Government announces mental health training for teachers
Every secondary school teacher will be offered mental health training by 2020, the government has confirmed.
The training, which was first mooted by the Prime Minister in January, will be delivered by the social enterprise organisation Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. Backed by £200,000 in government funding during the first [...]
Special Report on The Queens Speech
What it means for social care, mental health and domestic violence
The new government will consult on the future of adult social care but have been criticised for ignoring children’s social care in the Queens Speech
The Queen’s Speech outlined how ministers will “work to address the challenges of social care for our ageing population, bringing forward [...]
Self-harm rises among young people
The number of young people self-harming is increasing with 22% of 15 year olds reporting that they had ever self-harmed, a report by Public Health England has found.
The report, based on data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014, found that over the past decade rates of self-harm have [...]
NSPCC reports 200% hike in reports of child emotional abuse
There has been a 200% increase in reports of emotional abuse of children, the NSPCC has warned.
The number of people contacting the charity’s helpline concerned about a child being emotionally abused has increased by 200% in seven years. There were 3,341 reports of emotional abuse in 2009/10 we received. This figure rose to 10,009 in [...]
Government urged to introduce rule book for social media giants
The government is being urged to ensure that all social networks follow a universal set of rules to protect children from online abuse.
The NSPCC wants new laws to be put in place to force social media sites to keep children safe claiming they are not doing enough to tackle issues such as child abuse, grooming, [...]
IT system at North Tyneside is ‘barely fit for purpose’ says Ofsted
Children’s social workers at North Tyneside have been forced to ‘work around’ an inadequate IT system that fails to ‘support good social work practice,’ Ofsted has found.
The inspectorate rated North Tyneside ‘good’ overall, but inspectors criticised the electronic client database as “barely fit for purpose”.
“Despite much good work across children’s services, the recording of social [...]
