Category - Safeguarding

Parents who shout at their children or call them “stupid” are leaving their offspring at greater risk of self-harm, drug use and ending up in jail, new research claims.
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The proportion of children’s services funding being spent on crisis interventions has increased markedly over the last decade, analysis has found. Research finds that while councils in England had increased children’s...

Ministers have vowed to reduce suicide rates in England with the launch of more than 100 new initiatives amid particular concerns over rising deaths and self-harm among children and young people. Read the full article...

Hundreds of vulnerable pupils known to be targets for criminal gangs are being excluded from schools in the West Midlands. New figures compiled by the BBC’s File on 4 programme show there were about 550 exclusions...

The under-reporting of concerns related to gang exploitation is leaving tens of thousands of vulnerable girls without access to help from children’s services, a report is warning. Read the full article on this link...