Child Sex Abuse
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e-learning for healthcare staff to protect children from sexual exploitation
Children’s Society and the Department of Health have launched an e-learning package to help staff in healthcare settings spot signs of child sexual ...
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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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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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Naivety about sex offenders led to inaction
A serious case review examining the case of a Norfolk girl who was abused by her stepfather has found that naivety among social workers about how sex ...
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MASH child protection agency misses targets
The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) in Oxfordshire, set up after seven men were convicted of abusing six girls, has missed referral response targ...
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Centre of Expertise to tackle child abuse to be created
The government has committed £8 million to create a national Centre of Expertise in tackling child abuse – and work will get underway in August. Th...
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Five child sex offences reported to the police every hour
Recently collected figures from the NSPCC show that the number of child sex offences reported to police throughout the UK rose to a record 45,456 last...
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Sexually exploited boys ‘hidden’ from services
Results from a study by The Children’s Society, Boys Don’t Cry, has highlighted the increasing numbers of boys who are being trafficked ...
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