Special Report: Child Sexual Exploitation
After recent reports of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Telford affecting up to 1,000 girls, we look at how far we have really come in tackling the heinous crime that is CSE.
Child sexual exploitation has been thrown into the spotlight again this month after a Sunday Mirror investigation revealed that up to 1,000 girls may [...]
Blog: Child Sexual Exploitation
WillisPalmer’s Head of Operations, Harriet Jannetta on working with children who may be the victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE).
Our decision to highlight the subject of child sexual exploitation within the March issue of Children First was made because, whilst high profile prosecutions such as those in Rotherham (2010), Oxford (2013) and [...]
Government funds five new Regional Adoption Agencies
The government has announced £3.4 million funding to create five new Regional Adoption Agencies.
Regional Adoption Agencies were created to bring together groups of local councils to work together on adoption. The regional agencies help widen the pool of potential adoptive families and help match children awaiting adoption with the most suitable family as quickly [...]
Expert’s Corner: Linda Helliar on CSE
Professionals working with children and young people have to be flexible and evolve in their responses to Child Sexual Exploitation as the understanding of the issue becomes greater, CSE expert, Linda Helliar has warned.
Linda Helliar, an independent social worker with more than 20 years’ experience in child protection, said that while CSE is seen a [...]
Lancashire makes progress
Lancashire children’s services have continued to make some progress, a monitoring visit of the authority by Ofsted has found.
The sixth monitoring visit since the authority was judged inadequate in September 2015 and which concentrated on child protection services, highlighted that during 2017, the local authority worked with partners to streamline its front door service to [...]
‘Life-changing’ initiative available to just one in five care leavers
There is only sufficient government funding to provide a ‘life-changing initiative’ to one in five care leavers, the Local Government Association has warned.
From 1 April, councils will have a new duty to provide eligible care leavers aged 21 to 25 with a personal adviser to ensure that they are provided with the practical and emotional [...]
