November 2016
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Number of SCRs drops to three-year low
Ofsted’s analysis of its data about child deaths and serious harm has revealed an almost 20% drop in the number of serious case reviews (SCRs) carri...
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Guidance for achieving permanence
The Department for Education has published guidance on the knowledge and skills social workers must have to help children in or entering care find per...
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Alarming number of trafficked children going missing from care
A report from ECPAT UK and Missing People has found that an alarming number of trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing ...
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SCR: Professionals lost sight of children
An SCR has criticised the professionals involved in a case where a three-month-old baby died in Doncaster for focusing too much on the mother. The you...
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Rise in appropriate housing for care leavers
The number of children being placed in inappropriate housing such as bed and breakfast accommodation has fallen by 35% in two years, research by Barna...
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Child protection enquiries rise again
Department for Education statistics have shown a year-on-year rise in the number of child protection cases, with the number of children subject to sec...
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Shorter family court proceedings have improved care placement stability
A University of Anglia study into the impact of shorter family court care proceedings found that more children ended up in stable placements, and that...
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Cyber-bullying up by 88% in 5 years
The number of children and young people contacting Childline about cyber-bullying has risen to 4,541 in 2015/16, compared to 2,410 in 2011/12 – a ri...
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