vulnerable children

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]