ELFS News Spring 2016 - Central Manchester University Hospitals

SPRING 2016
ELFS News
2016/17 Funding - Delivery of
Manchester ELFS
We are still commissioned to deliver
ELFS workshops in…
Funding update – Child Accident
Prevention Education (CAPE)
Public Health Manchester (PHM) has
re-commissioned the delivery of CAPE
for the 2016/17 financial year. The
funding that we have been awarded
(same as 15/16) calls for even tighter
budgeting, as we will need to absorb
increases to the cost of salaries and
essential project resources.
This newsletter will outline how you
can help us to continue to deliver high
quality, effective ELFS workshops on
limited resources.
…30 Local Authority (LA) Primary
Schools and Children’s Centres.
ELFS School/Centre Resources*
All LA Primary Schools and Children’s
Centres that have previously
participated in ELFS were provided
with these free-of-charge.
*See overleaf for further details of these resources.
Any limited stock that we have left will
be allocated to LA Primary Schools
who participate in our Year 6 CAPE
programme (I.M.P.S.* (Injury
Minimization Programme for Schools)) to
pass on to Early Year’s colleagues.
*Visit our web pages below for further information.
www.cmft.nhs.uk/education-andtraining/health-educationinterventions/imps
ELFS News and Parent/Carer
Activity & Information Sheets
Will continue to be produced on a
termly (Autumn/Winter, Spring &
Summer) basis and emailed to every
LA Primary School and Children’s
Centre.
ELFS Activity Book
www.cmft.nhs.uk/education-andtraining/healtheducationinterventions/elfs
Current funding does not cover the
production and distribution of this
resource.
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ELFS Resources (see below)
should contain:
Information and correspondence
As a result of our ongoing financial
constraints, all ELFS correspondence
(Opt-in Form, Allocation of Visit Packs
etc) will only be sent electronically.
When opting in
please ensure
that you provide
a relevant and
up-to-date email
address that
will allow you to
access information we send about
your workshops.
•
ELFS Teacher Resource
Pack (including CD affixed to back
page) & Little Elfie (wearing an
Elfie T-Shirt)
•
Clear wallet - Week 1
containing the following activity:
This is Elfie rhyme
•
Green wallet - Week 2
containing the following activities:
Falls lotto boards with accompanying
cards & Falls rhymes
•
Deep blue wallet - Week 3
containing the following activities:
Pairs game, Elfie’s Friend Aliah story
book & Accidental Poisoning and
Choking rhymes
•
Pink wallet - Week 4
containing the following activities:
Hot snap game & Fires, Burns and
Scalds rhymes
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Light blue wallet - Week 5
Some information and resources (e.g.
posters to advertise parent/carer
workshop) are available to download
from our web pages as/if required.
ELFS is
CardiacSmart!
North West
Ambulance
Service has
awarded us with
top honours
(Gold
CardiacSmart accreditation)!
Accreditation recognises individuals and
organisations who have dedicated time to
raising awareness of heart health, basic
life support and defibrillators, and those
who are actively working to increase
survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest in their community.
For further information about
CardiacSmart accreditation visit:
containing the following activities:
Dominos game & Cuts and Sharp
Things rhyme
www.cardiacsmart.nwas.nhs.uk
Purple wallet - Week 6
Our commissioners require us to
submit equality data (age, gender,
disability & ethnicity) . We are currently
working on a form that hopefully your
admin staff will be happy to complete for
you/us from existing databases held at
your school/centre.
containing the following activities:
Safe and unsafe water activity
pictures for discussion & Prevention
of Drowning rhymes
Equality data request
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Tips to help ELFS save
time/money
Please promptly complete and return the
three forms as listed:
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Opt-in form
Agreement form (all workshop
dates are provisional until this is
received)
Visit reply form (we rely on this
information to staff your
session(s) and plan ahead)
Preferably by email. If this is not
possible forms can still be faxed, but
please bear in mind that the fax machine
is shared and in another office!
Thank you, this saves us valuable time
(and money) arising from chasing
information by email and/or phone.
“Turn off
Technology
for Safety”
Child Safety Week is an annual
campaign run by the Child Accident
Prevention Trust (CAPT) to raise
awareness of the risks of child
accidents
and how
they can
be
prevented.
The 2016 theme wants families to
think about when technology is a
good thing, and when it is better to
turn it off to keep safe.
www.childsafetyweek.org.uk
CAPT news – www.capt.org.uk
April 2016 - 16month old girl
has died after getting tangled in a
cord of her grandparents window
blind. Warn families to double
check blinds, tie up looped
cords/chains well out of reach,
fit safety catches etc. Particularly
in children’s bedrooms.
March 2016 - Renewed call for
families to fit smoke alarms and
test them regularly after a two
and three year old die in a house
fire. Advise families that Greater
Manchester Fire & Rescue
Service do home fire risk
assessments and fit smoke alarms
free of charge!
Feb 2016 - Every day 15 under 5’s
are admitted to hospital with
accidental poisoning!
Warn families to keep medicines,
tablets, cleaning products, washer
or dishwasher tablets/capsules,
e-liquid cigarettes and their refills
out of the sight and reach of
children!
Feb 2016 – A Which survey
reveals that 1 in 5 grandparents
break the law on car seats! They
don’t use one at all, or use one that
is the wrong type or size for the
child!
Feb 2016 – Two year old died on
Boxing Day after swallowing a
button battery! Please make
families aware of the dangers of this
item (commonly found in many
households). If ingested they can
cause serious life-long injuries
and/or death!
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Feedback from Spring Term to …
ELFS workshops
…Do you feel that participation in
As a result of budget cuts we now
allocate either a morning or afternoon
session for your workshop(s) staffed
by just two ELFS trainers.
ELFS will change the children’s and/or
parent’s/carer’s knowledge, attitudes
and beliefs about safety? How?
We ask you to request (when booking
your workshops) who you would like us
to work with…
"Yes - Awareness
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Sharing of Knowledge."
Crossacres Primary Academy
January 2016
"Yes - Making them aware of
dangers and how to prevent
them."
Varna Community Primary
School
March 2016
"Yes - Through practical
activities and discussion."
St Willibrord's RC Primary
School
January 2016
"Yes - Makes children aware of
dangers around school and at
home."
Claremont Primary School
…Just parents/carers?
…Just children?
…Parents/carers for 1.5 hours
followed by an abbreviated
workshop(s) for the children?
We will confirm by email whether or not
we can deliver your workshop(s). This is
determined by funding, capacity, whether
or not you meet the criteria that we have
agreed with our commissioners etc.
Children’s workshops
What we are able to deliver to the
children depends on whether you opt
for full or abbreviated workshops, and
how many children (in Nursery or
Reception)
you would
like us to
work with.
All children
(regardless
of numbers
and your
choice of
workshop)
will get to
meet Elfie
Bear and talk about his injuries.
February 2016
@ ManchesterELFS
It really helps us to effectively deliver
the children’s workshops if we can
have a separate room, or area away
from the main activity of the class, and
an adult who knows the children
sitting in.
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ELFS parent/carer workshop
Schools/centres need to
sign up at least 10
parents/carers to be
considered for this.
We …
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Discuss health services that
are available in the event of
ill health or injury (promotion
of the NHS Choose Well
campaign).
Provide an Opportunity to
watch and discuss the
RoSPA Safe at Home DVD.
Parent/carer workshop
comments to: “What was the
most important thing that you
learned”?
"About the small batteries.
How poisonous they actually
are when ingested."
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Demonstrate and talk about
how to manage serious
bleeding, choking and the
unconscious casualty.
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Assist and encourage
parents/carers to practice
resuscitation techniques
(chest compressions and
rescue breaths) on baby &
child/adult manikins.
It’s informal and interactive and
parents/carers get a small “goody
bag” containing information and
resources to help prevent some
of the more serious, common
accidental injuries in 3 to 5 year
olds.
You can contact ELFS as follows:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0161 276 6955/8801
Fax: 0161 276 8538
Crossacres Primary
Academy
January 2016
"About burning by hot liquid
because my little girl was burned
before."
Rolls Crescent Primary School
March 2016
"Watching the role plays. All the
tips /anti-tips e.g. no butter on
burns etc (dispelling myths), no
milk after poisoning etc."
New Islington Free School
February 2016
"How to resuscitate a child. Not to
put fingers down baby's throat if
choking."
Woodville Children's Centre
January 2016