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Social Media and E-professionalism in Child Welfare: Policy and Practice

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  • Tuesday, March 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
This article reports that, in the United States, there is little guidance for managers and policymakers about how child welfare workers should search for or communicate with clients via social media. It offers a number of considerations for standards of e-professionalism. As well as the journal article, this summary draws on relevant guidance and frameworks from the UK.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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  • Monday, April 14, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Cornwall legal expert helps overhaul child protection in Falklands alliance

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  • Monday, June 9, 2014
  • | CYP Now
An unlikely alliance has arisen over the past year that has seen Cornwall County Council working with the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) to develop a new approach to safeguarding the island's children. Here, the key officers in the partnership reflect on what they have learned from the experience.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

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  • Monday, July 21, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Striking the balance on abuse

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  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Jo-Anne Prud'homme, legal researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines what lessons can be learned from the case of parents charged with abuse after doctors failed to diagnose congenital rickets

Reform to prosecution of abuse

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  • Tuesday, April 2, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The director of public prosecutions has announced reforms to the way the justice system responds to claims of child sexual abuse, says Kara Apland, socio-legal researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre

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