Abuse and neglect

Children

Austerity pressures are threatening children’s human rights, finds report

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Children, Child safeguarding

Children at sexual exploitation risk because social workers can’t access good training

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Children, Workforce

Is tackling neglect no longer the job of social workers?

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Children, Child safeguarding

Rotherham’s child sexual exploitation policies ‘divorced from reality’, say MPs

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Children

Initial contacts to children’s services up 65% as councils reach their limit, finds ADCS

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Children

Confusion over child protection thresholds prevented action in neglect case, finds SCR

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Children

No evidence of historic child abuse cover up, finds Wanless report

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Children

MPs brand police treatment of child sexual exploitation victims a “postcode lottery”

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Children, Your Say, Workforce

Baby P: The Untold Story ‘A shocking catalogue of cover ups’

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Children, Social care leaders

How one charity plans to reduce child maltreatment by 70% by 2030

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Children

Baby P documentary claims police briefed journalists against social workers

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Children

‘Baby P: The Untold Story’ TV documentary announced by BBC

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Children

Leaving care services are “not working for the most vulnerable” warns Action for Children

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Children

Guidance released to help tackle rising tide of child abuse linked to witchcraft beliefs

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Children, Child safeguarding

Troubleshooter sent in to oversee improvements to children’s services in Rotherham

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Children

How to support foster carers of young people who have shown harmful sexual behaviour

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