Almost half of survivors of child sexual abuse have a disability
Almost half of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse have an illness or condition that affects their lives, research from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has found.
Nearly half of survivors who shared their experiences with the IICSA'S Truth Project described that they had a condition that limits their ability to carry [...]
Insufficient progress in Hull, Ofsted finds
Kingston upon Hull is making insufficient progress in improving services for children in care that were judged to be requires improvement at the last inspection, Ofsted has said.
The progress and experiences of children in care have significantly declined and many children receive poor responses to their needs. Some children in care were found to [...]
Children's services are 'broken'
Children's services are not at breaking point, they are broken, the Chief Executive of LGiU has said.
Publishing the MJ and LGiU report of local government finance, Jonathan Carr-West said the state of local government finances is "dire" and that it is "simply unacceptable" that the government has let things get to this point.
"This [...]
Special report: JTAI into child sexual abuse in families
Local agencies are often woefully ill-equipped to deal with child sex abuse in families, according to the Inspectorates Ofsted, HMICFRS, Care Quality Commission and HMI Probation.
Children sexually abused by family members are going unseen and unheard in too many cases, while abusers evade justice, the report warned. Efforts to prevent abuse are largely absent, [...]
Research recognises rise in the number of schools commissioning counsellors
There has been a "significant rise" in the number of schools commissioning school-based counsellors, research has found.
There were 36% of schools in England providing school-support for students' emotional and mental wellbeing in 2016 and this rose to 66% in 2019, the study by the National Association of Head-Teachers and children's mental health charity Place2Be [...]
Progress made in children's mental health but further improvements needed
Significant progress has been made to Children and Young People's Mental Health Services, but a chasm remains between the current levels of NHS services and what children need, the children's commissioner for England has warned.
While the NHS has made tangible progress in the provision of mental health services for children, the current system is [...]
