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Serious case review recommendations too confusing, claims study

Thursday, September 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Local safeguarding children boards (LSCB) have been criticised for the poor quality of their serious case reviews (SCR) into child deaths and abuse.

Deputy children's commissioner launches sexual exploitation inquiry

News

Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

A two-year inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children in England has been launched by the Office of the Children's Commissioner.

Huge increase in child-on-child sex offences

News

Friday, February 3, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of reported cases of children committing sexual offences against other children has increased by 78 per cent since 2013, research by Barnardo's has found.

Councils warned not to cherry-pick child protection

News

Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities must not be selective of child protection reforms recommended in the Munro review, a senior civil servant has warned.

Ofsted raises concerns over pace of improvement at 'inadequate' council

News

Friday, March 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The overall pace and scale of improvements at a council where children's services were rated as inadequate last year is "far too slow", inspectors have warned.

Lessons from serious case reviews: Disguised compliance

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has analysed evidence from serious case reviews to identify learning. This issue we look at risk factors and learning for improved practice around families and disguised compliance.

Ofsted slams leadership at council rated 'inadequate' for child protection failures

News

Friday, April 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has been rated "inadequate" by Ofsted after inspectors found that children had been left in abusive situations for too long, with failures in leadership being blamed for the quality of services.

Lessons from Serious Case Reviews: Health professionals

Best Practice

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| CYP Now

The NSPCC has analysed evidence from serious case reviews to identify learning. In this issue, we look at the risk factors and learning for improved practice for all professionals working in the health sector.

Crackdown on the sexual exploitation of children in residential care

Other

Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Following a spate of high-profile cases and reports of child sexual exploitation across the country, the government has announced a range of measures to tackle the problem and keep vulnerable children safe

NSPCC reports huge rise in child neglect calls

News

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been a 61 per cent increase in calls to the NSPCC helpline about child neglect over the past five years.

Learning lessons from the Grenfell tragedy

Opinion

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

When we think about our priorities for keeping vulnerable children safe, most of the time our minds turn to topics such as child protection services, thresholds, or child sexual exploitation.

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Daily roundup: ‘Stranger danger', Walsall safeguarding and internships at O2

Other

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents fearful over children playing outdoors, Walsall's director of children's services steps down and 50 internships for young people, all in the news today.

The Integrated Model of Restorative Supervision for Use Within Safeguarding

Research

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

This paper reviews an integrated restorative safeguarding supervision model, to underpin effective safeguarding supervision in universal settings.

Analysing Repeated Referrals to Children's Services in England

Research

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

This study set out to discover the factors behind children receiving multiple referrals to local authority children's services. The analysis focused on 498,867 children referred during the financial year 2010/11.

Daily roundup: Downhills school, Ofsted on adoption agencies and A-level results

Other

Thursday, August 16, 2012

| CYP Now

A bid to prevent a primary school becoming an academy fails, Ofsted unveils its new framework for adoption agency inspections and A-level pupils urged to consider college study, all in the news today.

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Three London councils will continue to operate a shared service for adoption and fostering once partnership arrangements for children's services come to an end in six months' time, it has emerged.

Surrey conducts children's social worker 'health check'

News

Friday, August 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Surrey Council has joined forces with trade union Unison to review the workload, training and supervision of children's social workers.

Probe highlights systemic issues in case of seven-year-old abused by foster carer

News

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

An investigation into the case of a seven-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her foster carer has flagged up a number of issues with systems and procedures that need to be addressed.

Children at greater risk of abduction after court ruling

Other

Friday, August 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Child abductions by parents and private family law court cases could increase following a landmark ruling, a specialist law firm has warned.

Government considers prisons for 18- to 30-year-olds

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is considering creating prisons for 18- to 30-year-olds as part of attempts to improve the secure estate, MPs have been told.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

News

Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

News

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) may be so influenced by abusers that they are unable to provide full or accurate accounts of their experiences to safeguarding professionals, analysis has concluded.

Young people feel less safe in custody, survey reveals

News

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are more likely to feel unsafe, experience mental health problems and be subjected to restraint than in previous years, a study has found.

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Serious case review recommendations too confusing, claims study

Deputy children's commissioner launches sexual exploitation inquiry

Huge increase in child-on-child sex offences

Councils warned not to cherry-pick child protection

Ofsted raises concerns over pace of improvement at 'inadequate' council

Lessons from serious case reviews: Disguised compliance

Ofsted slams leadership at council rated 'inadequate' for child protection failures

Lessons from Serious Case Reviews: Health professionals

Crackdown on the sexual exploitation of children in residential care

NSPCC reports huge rise in child neglect calls

Learning lessons from the Grenfell tragedy

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Daily roundup: ‘Stranger danger', Walsall safeguarding and internships at O2

The Integrated Model of Restorative Supervision for Use Within Safeguarding

Analysing Repeated Referrals to Children's Services in England

Daily roundup: Downhills school, Ofsted on adoption agencies and A-level results

Tri-borough arrangement 'to continue for adoption and fostering services'

Surrey conducts children's social worker 'health check'

Probe highlights systemic issues in case of seven-year-old abused by foster carer

Children at greater risk of abduction after court ruling

Government considers prisons for 18- to 30-year-olds

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

Young people feel less safe in custody, survey reveals

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