Rowley Regis

Sandwell Children’s Safeguarding Partnership

Sandwell Children’s Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) undertakes the work of the formerly Sandwell Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) with the aim to ensure all children in Sandwell are safe, happy, healthy and achieving.
https://www.sandwellcsp.org.uk/

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

Sandwell Specialist CAMHS service is the main service in CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service). It is for children and young people who have complex mental health problems. We also aim to support the families of children and young people who have mental health needs. https://www.blackcountryminds.com/about-your-camhs/who-are-we-sandwell/

DECCA

The DECCA (Drug Education, Counselling and Confidential Advice) Team are Sandwell’s young people’s alcohol, drug and tobacco service. The team work with any young person that lives in the Sandwell area aged 18 or under and also works any agency that work with them. https://www.ourguideto.co.uk/

Horizons Child Exploitation Team

Horizons is Sandwell Children’s Trusts dedicated Child Exploitation Team. Established in October 2019 the team specialise in supporting children and young people abused through all forms of exploitation. More Information

Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Service

The Quality Assurance and Safeguarding Service have Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) and Child Protection Conference Chairs (CPCCs) who work independently with children, their families, Social Work staff and partners to establish and review plans for children (child protection plan or child in care plan) and ensure that the plans keep them safe and secure wherever they are living. More Information

PREVENT – Tackling extremism and terrorism

Prevent is about safeguarding people and communities from the threat of terrorism. Prevent is 1 of the 4 elements of CONTEST, the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. More Information

Murray Hall Community Trust

Murray Hall Community Trust started in 1994 with a small pot of funding in Sandwell, which has grown to become an established charity providing support across Sandwell and the Black Country. We have responded to many of the needs in the community and provide a range of innovative services for children, families, young people and adults, from early years to end of life care. https://www.murrayhall.co.uk/

Parents Against Child Exploitation

Provides support for parents and carers whose children are being exploited by offenders outside of the family. https://paceuk.info/

National Working Group

Working together to inform, educate and prevent child exploitation and abuse throughout the UK. https://www.nwgnetwork.org/

Missing People

Missing People is the only UK charity dedicated to reconnecting missing people and their loved ones. They offer support to people affected by a disappearance via a free, confidential Helpline and can launch a publicity appeal to help bring missing people home. https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/

Sandwell Sexual Health Services

Sandwell sexual health and contraception services offers free and confidential emergency contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and information about sexual health. The services are based at five locations and are open to people of all ages from all areas. https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/services/sandwellsexualhealthservices/

Brook (sexual health and wellbeing)

Brook operates a number of sexual health and wellbeing services across the UK. They are committed to supporting young people and the majority of services are for people under 25. However, in December 2019 they began running all-age sexual health services in parts of the country. https://www.brook.org.uk/

Barnardo’s trafficking services

Barnardo’s is one of the few organisations in the UK to provide direct, specialist support to trafficked children. https://www.barnardos.org.uk/what-we-do/protecting-children/trafficked-children

Child Exploitation and Online Protection

We are here to help and give you advice, and you can make a report directly to us if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, scared or worried. This might be from someone you know in real life, or someone you have only ever met online.  We take all reports seriously and we will do everything we can to keep you safe. https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

Just Youth

Just Youth is an information hub for young people in Sandwell
https://www.justyouth.org.uk/

Kooth.com – Online Counselling & Support for Young People

Kooth is a web based confidential support service available to all young people in Sandwell ages 11-18 years (or up to 25 years for care leavers/SEN). It provides a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for young people. https://www.kooth.com/

Krunch Sandwell

The aim of all our services is to offer support, guidance and encouragement to young people thereby enabling them to fulfil their potential.https://www.krunch.org.uk/krunch/

Connexions Sandwell

We are committed to providing young people with high quality, independent support. We make them aware of all their options to enable them to take up employment, an apprenticeship or further learning and training opportunities to fulfil their potential. We work with young people aged from 13-19 years. If a young person has Special Educational Needs (SEND) then we can support them until they are 25. https://www.connexionssandwell.co.uk/

Children’s Society

Children’s Society provide specialist support that empowers young people to make positive changes and rediscover their hope. They want a future they can look forward to and we’re here to make sure they get it. Working alongside young people, their families and community, we will not rest until together, step-by-step, we’ve created a society built for all children. https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

NSPCC

Everything we do protects children today and prevents abuse tomorrow, to transform society for every childhood. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

Childline

A wealth of information and advice for children and young adults https://www.childline.org.uk/

Barnardos

Our Strategy lives today with a consistent goal of achieving better outcomes for more children by working to build stronger families, safer childhoods and positive futures. https://www.barnardos.org.uk/

Action for children

Action for children protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support. We ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives. https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/

Internet Matters

From age-specific online safety checklists to guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, you’ll find a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world. https://www.internetmatters.org/

St Basils

St Basils works with young people to enable them to find and keep a home,& grow their confidence, develop their skills, increase opportunities and prevent homelessness. https://stbasils.org.uk/