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Moving on from domestic abuse

The latest in a series about emerging safeguarding practice looks at how an NSPCC programme supports mothers and their children who have been victims of domestic abuse to move on together.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2020
    • | CYP Now
At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can increase the risk of poor life outcomes, so policymakers and practitioners are developing new ways to prevent ACEs and support children at risk of them.

Recognising and Responding to Young People With Learning Disabilities Who Experience, or Are at Risk of, Child Sexual Exploitation in the UK

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  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Findings from recent studies suggest there is an increased risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) for young people with learning disabilities. However, there is a lack of evidence concerning how best to protect, identify and support these young people. This exploratory study aimed to address this gap by examining the identification of, and support for sexually exploited young people with learning disabilities.

Rebuilding Rotherham

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Rotherham Council and partners are embarking on a new approach to tackle child sexual exploitation in the wake of the revelations that shocked the country. Charlotte Goddard went to investigate.

Contextual Safeguarding: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, January 5, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Contextual Safeguarding is an approach developed in 2011 as a result of work carried out by DrCarlene Firmin, principal research fellow at the University of Bedfordshire (see expert view, below). Her three-year review of responses to peer-on-peer abuse, found that 90 per cent of cases involved contextual factors which child protection systems and practices struggled to deal with.

International safeguarding practice

Ann Marie Christian has specialised in training education professionals in other countries about the risks of child abuse and what systems need to be put in place to safeguard children's welfare.

Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
With the delay of the Online Safety Bill, the UK should not abandon its obligations to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse, says Awaz Raoof, head of law and programmes at Coram International.

Safe Foster Care for Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation

    Research
  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
    • | CYP Now
This study is the first UK evaluation of specialist foster care for children at risk, or victims, of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and/or trafficking. It investigates how well the Safe Accommodation Project reduced risk and safeguarded these children.

Post-pandemic support for children and young people

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  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Amid warnings of a rise in child sexual exploitation as a result of the pandemic, experts assess what more policymakers must do to support children and young people at risk as the country focuses on recovery.

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