Support for Parents and Guardians
Useful Safeguarding Links
Child Abuse
Child Abuse – Organisations for parents
Tackle Child Abuse (https://tacklechildabuse.campaign.gov.uk)
Devon Children and Families Partnership (www.devonsafeguardingchildren.org)
Online Safety
You Think You Know (www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents)
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (www.ceop.police.uk)
What’s the Problem? (www.devonsafeguardingchildren.org)
UK Safer Internet Centre (https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers)
Mental Health
YOUNGMINDS parents helpline (www.youngminds.org.uk/for_parents)
Kooth (www.kooth.co.uk)
Young Minds: Your Guide to CAMHS (https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/your-guide-to-support/guide-to-camhs)
CAMHS Crisis Team (https://childrenandfamilyhealthdevon.nhs.uk/camhs)
Child Bereavement UK (https://www.childbereavementuk.org)
Domestic Violence
Refuge (www.refuge.org.uk/links-and-useful-numbers)
SPLITZ (https://www.splitz.org/devon.html)
Shelter (http://www.shelter.org.uk)
Child Sexual Exploitation (and sexual assault)
Devon and Torbay Safeguarding Children Board (www.devonsafeguardingchildren.org)
Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Service (www.devonrapecrisis.org.uk | 01392 204174)
NSPCC: Child sexual exploitation (www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/child-sexual-exploitation)
Self-harm
University of Oxford (www.psych.ox.ac.uk)
Coping with self-harm (www.devonchildrenandfamiliespartnership.org.uk)
Helping young people cope with exam stress
National Health Service (www.nhs.uk/Examstress)
Preventing Radicalisation
Report Terrorism / Extremism concerns
Let’s Talk About It (http://www.ltai.info)
NSPCC: Parents worried about radicalisation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOis5CFU8vs)
Prevent Radicalisation and Extremism by Acting Early (actearly.uk)
Drugs
Y-SMART: Youth-Substance Misuse, Advice, Recovery, Treatment (www.y-smart.org.uk)
Talk to Frank (www.talktofrank.com)
General Advice
Learn 2 Live (https://learn-2-live.org.uk)
Childline (https://www.childline.org.uk)
Young Devon (Youth Enquiry Service) 01392 331666
NHS Health Advice 111 Service
Exeter Foodbank 07818 226524
Suicide
Samaritans (https://www.samaritans.org)
Papyrus (https://www.papyrus-uk.org)
Further advice and Guidance – Government Publications
KCSiE 2022 Part 1
What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused