02/03/2017 Channel Islands News

Specialist help for young victims of abuse -

Jersey invests in a creative way to help youngsters overcome

People have said that they feel that they can sleep better having gone

through the service, but they are less anxious.

Good evening and welcome to the late news

with a big increase in high-earning civil servants,

should Guernsey States get rid of automatic pay increases?

Children who are sexually abused in Jersey

will get access to specialist therapy,

under a new scheme by Health and Social Services and the NSPCC.

It's the first time this service will be delivered in the island,

where nearly 200 cases of child sex abuse have been reported

The States are providing ?50,000 a year

to fund a social worker specially trained to help victims.

but these activities of painting, story-telling and creative play

helping young victims of sexual abuse.

They're run in the UK by the charity the NSPCC,

and now they're being introduced in Jersey.

The one-to-one creative sessions are to help victims come to terms

They may feel anxious, they may display negative behaviours,

they may also hold a lot of anger, but children and young people

who go through the Letting The Future In courses

learn to manage those behaviours better.

they've told us they've been able to sleep better,

And it's a service that's needed in the island.

There were 54 cases of sexual abuse of under-18s

In the years since, the number's grown to around 70.

That's a similar rate to the UK when compared with population size.

The service is being funded by the Health

?50,000 a year for the next three years.

With the findings of the inquiry into Jersey's care services due out

this month, was that what prompted this new investment?

I guess it was the catalyst to some extent.

All of this has been partly about what we learnt

reading the transcripts, listening to the inquiry.

Rather than wait until the inquiry gives us their recommendations,

we wanted to provide a better environment

But before that, the department faces the issue

of hiring a specialist social worker -

a sector that Jersey's previously struggled to recruit in.

A Former Director of Guernsey's Health and Social Care Services

has been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council,

following the death of a baby at the island's maternity ward

Jacqueline Gallienne worked at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital

including failing to ensure adequate standard of care,

and safe delivery of maternity services.

The panel found these failings put patients at risk.

Guernsey's Health and Social Care Committee has responded,

saying substantial changes have been made in midwifery practices

A forensic medical examiner has told an attempted murder trial

that if the victim's neck wound had been any deeper, he would have died.

Gerard Eamon Maguire denies the attempted murder of his friend,

Shaun Patrick Howard, in the early hours of October the 30th

Dr Virginia French told the Royal Court

had Mr Howard's neck wound been deeper,

he would not have survived the incident.

of the former Deputy Bailiff of Guernsey, Chris Day.

Mr Day was Deputy Bailiff from 1999 to 2002

and, before that, he was a Law Officer for 17 years.

has paid tribute to his former colleague,

saying he was one of the most outstanding lawyers

"There's no such thing as an automatic pay rise".

of a union representing Guernsey's civil servants.

It follows claims by the island's top politician that the States

could save money by removing an automatic pay rise for employees.

There are around 5,000 people working for the States of Guernsey.

The island's most senior politician claims the States could save money

by removing an automatic pay rise for civil servants.

But the local civil servants association of Guernsey says

"there's no such thing as an automatic pay rise".

Morale is dipping, it is hard that you are constantly the ones targeted

over and over again. A job will be evaluated

and it will be determined that the rate of that job it is,

say, ?27,000 a year and what they do within the states is scaled back

three or four implements backwards and so a new starter coming

into that post will be started on ?25,000 per year

and what will happen is over the years, as they gain knowledge

and experience and qualifications, they will work their way

up through steps back The chief executive of the states

has spent more than ?240 million He says pay rises have

already been reigned in. Pay rises have been substantially

controlled across the public sector and we have seen more

two-year pay deals, which in real terms they have not

been the increases as such. it's an issue that'll always

be close to taxpayers' hearts E-petitions could be

introduced in Jersey. You may recall they've

been popular in the UK, with a recent petition

protesting at a State Visit by the American President receiving

more than a million signatures. Jersey's plans

aren't on the same scale, but the Assistant Government

Minster responsible, Deputy Scott Wickenden,

thinks people will interact and saves time when

bringing up important issues. This could just be one way of doing

that, to actually increase that time they have got. They may not have

time to phone a politician, to speak to them and ask them to comrade for

a coffee and a chat. Some will, someone. You talk about saving time,

but what about in the state 's chambers? This could bring more

debates, and we have seen some debates going for hours and hours.

That is a good point. We are as guilty of anyone of wasting our time

people of Jersey on. This will people of Jersey on. This will

increase to start with. Over time, it will get will point where people

are only signing petitions when they believe in it, if they feel we are

wasting too much time on things which are not important. I was going

to ask you about that, because I get a lot of petitions sent to me on

Facebook by friends why Sheringham. It is easy to just signed them and

put your name again something when you are not passionate about it.

You're right, it is easy. If people have just signed it and it ends up

in the chamber and it gets a lot of time, and it was not important, or

they did not understand the issue, they will stop signing them unless

they understand what it is about. Over time, it will work itself out

to the right level. If this does go through, will it change the types of

debate we here? Will it give the public a feeling that their voice

being hurt more? Definitely, it will make the public feel like we are in

discussing what they want us to discuss. They might not like what we

have to say, but that is down to the election. If you don't like what the

person is saying on your behalf, you can deal with that at the next

election. It's been World Book Day and

children across the Channel Islands have been dressing up

as their favourite character. And while the Gruffalos,

Charlie Buckets and Matildas Here's a look at some

of your photos. Here's Beatrice dressed

as Betty O'Barley Winter spent today as Crazy Dave

from Plants vs Zombies - Lacey went with an animal

theme for 101 Dalmations, while Poppy went with an aqua theme

for the Singing Mermaid. And here's the whole

of Les Landes Primary School and even some of the staff

joined in the fun as Snow White

and Mrs Trunchbull from Matilda. Let's take a look at

the forecast with David Braine. Thank you. Good evening. The

sunshine has brought out our Spring Flowers today, looking very good in

the sunshine. Sadly, it may just be for one day that you get that

sunshine because tomorrow is rather more cloudy. There will be some

showers around, but it will be milder. That is not to say they will

not be some brief sojourn tomorrow, but it will be cloudy. This lump of

cloud is merging with an area of low pressure, and those combined to

create a layer of cloud, producing rain overnight tonight, as it comes

up from the south. It also produce rain on and off throughout the day

tomorrow. With low nearby, there is not a great deal of change over the

weekend. There will be showers and for persistent rain on Sunday. Some

clear sky for the first half of the night, but already cloud gathering

across the more western parts of France. That will move north

overnight, starting to be used like rain at first and then becomes

heavier and more persistent. It will move away to the north by morning. 6

degrees the minimum temperature, but also quite windy. Off and on

tomorrow, there will be showers, perhaps some size bells, but the

cloud is quite stubborn. Although we have got a brisk wind, temperatures

should get to 11 or 12 degrees as a maximum. Wet weather across parts of

Portugal, western Spain, lovely weather across central France, quite

pleasant in the sunshine here, but eastern parts of Europe still cloudy

and great, with just two or three degrees the maximum temperature.

Warmer than that over the weekend. Likely to see some sunshine but also

some showers. Brisk winds on Sunday making it turned cold on Monday and

into next week. Have a good night. weekend, we have more rain in the

forecast. Rain at times this weekend, not all the