Care applications rise in January
The number of care applications made in January has increased following a seasonal dip in December.
Cafcass revealed that 1,168 care applications were made in January, up from 1,008 in December. The figures also represent a 3 per cent rise from January 2017 when 1,135 care applications were made.
The 1,168 figure for January 2018 is the [...]
Police need better training in safeguarding
The NSPCC is calling for police officers to have support and training in safeguarding procedures after the number of child sexual offences rose by 15% last year.
The children’s charity states that there were 64,667 recorded child sexual offences reported last year meaning a sexual offence is carried out against a child every eight minutes [...]
A third of children are unsure why they are in care
Younger children in care are often unsure as to their reasons for being there, according to a study.
The Our Lives, Our Care research by Coram Voice and the University of Bristol found that while most children and young people had an understanding of why they had been taken into care, a third of four [...]
LGA calls for investment in domestic violence services
The government has been urged to increase the number of Independent Domestic Violence Advisors in hospital settings to support victims of domestic violence to get the help they need.
The Local Government Association says more practitioners are needed in hospital settings to identify victims of domestic violence and get them the help and support they need. [...]
Steady progress at Sunderland, finds Ofsted
Sunderland children’s services is making “steady progress” in improving its services for children and young people, Ofsted has said.
In its sixth monitoring visit since the authority was judged inadequate in June 2015, Ofsted found Together for Children (TfC) which the authority set up to deliver children’s services functions on behalf of the council, including early [...]
Ofsted: Variable progress seen at Gloucestershire
Variable progress has been noted by Ofsted inspectors during a monitoring visit to Gloucestershire.
The second monitoring visit of the authority since it was judged inadequate in March 2017 found that senior leaders have recently implemented a wide range of improvement frameworks and these have been well supported by significant financial investment and additional resource [...]
