Children referred to children’s services display complex needs
Children and young people requiring support from children’s services are presenting with more complex and multiple needs, directors of children’s services have warned.
In its interim report into Safeguarding Pressures, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, said that while complexity in cases has been increasing over the past two years, it has been more acute [...]
Data breaches in children’s services
By Phil King
We live in a world in which it’s acceptable to share personal data about ourselves with numerous agencies who have a responsibility to use it in ways we would reasonably expect, and to keep it securely. Data Protection law is there to make sure everyone’s data is used properly and legally.
For those [...]
Child neglect offences increase by more than 50%
Child cruelty and neglect offences have risen by more than 50% over three years, the NSPCC has warned.
The children’s charity’s analysis of police data has revealed that there were 23,529 recorded offences over the 12-month period between 2019 and 2020. Although there are significant variations between different regions and nations, the charity is concerned about [...]
Covid regulations rule in favour of kinship care
The government has introduced an exemption to the new Covid regulations to allow a child, who cannot remain safely at home, to meet with relatives, such as grandparents or a family friend, who have put themselves forward to raise the child on a temporary or permanent basis.
Following a threat of legal action by the charity [...]
Number of children locked up through the ‘inherent jurisdiction’ has tripled
There are more than 1,300 children locked up in various institutions, with a growing number who are not living in places designed to hold children securely, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, has published a report shining a light on some of the most vulnerable children in the country, [...]
Ofsted: Child abuse could be going undetected
Ofsted has raised concerns that child abuse could be going undetected in its annual report published today.
Reiterating fears previously raised in the inspectorate’s second report looking at the effects of COVID-19 on education and social care, the chief inspector of Ofsted Amanda Spielman said that while that number of child protection referrals has risen since [...]
