Two advisory boards established to support children’s care review
The independent review into children’s social care has established two advisory boards to support the work of the review.
Chair of the independent review Josh MacAlister confirmed that he has established an Evidence Group, made up of academics and other experts in the field and a Design Group, made up of a range of individuals from [...]
End-to-end encryption places children at risk of abuse
Concerns have been raised for the safety of children being targeted for abuse online as a result of social media and messaging services introducing end-to-end encryption.
End-to-end encryption means only the devices communicating have the ability to decrypt and read the messages. While this is useful for privacy, it also presents risks for child safety and [...]
Government urged to tackle mental health crisis facing children and young people
The mental health crisis for children and young people exposed by the pandemic risks becoming entrenched long after lockdowns are history unless it is addressed urgently by government, MPs have warned.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood states that while the government has talked a lot about a post-pandemic need to ‘level-up’, [...]
Children’s commissioner seeks to explore children’s priorities post-COVID
The largest ever consultation undertaken in England has been launched by the children’s commissioner for England.
The ‘Big Ask’, which seeks to explore what children’s priorities are for improving childhood post-COVID, will run from April 19th to May 19th and will form the basis of Dame Rachel de Souza’s ambitious Beveridge-style report [...]
Social worker Ruth Murney on developing our services in Scotland
Meet Ruth Murney – who works with the Child Abuse Litigation Service in Scotland
With a 30 year career in child protection behind her, working in some of the most notorious estates in Glasgow with highly vulnerable families, it would be completely understandable if Ruth Murney felt burnt out from her career. But far from it, [...]
Practice guidelines to accompany legislative changes on siblings in care
CELCIS is seeking views to feed into practice guidelines which will accompany some legislative changes to uphold the rights and meet the needs of brothers and sisters with care experience.
Changes are being made to Section 13 of the Children (Scotland) 2020 Act, and the Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and most of these [...]
