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The value of safety planning

    Features
  • Thursday, January 4, 2024
  • | CYP Now
Dr Carlene Firmin has highlighted the complex challenges practitioners face when supporting children and young people affected by extra-familial harm through her development of contextual safeguarding since 2016.

Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe

CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James Bury on how the vital role of health professionals for care safeguarding was explored at this year’s CoramBAAF Health Conference.

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.

#LookCloser campaign tackles child exploitation

    Opinion
  • Thursday, February 23, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The #LookCloser campaign is a nationwide effort aimed at educating the public and businesses about child exploitation and encouraging them to be vigilant in spotting and reporting potential signs of exploitation.

Digital Safeguarding Special Report: Policy context

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care define online abuse as any type of abuse that happens on the internet, facilitated through technology like computers, tablets, mobile phones and other internet-enabled devices.

Children's Online User Ages Quantitative Research Study

    Research
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Children and young people can get around age restrictions on social media apps and websites, increasing the risk of them coming to harm online. To understand the extent to which children are bypassing age checks, UK communications regulator Ofcom commissioned research to get an idea of how many children have online profiles that make them appear older than they actually are.

Online Safety Bill: Key measures and concerns

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The Online Safety Bill sets out the case for a new regulatory framework for internet services with measures aimed at ensuring platforms have systems and processes in place to deal with illegal and harmful content and their associated risks.

Digital Safeguarding Special Report

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Children have never been more connected, with many able to support their education and friendships digitally, prompting policymakers and practitioners to develop new ways to make the online world safer.

Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill

    Features
  • 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.

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