Local agencies still don’t fully understand the scale of and risks posed by “county lines” drug running and other forms of child criminal exploitation, and must learn lessons from past child...
This article comprises of excerpts taken from a new guide on Community Care Inform Adults about preventive and protective measures for victims of domestic violence. The guide is written by Maria Gray, a former...
Have you noticed the remarkable increase in charity appeals for a whole range of ‘good causes’ – medical, social and environmental? It would be hard to miss them I guess given that the BBC seems to have become...
The Chancellor’s Budget will cost the nursery sector a total of £437m next year due to increases in the national living wage and lack of action to reduce business rates and offer more money for funded...
The number of children in care has risen to more than 75,000 for the first time, with the pace of increase accelerating, government figures show. The number of children being taken into care has risen by 2,830...
A crisis in funding for children with special educational needs is plunging councils across the country deeper into the red and forcing parents into lengthy legal battles to secure support, according to an Observer investigation that reveals a...
More than half of young people who present themselves as homeless or at risk of homelessness do not receive any meaningful support from their local authority, a charity has warned. Research carried out by homelessness charity Centrepoint, based on...
User Voice has investigated drug use in the children and young people in secure estate, covering young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes. The report, commissioned by NHS England, was based on 16 focus...
The Institute of Health Equity (IHE) at University College London has summarised research into the health inequalities for people with learning disabilities, including children and young people. Findings include: compared with the general...
Services supporting families at an early stage in order to prevent child safeguarding issues are “under serious threat”, due to pressure on budgets as a result of rapidly rising numbers of children at risk of serious harm, and short-term...
More children deemed to be at risk of significant harm but not in immediate danger should remain with their families, England’s most senior children’s social worker has said. Isabelle Trowler became the first chief children and families...
The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network provided 658,048 emergency supplies to people in crisis between April and September 2018, a 13% increase on the same period in 2017. Read more. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to...
The Home Office has published the second progress report on the UK’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul convention), which describes actions taken since the...
The University of Sheffield has published a series of policy briefings on working against the challenges faced by children and ensuring they have the best possible chances in life. The four policy briefings cover: the effectiveness of early...
In a system cut to the bone, gaining access to the support we had been promised for our daughter’s special educational needs was an exhausting, soul-sapping battle. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on...
Working conditions for children’s social workers have worsened over the last year, with two thirds wanting to leave their current job, it has emerged. A survey of almost 2,000 (1,953) children social workers found that almost half (48 per...
This is a story that’s full of very difficult issues – issues that need to be handled with care and skill – but don’t, for a minute, let that put you off. In the hands of an experienced and outstanding young adult novelist like Bali Rai it doesn’t...
