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Homes for Ukraine: safeguarding concerns for vulnerable refugees

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Government’s ‘hands-off’ approach to safeguarding checks of those participating in the Homes for Ukraine scheme prompts concerns over risk of trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable children and young adults.

Safeguarding reforms must include funding

Opinion

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The safeguarding failings identified in the Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes panel review are sadly all too familiar.

Care Review: key proposals for the children’s services workforce

Analysis

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

| CYP Now

A range of challenges including excess bureaucracy, ineffective technology and out-of-date legislation have resulted in a workforce crisis in many aspects of children’s social care, which requires a complete overhaul.

Digital toolkit helps young children grasp the building blocks of online safety

Best Practice

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Internet safety charity develops Project Evolve, which offers free access to online safeguarding resources.

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency safeguarding

Features

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, joint targeted area inspections are back. However, as Jo Stephenson reports, there are some key changes children’s services teams and practitioners need to understand.

Sexual Harassment in Secondary School: Prevalence and Ambiguities

Research

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The UK government commissioned Ofsted to undertake a rapid review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges. Findings, published in June 2021, revealed sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are so commonplace for many young people that they see no point in reporting them.

Virtual reality brings experiences of exploitation to life

Best Practice

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Films depict how a young person is groomed by a drugs gang and are viewed through VR headsets.

Council educators design e-safety game for SEND students

Best Practice

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Educators in Buckinghamshire develop idea for a computer game to teach special needs children about online safety.

Coram innovation partnership uses tech to tackle problems

Other

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Tech experts joined a webinar hosted by the Coram Innovation Incubator to encourage senior children’s services leaders to realise how technology could have a transformative impact on services.

Digital Solutions Special Report

Features

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how digital services can be part of the solution to delivering care and support to vulnerable children and families – and provide new ways of tackling problems.

Digital Solutions: Policy context

Other

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Covid-19 pushed children’s services providers to reimagine how they work with each other and the families they’re looking to support and protect.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England

Research

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The report authors obtained data from the Department for Education (DfE), using a Freedom of Information request, to establish whether Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are over-represented in children’s social services in England compared with the general population.

Child deaths link to pressures of pandemic and resources shortage

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

The killings of two young children in 2020 by their parents and partners have raised serious questions about safeguarding practice during the pandemic and whether there is sufficient funding and staff to fulfil duties.

Support social workers in wake of child deaths, experts urge

News

Thursday, December 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The criticism of social workers following reports of the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson risks the safety of other vulnerable children, sector leaders have warned.

Three in five LGBTQ+ young people abused online

News

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Around 60 per cent of young LGBTQ+ people have been subjected to hate speech online, a survey has revealed.

Ministers urged to triple early intervention funding after child deaths

News

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Charity Save the Children is calling on ministers to introduce an urgent boost in early intervention funding to prevent further child deaths following the murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Education Secretary refuses to rule out Children Act changes

News

Thursday, December 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi “will not rule out legislative changes” to the Children Act 1989 in response to the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, he has told MPs.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Zahawi launches national review into murder of six-year-old

News

Monday, December 6, 2021

| CYP Now

A national review into the death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes who was killed following a “campaign of cruelty” by his father and stepmother will begin immediately, the Education Secretary has said.

Children of modern slavery victims missing out on support, charity warns

News

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

| CYP Now

Thousands of children of modern slavery victims are not receiving the right support to deal with intergenerational trauma, a charity has warned.

Serious case review highlights safeguarding failures in lead up to toddler’s death

News

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

| CYP Now

A series of safeguarding concerns have been highlighted in a serious case review over the death of a 21-month-old girl.

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Homes for Ukraine: safeguarding concerns for vulnerable refugees

Safeguarding reforms must include funding

Care Review: key proposals for the children’s services workforce

Digital toolkit helps young children grasp the building blocks of online safety

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency safeguarding

Sexual Harassment in Secondary School: Prevalence and Ambiguities

Virtual reality brings experiences of exploitation to life

Council educators design e-safety game for SEND students

Coram innovation partnership uses tech to tackle problems

Digital Solutions Special Report

Digital Solutions: Policy context

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England

Child deaths link to pressures of pandemic and resources shortage

Support social workers in wake of child deaths, experts urge

Three in five LGBTQ+ young people abused online

Ministers urged to triple early intervention funding after child deaths

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Education Secretary refuses to rule out Children Act changes

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Zahawi launches national review into murder of six-year-old

Children of modern slavery victims missing out on support, charity warns

Serious case review highlights safeguarding failures in lead up to toddler’s death

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