A residential child care worker describes the difficulties encountered when a 15-year-old refugee was placed in the home and questions what more he could have done to make it work. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share...
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When hard work and sensitivity are not enough in working with vulnerable children
A residential child care worker describes the difficulties encountered when a 15-year-old refugee was placed in the home and questions what more he could have done to make it work. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share...
‘He said: “I’d break the law for you.” I was 13’: calling time on street harassment – video
Rape threats, racist slurs, being followed home, just some of the things that women and girls are subjected to on a daily basis. But there is a growing generation of young women who are no longer prepared to put up with it and have launched a...
‘Domestic murderers are often likeable men – that’s how they have been able to abuse women’
Davina James-Hanman has only met one self-aware murderer. It’s not that they are generally monsters. “They are often personable and likeable, and that is how they have been able to abuse women,” she says. But self-awareness? That’s a rarer commodity...
A prospective, longitudinal study of risk factors for early onset of delinquency among maltreated youth
Maltreated youth tend to enter into the juvenile justice system at younger ages than their non-maltreated counterparts. Early involvement in the juvenile justice system compounds maltreated youth’s risk of adverse developmental outcomes...
Children in care
Coram Voice has launched a new animation aimed at encouraging young children in care in England to access advocacy to help them express their views when decisions are made about their lives. Read the news story: Coram Voice launches new animation...
Safeguarding children in education
SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) has published a briefing for teaching professionals to provide an understanding of types and indicators of child abuse including: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. Read the news...
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When hard work and sensitivity are not enough in working with vulnerable children
A residential child care worker describes the difficulties encountered when a 15-year-old refugee was placed in the home and questions what more he could have done to make it work. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share...
‘He said: “I’d break the law for you.” I was 13’: calling time on street harassment – video
Rape threats, racist slurs, being followed home, just some of the things that women and girls are subjected to on a daily basis. But there is a growing generation of young women who are no longer prepared to put up with it and have launched a...
‘Domestic murderers are often likeable men – that’s how they have been able to abuse women’
Davina James-Hanman has only met one self-aware murderer. It’s not that they are generally monsters. “They are often personable and likeable, and that is how they have been able to abuse women,” she says. But self-awareness? That’s a rarer commodity...
A prospective, longitudinal study of risk factors for early onset of delinquency among maltreated youth
Maltreated youth tend to enter into the juvenile justice system at younger ages than their non-maltreated counterparts. Early involvement in the juvenile justice system compounds maltreated youth’s risk of adverse developmental outcomes...
Children in care
Coram Voice has launched a new animation aimed at encouraging young children in care in England to access advocacy to help them express their views when decisions are made about their lives. Read the news story: Coram Voice launches new animation...
Safeguarding children in education
SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) has published a briefing for teaching professionals to provide an understanding of types and indicators of child abuse including: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. Read the news...
A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
First published in 1896, A Child of the Jago is arguably the most significant novel from a school of writing that’s often referred to as ‘slum literature’. Morrison was a journalist and writer who himself came from a working class background and who...
Call for government to provide ‘lifetime support’ for children in care
People who have been taken into care as a child should receive ongoing support to help them deal with the impact of their experiences, a report has recommended. A summary report of the first Care Experienced Conference, held in April to bring...
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