
Report: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England
Authors: Dan Allen, Victoria Hamnett
Published by: The British Journal of Social Work, January 2022
SUMMARY
The DfE provided information on the number of referrals to children’s social services, the number of initial child protection conferences held, the number of child protection plans implemented, and the number of children living in care for the years 2011/12 to 2017/18. Children were divided into three groups – “Gypsy/Roma”, “Traveller of Irish heritage”, and “all other ethnic groups”.
According to the DfE, there were 18,240 referrals to children’s social services for Gypsy/Roma children and 7,760 referrals for Traveller of Irish heritage children between 2011/12 and 2017/18. Between the same years, 3,834,110 referrals were submitted to children’s services for all other ethnic groups.
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