Government funding for vulnerable children amid COVID-19
Children in care, young people with mental health problems are care leavers are to benefit from £12m government investment during the Coronavirus outbreak.
The government has announced £12 million of funding to be allocated to 14 projects across the UK to tackle the increased risk some children and young people are facing as they stay at [...]
Blog: New timescales and remote working at WillisPalmer
By Mark Willis
As every other school, local authority, solicitors, children’s home and business across the UK, WillisPalmer has had to make some changes to our working practices during the current climate of COVID-19.
This week, we have successfully carried out psychological assessments entirely remotely and still to the high standard you have come to expect from [...]
DfE finds just 5% of vulnerable children attending school
Just 5 per cent of vulnerable children were attending school on Friday 17 April, according to figures published by the Department for Education.
Around 84,000 children attended an educational establishment on Friday 17 April, representing 0.9% of pupils who normally attend. Of those, 24,000 of the children in attendance were classed by schools as vulnerable, down [...]
Blog: Lockdown needs an end in sight to prevent irreparable long-term damage to children
The need to safeguard children has never been more imperative since the outbreak of COVID-19. Many of the measures introduced to combat the spread of the virus have placed vulnerable children in increasingly dangerous situations – which is why we cannot justify a lengthy lockdown period as the fallout will be even more damaging than [...]
Social workers to continue visiting vulnerable children
Vulnerable children who already have a social worker will continue to be visited and/or monitored as frequently as possible, government guidance has stated.
The Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people outlines that local authorities will be expected to prioritise support to the most vulnerable, including undertaking necessary visits whilst taking appropriate infection control [...]
More than half a million children are vulnerable
Children’s commissioner shines light on extent of vulnerability among young people in England
More than half a million children in England are so vulnerable that the state has to step in, a report by the children’s commissioner has warned.
Anne Longfield has stated in her report into children’s vulnerability that 580,000 children – equivalent to the population [...]
