Developing your local work
These resources will help you to take forward your local work on child accident prevention.
Self-assessment for child injury prevention
You can use the NICE self-assessment tool to assess your local position in relation to the public health guidance on reducing unintentional injuries among under-15s.
Issues and actions checklist
You can use or adapt this checklist as a starter for developing or taking forward your local child injury prevention work.
You can download a copy of this table in our Advocating Child Safety Planner (PDF, 56KB)
| Key strategy issue | Your local actions and priorities | Key contacts and sources |
|---|---|---|
| The need for action: the scale and cost of the problem, from the national policy context to local data and demographics. Accident 'hot topics', and priority issues arising from specific analysis, such as Joint Strategic Needs Assessments. | ||
| The local voice: a snapshot of local knowledge and views, based on customer insight work. Could be obtained through consultation with children's trust partners, children's centres and other practitioners. | ||
| What are the most effective prevention measures to address local needs? Identifying an appropriate balance of interventions. | ||
| Mapping the opportunities for action: which agencies and organisations can contribute to this work, who is currently doing what, what are the levers and leadership drivers? How does this work support wider objectives for children's health and wellbeing, community development etc? | ||
| Action and organisation: making it happen in the new environment. Key responsibilities, partnership opportunities, communication and workforce development needs. | ||
| Evaluation - what are the local indicators for success? |
Stakeholder engagement factfile
You can use this stakeholder engagement table to identify who you know who might be able to help you take forward your accident prevention work.
You can download a copy of this table in our Advocating Child Safety Planner (PDF, 56KB)
| Organisation | Name | Role / job title | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|
Next steps planner
You can use this next steps planning table to map out what you need to do to develop your local accident prevention work.
You can download a copy of this table in our Advocating Child Safety Planner (PDF, 56KB)
| Topic | Further guidance | Your notes and local information | Local links, partnerships and key events |
|---|---|---|---|
External links to other sites and policies were correct as of September 2012.
The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is the UK's leading charity working to reduce the number of children and young people killed, disabled or seriously injured in accidents.