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Government rejects case for mandatory reporting

    News
  • Monday, March 5, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The government has said it will not change the law so practitioners or organisations are required to report child abuse or neglect, claiming there is no evidence it will make children any safer.

Child Sexual Exploitation: Policy context

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Child sexual exploitation, while on the radar of child protection agencies and organisations, was catapulted to the top of the political and policy agenda by the revelations in August 2014 that 1,400 children in Rotherham had been systematically sexually abused and exploited over a 16-year period.

Special Report: Child Sexual Exploitation

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Rotherham's child sexual exploitation scandal propelled the issue to the forefront of policymaking. CYP Now investigates the key learning and strides taken to tackle perpetrators and protect children and young people.

MPs to get vote on LSCB replacement plans

    News
  • Monday, February 26, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Plans to scrap serious case reviews and replace local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) with new arrangements will be subject to a vote by MPs and members of the House of Lords within a matter of weeks, the government has said.

How to improve care, by those who have lived it

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Those who have been in care are uniquely placed to identify how well services for looked-after children are working. Here five care leavers share their experiences and set out what needs to change.

Inspections: Joint targeted area inspections

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Inspections of local safeguarding arrangements were introduced in 2016 to examine joint working across agencies, uncovering examples of how areas tackle neglect, child sexual exploitation and domestic abuse.

Children Act well-intentioned duty now unrealistic

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Often while walking between meetings my mind wanders back to the now familiar place it likes to pause: how to reconcile rising demand and reducing resource with high expectations that local authorities can and will minimise error in our child protection system.

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