ECP Safeguarding

01/11/2026

💙 Keeping children at the heart of safeguarding

Parental alcohol or drug use can have a significant impact on children, even when the signs aren't immediately visible.

Professionals must remain curious, listen to children and ask: “What is life like for this child?”

ECP’s Affluent Neglect Insight explores how children's needs can sometimes be overlooked and the importance of recognising concerns early.

📖 Read our insight
🔗 https://loom.ly/6qwyMqw

31/10/2026

🎃 Keeping Halloween fun and safe

Halloween is an exciting time for children, but a few simple precautions can help keep celebrations safe.

Whether you're trick-or-treating or heading to Halloween events, remember to plan ahead, stay visible after dark, check costumes and treats, and make sure children know how to stay safe around roads and strangers.
A little preparation can make all the difference in helping children enjoy Halloween safely.

🔗 Explore these helpful Halloween safety tips from the Child Accident Prevention Trust:�
https://loom.ly/p2N1ns0

30/10/2026

🛡️ Safeguarding is a shared responsibility

Governors and Trustees play an important role in leading, challenging and overseeing safeguarding within their organisation. Effective safeguarding leadership means understanding responsibilities, asking the right questions, recognising key risks and providing meaningful challenge.

Our Governor & Trustee Safeguarding Awareness Training helps those in strategic roles build the knowledge and confidence to strengthen safeguarding oversight and culture.

📚 Find out more about our training:

📗 Governor Training:
👉 https://loom.ly/7ADgHnA

📕 Further Education Governor Training
👉 https://loom.ly/7ADgHnA

📘 Trustees Safeguarding Awareness
👉 https://loom.ly/7ADgHnA

29/10/2026

🚩 Sexual harassment and abuse are never “just part of growing up”

Recent reporting by The Guardian has highlighted the scale and complexity of sexual harassment and abuse involving children in and around schools in England and Wales, raising important questions about prevention, reporting and support.

With online influences, po*******hy and misogynistic content potentially shaping attitudes and behaviour, safeguarding requires a joined-up approach across education, relationships and online safety.

📚 Our free briefing summarises KCSIE 2026, Part 5, covering child-on-child sexual violence and sexual harassment.

🔗 Read the briefing:�https://loom.ly/nETLf2I

28/10/2026

💙 Helping children stay safer online

We love receiving feedback like this!

One school recently shared their experience of our Pupil Online Safety Sessions, delivered across Reception to Year 6.

Our sessions are designed to make online safety age appropriate, engaging and practical, helping children understand digital risks, talk about their experiences and make safer choices.

Schools also receive useful feedback from our trainers, helping identify concerns or patterns that may need further support.

📩 Find out more about our Pupil Online Safety Sessions:
🔗 https://loom.ly/zIH4oe0

27/10/2026

👏 Great feedback from Missing People

For helpline staff and volunteers, safeguarding is at the heart of every interaction. Recognising concerns, responding to disclosures and knowing when to escalate can make a real difference to the people reaching out for support.
At ECP Safeguarding, we provide bespoke training tailored to your organisation, helping teams strengthen professional curiosity, understand referral thresholds, maintain boundaries and apply safeguarding knowledge confidently in practice.

📩 Looking to strengthen safeguarding within your service? Get in touch to discuss how we can support your team.

🌐 www.ecpsafeguarding.co.uk

26/10/2026

💭 What Might Be Behind the Behaviour?

Trauma can affect behaviour, emotions, relationships and how someone engages with others. A trauma informed approach encourages us to look beyond behaviour.

Trauma can result from experiences such as abuse, neglect, domestic abuse, exploitation, bereavement, serious illness or exposure to violence.

For professionals, this means responding with curiosity and compassion, building trust, promoting safety and considering how our words and actions may affect someone who has experienced trauma.

Creating safer, more supportive environments starts with understanding what may be behind the behaviour we see.

25/10/2026

🔎 Not every safeguarding concern is obvious

Children and young people may not show clear signs of abuse or neglect. Sometimes, concerns can present as:

🔹 Changes in behaviour
🔹 Anxiety or withdrawal
🔹 Poor attendance or seeming “not quite themselves”

Our Professional Curiosity Workshops help staff recognise signs and feel more confident responding to safeguarding concerns.

ℹ️ For more info:
👉 https://loom.ly/lSCcYvA

Professional Curiosity workshop - Work in early years or childcare settings? Our early years portfolio has a range of training for staff and managers. See our full course information here.

24/10/2026

🧠 Understanding low level concerns

KCSIE 2026 continues to emphasise the importance of professional behaviour, low level concerns and an open safeguarding culture. A concern about a member of staff or volunteer doesn’t need to meet the harm threshold to be taken seriously. Patterns of behaviour can matter.

Staff need to know what to report, who to report it to and how concerns should be recorded.

📌 Want to explore this further? The Safer Recruitment Consortium offers helpful guidance on safer working practice:
🔗 https://loom.ly/pJ6fmHk

23/10/2026

⚠️ Are you prepared for AI safeguarding risks?

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the way children and young people learn, communicate, and interact online. Our Online Safety, AI & Digital Literacy training equips education and FE professionals with the tools and confidence to tackle emerging digital safeguarding risks.

🗓️ Friday 13th November
⏰ 9:30-12:30pm

🔗 Book now: https://loom.ly/I2kbRkw