Updated Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements (MASA) – Aligning with Working Together 2026. The NYSCP MASA has been updated to align with Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026, strengthening the focus on impact, accountability, and multi-agency working.It reinforces safeguarding as a shared responsibility, with greater emphasis on inclusion, anti-discriminatory practice, and all children, including unborn and looked […]

Partnership Update: Vacancy Opportunity – NYSCP The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) is recruiting a Policy and Development Officer to support strategic development, assurance and improvement across the partnership. This role will bring together learning from audits, reviews, data and practice to inform policy, strengthen multi-agency assurance, and drive improvement ensuring a clear link […]

NYSCP Schools Safeguarding Conference 2026 ‘Belonging Matters’ Join us for a day of learning, reflection and connection! North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership are pleased to announce that the School Safeguarding Conference will return for its fifth annual conference on Tuesday 6th October 2026 at Pavilions of Harrogate. This year’s theme, Belonging Matters, recognises the vital role schools […]

Partnership new learning resources The partnership have recently published several partner briefing documents, following Safeguarding Practice Reviews and Multi Agency Learning Themed audits. Briefings include: We encourage partners to explore these and further learning briefing, to reflect on what the outcomes mean for practice when working with children and families. All learning can be accessed […]

Partnership Update: Leadership Changes and Vacancy Opportunity The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) would like to share an update on forthcoming leadership changes within the Business Unit, alongside an important recruitment opportunity for partners to promote. Leadership Update Our Partnership Business Manager, Hannah Ellingworth, will shortly be moving into a 12‑month secondment role to […]

New ‘Ready for Parenthood’ campaign launches across York and North Yorkshire 💛 Thinking about having a baby, currently pregnant, or navigating life with a newborn? You’re not alone. York and North Yorkshire councils, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Health Trainers and YorSexualHealth have come together to launch Ready for Parenthood – a […]

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 – What’s New and What It Means for Our Partnership The Department for Education has now published Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026, alongside a refreshed statutory framework, a summary of changes, and new practice‑support guidance to help local areas embed the reforms. Together, these documents set the national […]