June 2016
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Wood review to lead to overhaul of LSCBs and Serious Case Reviews
Government is set to fundamentally change the way child deaths are investigated and replace serious case reviews with a new centralised framework. Thi...
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Framework for supporting young parents
Public Health England and the Local Government Association have published a framework on supporting teenage mothers and young fathers. It sets out to ...
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Guidance for psychologists on managing historic child abuse
British Psychological Society has published guidance for practitioner psychologists on how to respond to client disclosures of historic child sexual a...
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Family court criticised over Ellie Butler death
Family courts have been criticised in a Serious Case Review for their role in returning Ellie Butler to her parents 11 months before she was beaten to...
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Children in care missing out on advocacy services
Children’s Commissioner for England has revealed in a recent report that 55% of children in care are unaware of their entitlement to an advocate. Th...
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Inter- and multi-generational abuse revealed in SCR
Cumbria Local Safeguarding Children Board’s review into the death of Poppi Worthington in December 2012 has found that health and care services over...
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Safeguarding central in review of duty of care in sport
Government's review into the duty of care that sport has towards participants will include prioritising the safeguarding of children and adults. Among...
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Internet used in 3,000 sex offences against children
NSPCC figures reveal that the internet was used a gateway by offenders to commit more than 3,000 sex offences against children last year. The offences...
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