CPS expands guidance on FGM
The Crown Prosecution Service has expanded its guidance on Female Genital Mutilation to enable prosecutors and police to successfully bring more perpetrators to justice. The CPS confirmed that suspects accused…
New guidelines on removing newborn children from mothers to be developed
Both families and practitioners experience “acute pain and stress” in cases where a baby is removed from their mother at birth, a case law review published by the Nuffield Family…
Project urges children’s voices to be included in care records
Children’s voices are being omitted from their care records, according to research. A collaborative research project led by UCL with the Care Leaver’s Association and the charity Family Action found…
Home visit programmes reduce child abuse, research finds
Home visit programmes for new and pregnant mothers help prevent child maltreatment, evidence has shown. The What Works for Children’s Social Care Centre published a report on the cost effectiveness of…
Number of children in care continues to rise
The number of children in care continues to rise, according to official figures from the Department for Education. There were 78,150 looked after children in March 2019, up 4 per…
73% fall of children in custody
There has been a 73 per cent fall in the number of children in custody over the last 10 years, according to research. There were 4,208 fewer custodial sentences handed…
Ofsted reports
A summary of the Ofsted reports of children’s services published during November. Norfolk transforms ‘front door’ arrangements The ‘front door’ of Norfolk children’s services has been completely transformed since the…
Charity launches General Election campaign to raise awareness about kinship care
The Family Rights Group has launched a campaign urging people to raise awareness of kinship care ahead of the General Election. The FRG highlights that around 200,000 children in the…
Blog: Reducing effects of high ACES scores for children in care
Foster carer, feature writer and photographer David Bocking talks about his experience fostering for Sheffield City Council. In our first weeks together while carrying our wriggling foster toddler down the…
Special Report: Regulation of social workers moves to Social Work England
The regulation of social workers in England is set to move from the Health and Care Professions Council to Social Work England on 2 December. In January 2016, the Department…
