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New guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – safeguarding in schools, colleges and other providers
The Department for Education has issued guidance for schools and colleges around safeguarding children during the Coronavirus pandemic. The guidanc...
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Mockingbird programme to support foster families extended further
The Mockingbird Family Model, delivered by The Fostering Network, centres on a constellation where one foster home acts as a hub, offering planned and...
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Children as young as seven drawn into county line gangs
A report by The Children’s Society has found that children as young as seven are being exploited by county line gaps. The report found that the numb...
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Study finds children’s voices omitted from care records
A study by University College London has recommended that the social care records of looked-after children and young people need to include those chil...
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More support for children of separated parents called for
A report by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has called on the government to do more to ensure that after parents separate, the social se...
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Breast ironing recognised as child cruelty and assault by CPS
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published new guidance setting out that breast ironing should be prosecuted as a form of child abuse. The guid...
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Survey reveals extent of grooming on social media sites
A survey by the NSPCC has revealed that 200,000 children may have been groomed on the most popular social networking sites. It found that one in 25 11...
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Domestic abuse factsheets published
The Domestic Abuse Bill 2019 has been introduced in Parliament. Ahead of the legislation being passed, the Government has published a series of factsh...
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