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“People don’t talk about it”: Child sexual abuse in ethnic minority communities

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (‘the Inquiry’) has been tasked with considering the extent to which state and non-state institutions in England and Wales have failed in their duty of care to...

July 9, 2020

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Sharp increase in UK child sexual abuse during pandemic

Lockdown was supposed to make us all safer and save lives. But for some vulnerable young people the opposite has been true. Sajid Javid, the former chancellor, warned last month that isolation was creating a...

July 8, 2020

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Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

Tens of thousands of England’s teenagers are at risk of “falling off the radar” of schools and local authority children’s services as the country eases out of lockdown, the children’s commissioner for England...

July 7, 2020

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“People don’t talk about it”: Child sexual abuse in ethnic minority communities

July 9, 2020

News Safeguarding

Sharp increase in UK child sexual abuse during pandemic

July 8, 2020

Marginalised & Excluded Safeguarding

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

July 7, 2020

Safeguarding

Stereotyping by practitioners preventing disclosure of child sexual abuse in ethnic minority groups

Child sexual abuse inquiry finds people from ethnic minorities told abuse was part of their culture, practitioners not acting for fear of being seen as racist and ‘whiteness’ of institutions dissuading victims from disclosing. Cultural...

July 4, 2020

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Racism and child sexual abuse

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has published a report examining child sexual abuse in ethnic minority communities. IICSA carried out 11 focus groups across England and Wales with victims and survivors of child sexual abuse...

June 29, 2020

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Children’s advocacy standards set to be revised under public consultation

Campaigners for improved advocacy services for children and young people are celebrating after securing a public consultation on a revised set of national standards following months of lobbying. Advocates4U, co-ordinated by children’s rights charity...

June 26, 2020

Safeguarding

Domestic Violence and Abuse and Children: Principles of Practitioner Responses

In the domestic violence and abuse (DVA) literature, it is only relatively recently that the impacts on children have been fully recognised, documented and researched. In this chapter, we explore the key issues for children and we emphasise the...

June 26, 2020

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Children at RNIB schools and homes put at risk, charity regulator finds

Major charities are being warned to make the safety of the people they serve a priority after an inquiry into systemic failings at one of the UK’s best-known charities concluded that it allowed vulnerable children to come to harm. In what the...

June 25, 2020

Safeguarding

Capacity, consent and sexual relations: how latest case may help social workers navigate challenges

A recent Court of Appeal judgment overturned previous case law by saying a potential sexual partner’s right to say no is critical in determining capacity. Lorraine Currie assesses its implications for social workers. Read the full article on...

June 17, 2020

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MPs call for register to monitor serial domestic abusers and stalkers

Serial domestic abusers or stalkers should be registered and monitored in the same way as serious violent and sexual offenders, a group of cross-party MPs have said, as they put forward a proposed change to domestic abuse laws currently passing...

June 11, 2020

“People don’t talk about it”: Child sexual abuse in ethnic minority communities

Sharp increase in UK child sexual abuse during pandemic

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

Category - Safeguarding

“People don’t talk about it”: Child sexual abuse in ethnic minority communities

Sharp increase in UK child sexual abuse during pandemic

Children’s commissioner warns 120,000 teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

Stereotyping by practitioners preventing disclosure of child sexual abuse in ethnic minority groups

Racism and child sexual abuse

Children’s advocacy standards set to be revised under public consultation

Domestic Violence and Abuse and Children: Principles of Practitioner Responses

Children at RNIB schools and homes put at risk, charity regulator finds

Capacity, consent and sexual relations: how latest case may help social workers navigate challenges

MPs call for register to monitor serial domestic abusers and stalkers

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