Parliamentary inquiry recommends national strategy for responding to harmful sexual behaviour is prioritised by government
The government should develop a national strategy for preventing and responding to harmful sexual behaviour in children, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
The parliamentary inquiry into support and sanctions for children who display harmful sexual behaviour ‘Now I know [...]
Cafcass figures show record number of care applications made in one month
A record number of care applications ever made in a single month were received by Cafcass in June 2016.
There were 1,265 care applications made in June 2016, compared with 1,150 applications in May. The previous highest number of applications made in a month [...]
The government’s proposed assessment and accreditation scheme will not be made mandatory until 2020, the Department for Education has said.
In a policy paper outlining the government’s commitments to delivering children’s social care reforms, the government says it plans to consult on whether the scheme should be mandatory later this year.
However, if the [...]
Martin Narey publishes an independent review of children’s residential care
The role of residential care is misunderstood, Martin Narey has concluded in his independent review into the use of residential care.
“I think the role of children’s homes is misunderstood, the challenge of the children they care for underestimated, and the contribution they make too easily dismissed,” [...]
Director of WillisPalmer Mark Willis on the correlation between domestic violence and child abuse following the death of Ellie Butler.
The tragic death of six-year-old Ellie Butler at the hands of her father, which was reported for the first time last week, demonstrates once again the correlation between men who are violent to their partners [...]
New government ‘executive agency’ will set standards on behalf of Secretaries of State and take over regulation of social work
A government ‘executive agency’ will take over the regulation of social work under proposals outlined by the Department for Education.
Government is proposing to establish an executive agency, jointly supported by both the Department of Health and [...]
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