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 [...]
