All children removed from Rainsbrook
All children are to be removed from Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, the Lord Chancellor has announced.
Robert Buckland has confirmed that work is underway to move all children from the privately-run Secure Training Centre amid serious ongoing concerns about safety and performance.
The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland said: “Six months ago, I demanded that MTC take [...]
Response to 'Case for Change'
What the children’s services sector said about the independent review into children’s social care.
ADCSThe Association of Directors of Children’s Services President, Charlotte Ramsden, said: “This review is a once in a generation opportunity to make meaningful and lasting change for the children and young people who need our help and support to thrive. The case [...]
Children’s social care system likened to Jenga tower held together with Sellotape
Children’s services often intervene with vulnerable families too late, the independent review into children’s social care has stated.
The government’s main focus should be on supporting the resources of families and the wider community to keep children safe as close to a family environment as is possible. While decisive action still needs to be taken [...]
Ofsted: Weaknesses in SEND system exacerbated during pandemic
Existing weaknesses in the system for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ofsted has warned.
Ofsted inspectors found that families were exhausted, even despairing, particularly when they were still unable to access essential services for their children by the time the inspection was carried out in spring 2021.
Chief Ofsted Inspector [...]
Warning signs of self-harm could be identified up to a decade earlier
Early warning signs that an adolescent may self-harm can be identified up to a decade earlier, researchers from the University of Cambridge have said.
Currently children with mental health problems are supported once the problems emerged and escalate. However, the research suggests that there are two sub groups of teenagers who self-harm where it is [...]
Alarming rise in self-generated material online
An alarming rise in the amount of self-generated material where children have been tricked or groomed by sexual predators has been unearthed by the Internet Watch Foundation.
New data shows online content of children being tricked into sexually abusing themselves on camera for predators has more than doubled in the first few months of the [...]
