Resources for Educators / Professionals

Primary, secondary and college educators

vru fully funded

We have fully funded Pol-Ed for all schools in Kent and Medway!

Pol-Ed supports schools in delivering expertly planned lessons designed to develop a deep awareness of risks, citizenship, and the law. The Pol-Ed team have focussed the coverage of the materials to address priority areas of policing, such as sexual violence and harassment; child on child abuse; and the perception that young people have of the police.

Visit the Pol-Ed website for the massive list of benefits and how to sign up for free!

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Safer Schools Pack

Safer Schools Pack

This information pack outlines how we can support you, your staff and your students to help make your school and wider community safer.

VRU Glossary of terms and services

VRU Glossary of terms and services

This glossary has been created for professionals working in Kent and Medway to provide information and signposting.

EYES OPEN CAMPAIGN

EYES OPEN CAMPAIGN

Drugs gangs are grooming kids and vulnerable adults across the UK. Know what to look for and who to help. Start by selecting where you live.

don't do nothing

Campaign resources for schools including lesson plan, videos, posters and a PowerPoint aimed at tackling bullying, domestic abuse and knives.

HEART programme

HEART programme

A new programme that gives young people aged 14-17 across Kent and Medway the chance to change harmful behaviours and build healthier relationships with their families.

FEARLESS - NEW RESOURCES

FEARLESS - NEW RESOURCES

Fearless have launched three new resources to raise awareness amongst professionals of County Lines, knife crime and drugs and alcohol.

video resources

video resources

These videos have been created by both professionals and young people and are aimed to be viewed by young people, families and professionals.

useful websites

useful websites

Find useful websites for young people, families/carers and professionals including local support for people in the Kent and Medway areas.

guides and toolkits

guides and toolkits

These guides and toolkits cover a range of issues from how to speak to young people to offering workplace strategies to help tackle young violence and exploitation.

Home office preventing gang and youth violence

Home office preventing gang and youth violence

This report was commissioned by the Home Office to further our understanding of what works well to prevent gang involvement and youth violence in our communuties

Tackling Cuckooing Multi agency Guide

Tackling Cuckooing Multi agency Guide

This guidance is primarily aimed at frontline staff who work with vulnerable adults. It can also be used as advice to support individuals, families, carers and members of the public.

KSCMP Child on child abuse evaluate your school toolkit

KSCMP Child on child abuse evaluate your school toolkit

his free toolkit has been designed to help schools and colleges assess strengths that can be built upon, as well as weaknesses that should be addressed

keeping children safe in education

keeping children safe in education

It is essential that everybody working in a school or college understands their safeguarding responsibilities.

Fearless - snitching and the bystander approach

Fearless - snitching and the bystander approach

Fearless aims to break down any barriers that might prevent young people from reporting crime.

catch 22 county lines support

catch 22 county lines support

Providing long-term support to children and young people to reduce risk and prevent serious youth violence, exploitation, gang and county line activity

tiktok playbook for teachers

tiktok playbook for teachers

A guide for teachers with everything they need to know about TikTok including how it all works and tips for teachers and parents

VRU - serious violence toolkit for schools and colleges

VRU - serious violence toolkit for schools and colleges

This toolkit has been written to offer ideas and resources to school leaders that will help to prevent violence from occurring, and ways to support young people who have been affected by violence.

nhs - violence prevention guide

nhs - violence prevention guide

Understanding these factors means we can develop and adopt new public health based approaches to violence. Such approaches focus on the primary prevention of violence through reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors over t...

metanoia project

metanoia project

We use real life people that have lived the meaning of the word Metanoia. People who believed the system and that “once you are a gang member you will always be a gang member”.

Offences Weapons Act 2019 info poster

Offences Weapons Act 2019 info poster

It is now illegal to possess certain weapons in private places, including your home. This includes items such as knuckledusters, flick knives and telescopic truncheons.

exploitation toolkit

exploitation toolkit

This guidance has been produced by The Children’s Society in partnership with Victim Support and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).

partnership disruption options

partnership disruption options

Criminal, civil and partnership disruption options for perpetrators of child and adult exploitation.

Safeguarding children at risk of exploitation

Safeguarding children at risk of exploitation

The specific focus of this review is the service response to children who have already been drawn into criminal exploitation and where high levels of risk of serious harm have been identified.

unseen - how to spot county lines

unseen - how to spot county lines

Modern slavery takes many forms, including child exploitation, which is a growing problem in the UK* . This guide aims to help parents and carers spot County Lines exploitation and know how to get help

Emoji guidance page1

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