I WANT TO STAY SAFE

Children and young people tell us they want to feel safe at home, at school and on the street, and want bullying and racism to stop.

Our priority is to help children and young people to:

• Be safe in the community, at school and at home

By 2009 we will	Actions	Lead officer	Implementation plan
Develop and improve parenting strategies	Implement parenting strategy and provide range of parenting programmes for families with children aged 5+, through Extended Services, YOS and Social Care	Head of MPC and AEW	Parenting Strategy ( 764kb)
	Extend access for young parents to childcare, advice and support services to enable them to help their children develop and thrive	Young Parents Manager	MPC and AEW Service Plan
	Provide priority access to parenting and family support services to prevent the need for children to become looked after	Assistant Head of Service, Safeguarding	Safeguarding Service Plan
	Measurable outcomes to be set by March 2008, as part of the Parenting Strategy	Head of MPC and AEW	MPC and AEW Service Plan
Improve outcomes for children and young people affected by parental behaviour, including domestic violence, substance misuse and mental health	Have in place a multi-agency Information Sharing Protocol that covers domestic violence, parental substance misuse and parental mental health	Safeguarding and QA Manager	LSCB Business Plan Safer Sunderland Strategy
	Have in place clear multiagency assessment and intervention arrangements for working with families impacted on by Domestic Violence and establish clear pathways to service provision	Safeguarding and QA Manager	LSCB Business Plan Domestic Violence Action Plan
	All providers of adult services for mental health and drug/alcohol misuse will: • identify those with parenting responsibilities as part of the initial assessment • work to a referral pathway to inform Children’s Services	Assistant Head of Service, Safeguarding	LSCB Business Plan Adult Services Plan
Improve multi-agency arrangements and responses to bullying	Put in place an Anti-bullying Strategy	Head of Safeguarding	Safeguarding Service Plan
	Have in place a robust system for children and young people to report incidents of bullying and improve consistency of recording in schools and other settings	Head of Safeguarding	Anti-bullying Strategy (597kb) Summary of Sunderland's Anti-bullying Strategy ( 77kb)
	Assess impact of Anti-bullying Chartermark in schools, and introduce to children’s homes and Sunderland College	Head of Safeguarding	Anti-bullying Strategy (597kb) Summary of Sunderland's Anti-bullying Strategy ( 77kb)
	Schools and partner organisations have anti-bullying policies and practice guidelines in place	Head of Safeguarding	Anti-bullying Strategy (597kb) Summary of Sunderland's Anti-bullying Strategy ( 77kb)
Improve multi-agency arrangements and responses to racism	Put in place a strategic framework for responding to racist incidents	Head of MPC and AEW	MPC and AEW Service Plan JAR action Plan
	Measurable outcomes and baselines to be set by March 2008	Head of MPC and AEW	MPC and AEW Service Plan JAR action Plan
Investigate children and young people’s fear of crime	Investigate levels of and causes of children and young people’s fear of crime	Head of MPC and AEW	MPC and AEW Service Plan
Improve road safety	All schools to have School Transport Plan by 2010	Traffic Manager, Development and Regeneration	Children’s Road Traffic Plan
	Identify link between rate of road traffic accidents and areas of high deprivation and use results in planning targeted actions and preventative measures	Traffic Manager, Development and Regeneration	Children’s Road Traffic Plan
	Strengthen arrangements for joint working between the Council, Schools, Health and Police to achieve a coordinated approach to strategic planning	Traffic Manager, Development and Regeneration	Children’s Road Traffic Plan
	Address road safety issues, and embed and sustain arrangements through Building Schools for the Future (BSF)	Traffic Manager, Development and Regeneration	Children’s Road Traffic Plan
Reduce the rate of accidental injury to children and young people	Produce multi-agency accident and injury prevention strategy for 2008-2011 based upon review of 2005-2008 strategy and Healthcare Commission recommendations; set local baselines and targets	Health Improvement Children’s Lead	NSF Standard 1 Accident and Injury Prevention Strategy
	Promote consistent accident prevention messages to school children through structured programmes	Health Improvement Children’s Lead	NSF Standard 1 Accident and Injury Prevention Strategy
	Reduce the potential risks to children from falls, burns, choking and poisoning through a citywide approach to the promotion of home safety schemes and the provision of low cost or free home safety equipment to families with children under 5	Integrated Local Services Manager	NSF Standard 1 Accident and Injury Prevention Strategy
	Reduce the incidence of dwelling fires through awareness raising campaigns and the provision of free or low cost fire alarms	Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service	NSF Standard 1 Accident and Injury Prevention Strategy