Improvements are needed to remove the isolation, confusion and fear felt by some young people in Children’s Hearings, according to a report. The Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee found
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The new child sexual exploitation (CSE) guidance was commissioned by the Department for Education and is based on a review of the evidence by the University of Bedfordshire and Research
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Thousands of youngsters are feeling lonely and misunderstood, Childline has said. The helpline provided the equivalent of 11 counselling sessions a day in 2016/17, 4,063 in total, to children and
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Twenty nine people have appeared in court facing a total of more than 170 charges relating to the sexual exploitation of 18 children. The 27 men and two women appeared
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A father-of-four has lost the latest round of a “worrying” family court battle over the care of his youngest child. Social workers at Brighton & Hove City Council had raised
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Journalists have been told to stop saying children at the centre of care disputes between separated parents are embroiled in “custody battles”. A group, largely made up of specialist lawyers,
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New guidelines have been published to improve the way evidence from child and vulnerable witnesses is taken in court cases. Scotland’s Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, has drawn-up the advice
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Child sex offences reported in Greater Manchester have increased fourfold in three years, new figures showed today with the number of known or suspected offenders doubling. And the numbers of
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The initial impetus for the commissioning of this evidence review was a commitment set out in ‘Adoption: A vision for change (2016)’ to produce ‘an independent summary of relevant research
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A High Court judge has criticised council social services staff over their care of a sick 15-year-old boy. Mr Justice Hayden said the teenager suffered from a variety of medical
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