Arthur Review: Learning from significant incidents is not shared effectively with workforce
There is insufficient social work capacity in Solihull’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub to effectively deal with presenting need, a joint inspection has found.
The Joint Targeted Area Inspection, carried out by Ofsted, Care Quality Commission and HMI Probation and HMI Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services, was ordered following the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.
Arthur’s step-mother Emma [...]
Safeguarding review launched into death of Star Hobson
An independent Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review has been commissioned by The Bradford Partnership to establish whether anything could have been done differently following the tragic death of Star Hobson.
Star was just 16 months old when she was taken to hospital on 22 September 2020 after suffering a cardiac arrest and sadly died the [...]
Ofsted: Vulnerable children ‘disappeared from sight’ in lockdown
There were significantly lower levels of referrals to children’s social care this year as vulnerable children at risk of harm or neglect “disappeared from teachers’ line of sight”, Ofsted’s annual report has said.
While the long-term effects of school closures are not yet known, the Ofsted report says that nearly all children in England have [...]
Helpline for victims of sexual abuse receives 650 contacts
The helpline launched in response to the allegations of sexual assaults in schools on the Everyone’s Invited website has received 650 contacts from concerned people in the five months since it was launched.
The helpline, run by the NSPCC, was commissioned by the Department for Education after the Everyone’s Invited website set up for victims [...]
Special Report: CSE in Bradford – lessons still need to be learned
There have been substantial improvements in Child Sexual Exploitation practice in Bradford, but there is still learning to be done, a review has found.
The review, which was commissioned by the Chair of the former Bradford Safeguarding Children Board prior to the establishment of the current Bradford Partnership, was carried out by an independent person, [...]
Child abuse enabled to occur in institutions due to tactics employed by perpetrators
Perpetrators of child sexual abuse are using tactics in institutions which enables them to abuse children even today, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has found.
The research explores the offending strategies of alleged perpetrators across a wide range of contemporary institutional contexts, such as schools, sport and foster care, as well as the [...]
