Child Protection – Page 29 – Care Appointments

NSPCC urge changes to Health and Care Bill warning child safeguarding could be destabilised

By Jemma Crew, Reporter10th February 2022News England

Children may be less safe under proposed changes to NHS structures which could destabilise safeguarding partnerships that “already need urgent improvement”, a charity has warned. The NSPCC said it is

Child victims of sexual abuse tell of harrowing exploitation by criminal gangs

By Ryan Hooper, Reporter1st February 2022News England

Harrowing evidence of child sexual exploitation by organised gangs offered only a glimpse of the ordeals suffered by young victims. Over the course of two months in 2020, the Independent

Couple whose eight-week-old baby daughter died with more than 60 broken bones are jailed

By Helen William, Reporter28th January 2022News England

A couple have been jailed after their eight-week-old baby died with more than 60 broken bones in her body. During their police interviews, Naomi Johnson, 24, and Benjamin O’Shea, 26

Engage: Social care – how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children face discrimination across Europe and the UK

By Joanna Kostka, Lancaster University27th January 2022Engage

Throughout Europe – from Italy to Hungary – Romani children are overrepresented in institutional care. This is particularly acute in eastern Europe. As many as four in five children in

Bradford Council stripped of children’s social care services in wake of Star Hobson case

By Catherine Lough, Reporter25th January 202225th January 2022News England

The council overseeing the region where 16-month-old Star Hobson was murdered has had its children’s social services removed from its control.On Tuesday, the Government announced that Bradford Council’s children’s social

Report: Louise Smith Learning Review – Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

By Laura McKellar, Reporter25th January 2022Reports & Resources

The purpose of reviews of serious child safeguarding cases, at both local and national level, is to identify improvements to be made to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Review into agencies’ involvement with murdered toddler Star Hobson delayed

By Dave Higgens, Reporter24th January 2022News England

The publication of an investigation into the contact agencies had with 16-month-old Star Hobson before she was murdered by her mother’s girlfriend has been delayed. A Local Child Safeguarding Practice

Professor Ray Jones to lead independent review of children’s social care services in Northern Ireland

By Iain MacDonald, Reporter21st January 2022News Northern Ireland

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced Professor Ray Jones is to lead a review of children’s social care services in Northern Ireland. Professor Jones (pictured) will be assisted by an

Daughter of political refugees ‘privileged’ to be appointed Wales’ new children’s commissioner

By Bronwen Weatherby, Reporter21st January 2022News Wales

A woman who fled Chile with her parents as a baby and went on to study at Cambridge University has been named the new children’s commissioner for Wales. Rocio Cifuentes

Child sexual abuse prosecutions drop by half with victims experiencing delays and inadequate support

By Margaret Davis, Reporter20th January 2022News England

Prosecutions and convictions for child sexual abuse have fallen by around half in four years, research by a children’s charity suggests. Figures obtained by the NSPCC under Freedom of Information

Tag: Child Protection

Child victims of sexual abuse tell of harrowing exploitation by criminal gangs

Couple whose eight-week-old baby daughter died with more than 60 broken bones are jailed

Report: Louise Smith Learning Review – Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Professor Ray Jones to lead independent review of children’s social care services in Northern Ireland

Daughter of political refugees ‘privileged’ to be appointed Wales’ new children’s commissioner

Child sexual abuse prosecutions drop by half with victims experiencing delays and inadequate support

More than 480 children in England died or seriously harmed by abuse, report reveals

Calls for urgent action to protect children after family convicted over Sara Sharif death

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Tag: Child Protection

NSPCC urge changes to Health and Care Bill warning child safeguarding could be destabilised

Child victims of sexual abuse tell of harrowing exploitation by criminal gangs

Couple whose eight-week-old baby daughter died with more than 60 broken bones are jailed

Engage: Social care – how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children face discrimination across Europe and the UK

Bradford Council stripped of children’s social care services in wake of Star Hobson case

Report: Louise Smith Learning Review – Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Review into agencies’ involvement with murdered toddler Star Hobson delayed

Professor Ray Jones to lead independent review of children’s social care services in Northern Ireland

Daughter of political refugees ‘privileged’ to be appointed Wales’ new children’s commissioner

Child sexual abuse prosecutions drop by half with victims experiencing delays and inadequate support