ELFS (Early Learning for Safety)

1. ELFS (Early Learning for Safety) Bradford Safeguarding Children Board Home Safety – Sharing Good Practice 18/2/11

2. Development & history of ELFS • Developed in Manchester in 2002 • Partnership between health & a local early excellence centre • Local demand for & success of IMPS • Health and EY education working in partnership with parents and carers to reduce the number and severity of accidental injuries in 3-5 year old children • Many changes from then to now!

3. Delivery of ELFS - Options

4. Bradford ELFS • Introduce you to the ELFS educational resources: ELFS book bag contains: • Resource book • Elfie bear • Packs (1-6) - rhymes and activities to assist you to work through each weekly theme (different accident/injury that is common to 3-5 year olds e.g. falls, burns and scalds, etc)

5. Briefly introduce you to the other options (ELFS extras) • Parent/carer workshop • Children’s workshop • Elfie activity book Manchester schools/centres are asked to consider the options and request if they believe These extras would be well utilised by their parents/carers and/or children. Funding, demand and deprivation ranking all influence allocation

6. ELFS – Parent/Carer Workshop

7. Aim: To raise awareness in parents/carers of: • Potential Danger Zones in the home • Accidental injuries that 3-5 year olds are particularly susceptible to and how these may be prevented • National Health Services that can be accessed in the event of ill health or injury • Basic life support & first aid

8. Parent/Carer Workshop - Overview • A 1.5 hour, basic introduction to home safety and first aid • Informal and interactive • Consists of: Pointing you in the right direction – Health Services RoSPA Safe At Home scheme DVD (prevention – health education – home safety equipment & best first aid) DRSABC – How to apply to serious bleeding, choking, unconscious casualty (breathing and not breathing)

9. Parent/Carer – Take-away pack • Hot liquid zone (prevention of scalds) • Cupboard lock (prevention of poisoning) • Safe At Home scheme height chart • IMPS first aid leaflet • NHS Direct leaflet • Use of Health Services information • GMFR home fire risk assessment

10. ELFS – Children’s Workshops

11. Aim: To develop an awareness & understanding of: • People whose job it is to help keep them safe • Their responsibilities in regards to their own safety & that of others • What is likely to happen if they need to visit hospital following an accidental injury

12. Children’s Workshop - Overview • No more than 30 minutes per group • Need to be flexible (young children, short attention span, staffing issues, other constraints) • 3 activities: • People who help to keep us safe and well • What’s happened to Elfie bear? • Aliah’s visit to the Children’s Emergency Department

13. ELFS – Children’s workshops

14. Elfie activity book • Every child or just parents/carers who attend workshop • Same themes as school/centre • Same/similar activities but no rhymes • Home safety, child accident facts and figures, home safety and first aid advice

15. Addressing the Manchester Child Accident Prevention Strategy Priority areas for action in 1 to 4 year olds have been identified as: • Scalds from hot drinks & other liquids • Burns from hot appliances • Falls down stairs & off high beds • Accidental poisoning Delivering ELFS allows health and education to work in partnership to address all priority areas with children, parents and carers

16. Further information Contact: Sally Morton (Programme Manager) or Daryl Kane (Project Coordinator) ELFS c/o IMPS Office Department of Emergency Medicine Manchester Royal Infirmary Oxford Road Manchester M13 9WL Tel 0161 276 6955/8801 E-mail sally.morton@cmft.nhs.uk or Daryl.Kane@cmft.nhs.uk