Social worker Lloyd Poutler has been struck off the HCPC Register after ignoring procedure and failing to act appropriately on Child Protection issues whilst employed as a social worker in
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Hundreds of children in custody were already among the “most vulnerable individuals in our society” before they were jailed, and have been continually let down by agencies whose job it
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The Care Inspectorate today published two new assessments of how well children and vulnerable adults in Scotland are protected from abuse, neglect and harm. The report on the effectiveness of
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Sexual exploitation of children has become “normal” on some streets and estates in Greater Manchester, according to a new report described as “alarming” by Home Secretary Theresa May. And the
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The NSPCC are calling for it to be made a criminal offence for an adult to intentionally send a sexual message to a child aged under 16. The ‘Flaw in
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As part of the first phase of the Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) “THE MORE YOU KNOW THE MORE YOU SEE” awareness campaign the area panels of the Safeguarding Board for
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Health Minister Jim Wells will today open Northern Ireland’s first NSPCC adult helpline in a bid to protect even more vulnerable children. The new NSPCC Adult Helpline Base in Belfast,
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The National Crime Agency (NCA) will lead an investigation into outstanding allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. The NCA said it was taking on the inquiry following a request
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Child trafficking involves the recruitment, transfer or receipt of people by means of threat, deception, coercion or use of force for the purpose of exploitation. Child trafficking is a crime
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More must be done to protect children whose parents have a drinking problem, according to a new study. The needs of children may not be adequately identified by some local
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