’re concerned about, we have all the facts, support and guidance to help you make the right decisions and stay safe.
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sle of Wight Mental Health
This website brings together a wide range of resources avaiable to assist in managining mental health. With information about self-help tools including links to apps, videos and workshops, advice and information sources, helpline numbers and local support services and groups it will help you find the help you need in a way that works for you
Kooth provides online mental health services for children, young people and adults. It provides an online counselling and emotional wellbeing platform accessible through mobiles, tablets and desktops and is free at the point of use. You can chat to counsellors via the web, read articles from young people and get support online, telephone and email.
This podcast episode covers what self-harm is and how social workers can support young people and carers.
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HS Trust
Find information and resources on mental health, self-help, therapy and counselling, and support for children and young people.
Helpline Number 0800 068 41 41
Papyrus provide confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and to anyone worried about a young person
Phone Number: 116 123 (Free) or email
jo@samaritans.org
They provide a safe place to talk anytime about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal.
Text: 85258
Shout 85258 is a free, confidential, 24/7 text messenging support service for anyone who is struggling to cope. Since launching in May 2019 they've had more than 500,000 conversations with people who are anxious, stressed, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed and who need immediate support.
Phone Number: 0774 1665182
Space 4U is provided by
No Limits Help
and is a safe haven for young people aged 11-17 (up to 18 with additional needs) living on the Isle of Wight
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tem4
Stem4 is a charity that promotes positive mental health in teenagers and those who support them, including their families and carers, educational professionals, school nurses and GPs. Support is primarily provided digitally though education programmes, mental health apps, clinically-informed website and mental health conferences.
Young Minds work to prevent mental illness from developing and to improve early intervention and care for those living with a mental health problem. They provide a range of training opportunities for professionals working with children and young people to support the provision of safe and nurturing environments
Mental capacity is the ability of a young person over the age of 16 to make their own decisions. A parents guide to the 'Mental Capcity' Act 2005 can be
found here
A non-profit organisation working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children.
An independent non-profit organisation which helps families make smart media choices, offering a large library of independent age-based and educational ratings and review of movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books and music.
In response to feedback from the Youth Commission’s Big Conversation consultation, a Cyber Ambassadors scheme has been introduced in schools by the OPCC. The aim of the scheme is to skill-up a small number of students in education settings on key online safety issues. These informed students then pass on their learning and offer helpful support to their peers promoting good digital citizenship and civility.
Get expert support and practical tips to help children benefit from connected technology and the internet safely and smartly.
An independent online safety training provider founded by three fathers on a mission to keep children safe online. This website contains lots of resources for schools with fund, informative and practical resources to assist schools in their efforts to empower the whole school community with the knowledge needed to make safer decisions online.
NSPCC and Mumsnet have created a simple guide to the most popular apps based on the experiences of parents and children. Each app has been given a rating for things such as how appropriate the content is, the privacy settings and what the average minimum age should be for children signing up to each one.
Parent Info provide support and information to parents, children and schools, working globally to help families to navigate the internet safely and confidently. They work with parents, schools, governments and businesses to study, understand and address the impact of emerging technologies on young people.
This guide provides instructions on setting safe controls for Google searching.
Contains details on 133 different social media apps that can be used by young people. Updated regularly.
ChildLine and the Internet Watch Foundation are providing a service together where children can request the removal of sexual images of themselves which have been shared online.
The UK Safer Internet Centre is a partnership of three leading organisations: Childnet International
, Internet Watch Foundation
iwf.org.uk
and SWGfL
swgfl.org.uk
, with one mission - to promote the safe and responsible use of technology for young people. You can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people safe online.
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