Are you a foodie or a fitness fanatic? The groups emerging during lockdown
While it is inevitable that most of us have probably endured our fair share of wobbles during lockdown, given the fact we have never experienced anything like this before, people have naturally had to adapt their mindsets to navigate their way through social isolation.
I’ve noticed a number of ‘groups’ emerging.
Walking, jogging, [...]
Blog: Abuse during lockdown
WillisPalmer Chief Executive Mark Willis says all professionals working with children need to be ultra vigilant in looking for signs of abuse as we ease out of lockdown.
Children’s services professionals need to be vigilant for signs of emotional, physical and sexual abuse in young people as children return to primary school following lockdown, the [...]
Drug gangs adapt during COVID-19 to groom new recruits
Drug gangs have adapted to new ways to groom new recruits during COVID-19, a report by the National Youth Agency has warned.
While headline statistics reveal a reduction in gang-activity and exploitation, drug gangs have employed new methods such as online activity to groom new recruits and there are fears for an explosion in gang [...]
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds ‘less likely to return to school’ as they re-open
Disadvantaged children are less likely to go back to school as they re-open this week, senior school leaders have reported.
A report by the National Foundation for Educational Research found that senior leaders with the highest proportion of pupils in receipt of Free Schools Meals in their school estimate that 50 per cent of families [...]
Opportunity for Independent Social Workers across the UK
- Are you passionate about children’s social work?
- Have you five plus years’ experience working in children’s social work?
- Do you have impeccable attention to detail skills?
- [...]
Adults who spent time in care as children more likely to die prematurely
Adults who spent time in care a more likely to die prematurely and from unnatural causes, according to research by the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care.
In fact, adults who spent time during their childhood in care were 70 per cent more likely to die prematurely than those who did not.
One of the authors [...]
