Category - Safeguarding

Children’s professionals must have a better understanding of the impact of traumatic bereavement on young people amid the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have said.
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The Domestic Abuse Bill is set to become law, recognising children as victims of domestic abuse for the first time. The Bill, which will apply in England and Wales, today (29 April) received Royal Assent, meaning it will become law, after Lords...

Reports of sexual and criminal exploitation have risen alarmingly during the pandemic, according to new data measuring the scale of modern slavery and trafficking in the UK.
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Ofsted will launch an immediate review of safeguarding policies in state and independent schools over responses to allegations of sexual abuse.
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Ofsted will look at safeguarding policies in state and independent schools and an NSPCC-run helpline will go live on Thursday
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The conditions of lockdown in England and increased awareness about domestic abuse led to a 61% surge in calls and contacts logged by the official domestic abuse helpline in the past year, the charity behind the service has revealed. Read the full...