Too many children are invisible to social care
Too many vulnerable children are still invisible to social care, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
At the start of the first lockdown in March 2020, schools closed and since then more families have fallen into poverty and all the major risk factors to children – domestic violence, poor parental mental health, and alcohol/substance [...]
Attendance rates during lockdown are placing schools under ‘tremendous pressure’
Schools have been placed under ‘tremendous pressure’ as a result of attendance rates being much higher in the current national lockdown than in the first lockdown in March 2020.
Department for Education statistics reveal that:
- Attendance rates were 21% in state-funded primary schools on 13 January in comparison to 4% between March and May 2020.
- [...]
Unidentified child abuse is pervasive - it affects every aspect of your life
Clare Jerrom talks to Dr Anna Preston about leaving the NHS after 16 years, joining WillisPalmer as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, taking a lead on the quality assurance of all psychological reports and why it is imperative that vulnerable children experiencing neglect or abuse are identified immediately and sign-posted for help.
When Dr Anna [...]
Professionals hail remote child protection conferences but parents raise concerns
Face-to-face child protection conferences have come to an end due to COVID-19 with the majority being carried out remotely, a survey has found.
The shift has led professionals to believe that conferences in person are unlikely to resume even after the pandemic, the new survey with more than 500 professionals and parents published by Nuffield [...]
Children’s Charter Part 3: Social workers are needed in schools urgently
Background
WillisPalmer launches Children’s Charter
Why The Children’s Charter is needed
Children’s Charter: One Half Term In
WillisPalmer is making an urgent plea for frontline social workers to work closely with education staff to enable them to use their expertise to identify children experiencing or at risk of neglect or abuse and signpost [...]
Independent review of children’s social care launched
The anticipated independent review of children’s social care has been launched by education secretary Gavin Williamson to improve the lives of the most vulnerable children in England.
The independent review of children’s social care, which delivers on a 2019 manifesto commitment pledging to look at the care system to make sure children and young adults [...]
