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Concerns over treatment of children under the Prevent strategy
The Open Society Justice Initiative has called on the Government to repeal the Prevent strategy as it says it violates human rights and causes serious...
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Troubled Families programme having ‘limited impact’
The Government’s Troubled Families initiative has had little impact on job prospects or outcomes for targeted children, an evaluation report by the ...
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Call to bring young Calais refugees under British safeguarding rules
Labour MP Stella Creasy has called for the child welfare bill to be amended to give young refugees in Calais protection under British safeguarding rul...
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Supporting young people leaving care
The Government has published a strategy on how it aims to improve services, support and advice for young people leaving care. It sets out a vision for...
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Prevent strategy ‘not fit for purpose’ according to think-tank
Report by think-tank Rights Watch (UK) on the impact of the Prevent duty – a policy which seeks to identify those at risk of becoming terrorists –...
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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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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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‘Disqualification by association’ changes being consulted on
The government has launched a consultation on changes to the current ‘disqualification by association’ arrangements – whereby a childcare worker...
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