Social workers guilty of contempt over child visits
Two social workers have been found guilty of contempt of court after they defied a legal ruling to prevent a mother gaining greater access to her estranged children. The Edinburgh
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Tag: Child Protection
Concern as ‘trouble-shooter’ quits Northamptonshire child protection
The departure of a trouble-shooter brought in to overhaul Northamptonshire’s child protection services could delay improvements, it has been claimed. Kevin Crompton is to leave less than a year after
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MASH having a positive impact on child protection in London
The turnaround time for child protection cases judged as high or complex needs has almost halved in some areas since the London multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) programme began in 2011,
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Merton project wins London Safeguarding Children Award
An innovative project which supports young victims of sexual exploitation has won the London Safeguarding Children Award. Merton Safeguarding Children Board’s Promote and Protect Young People initiative helped to improve
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Safeguarding audit shows 870 complaints & ‘substantial’ abuse
An audit of how the Catholic order the Christian Brothers dealt with abuse allegations has found only 12 brothers were convicted of crimes between 1975 and today. A review of
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Pressure on social workers endangering children, survey suggests
Mounting pressure on social workers means that many do not have the time or resources to properly protect vulnerable children, a new survey suggests. Three quarters (73 per cent) of
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Essex County Council responds to C-section care case
Essex County Council has responded to the media reports concerning the delivery, without the mother’s consent, of a baby by caesarean section and the child’s removal into care of the
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Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming
This Command Paper is published in response to the Home Affairs Committee’s Second Report of Session 2013-14 entitled: ‘Child Sexual Exploitation and the response to localised grooming’: HC68-1 (incorporating HC182,
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Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse
All children have the right to be protected from violence, exploitation and abuse. Yet, millions of children worldwide from all socio-economic backgrounds, across all ages, religions and cultures suffer violence,
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My First Taste of Social Work in the UK
I have officially been at work for a few weeks now and it was quite an exciting, overwhelming and frustrating experience full of meeting various team members, signing up for
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