Shortage is forcing English local authorities to place young people in Scottish placements but care orders cannot be legally enforced north of the border, Sir Munby finds
A shortage of secure accommodation in England is forcing local authorities to place young people in provision in Scotland under care orders that cannot be legally enforced.
Sir James Munby [...]
The government has been urged to tackle “the widespread problem” of sexual harassment in schools.
Sexual harassment is rife in schools with girls being called derogatory names such as ‘slag’ and ‘slut’ and experiencing unwanted touching, a report by the Women and Equalities Committee has found. Yet schools ae failing to tackle the issue effectively.
Young [...]
A service providing specialist advice and support to children's professionals tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) incidents is to be launched by the government later this month.
The Child Sexual Exploitation Response Unit is to be funded by the government but run independently by NWG Network, a charity that specialises in supporting sexually exploited children and young [...]
Year-long care proceedings with four social workers is “hardly satisfactory”, says judge.
A year long delay in bringing a case to court regarding care proceedings for three children of parents with learning disabilities has been slammed by a judge as “wholly unacceptable”.
Judge Cleary criticised the 52 week delay – twice the recommended length for care proceedings [...]
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Soaring numbers of Cafcass care applications have continued in August, Cafcass has reported. Highest ever number of applications for the month of August received in August 2016
There were 1,258 new applications received in August 2016 representing the highest ever number of applications for the month of August.
This 2016 figure of 1,258 compares to 941 new applications [...]
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