Vulnerable Children – Page 17

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care

By The Press Association16th February 2022News Wales

Wales is to roll out one of the most generous basic income schemes ever trialled in the world to its care leavers this year. The pilot will see all young

Engage – ‘I was just a little girl trying to survive’ – Emma Lewis on her own experience of sexual abuse

By Emma Lewis, The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse15th February 202216th February 2022Engage

Following Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week, Emma Lewis, Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel Member for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, shines a light on her own

‘Red flag’ survey results prompt urgent call for support to children’s services in Scotland

By The Press Association11th February 2022News Scotland

Urgent calls have been made to bolster current policy to protect children and young people organisations as the majority said they are struggling to provide crucial services, it can be

Crime gang facing jail after recruiting teenage girls for £500,000 shoplifting scam

By Henry Vaughan, Reporter11th February 2022News England

Members of a crime gang who recruited teenage girls into a £500,000 nationwide shoplifting scam are facing jail for modern slavery offences. Ringleader Isaiah Olugosi, 38, recruited, trained and transported

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

Record number of children referred for specialist mental health care during the pandemic

By The Press Association4th February 2022News England

A record number of children have been referred for specialist care for the most serious mental health problems during the pandemic. Between April 2021 and October 2021, the number of

Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled by authorities

By Ryan Hooper, Reporter1st February 2022News England

There are “extensive failures” in the way child sexual exploitation by criminal gangs is tackled, with police and authorities potentially downplaying the scale of abuse over concerns about negative publicity,

Report: Child Sexual Exploitation By Organised Networks Investigation Report – IICSA

By Laura McKellar, Reporter1st February 2022Reports & Resources

In this investigation, the Inquiry considered the sexual exploitation of children by organised networks. Department for Education guidance recognises that child sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse.

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

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.

Tag: Vulnerable Children

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care

Engage – ‘I was just a little girl trying to survive’ – Emma Lewis on her own experience of sexual abuse

‘Red flag’ survey results prompt urgent call for support to children’s services in Scotland

Crime gang facing jail after recruiting teenage girls for £500,000 shoplifting scam

Record number of children referred for specialist mental health care during the pandemic

Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled by authorities

Report: Child Sexual Exploitation By Organised Networks Investigation Report – IICSA

Report: Louise Smith Learning Review – Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

‘Jealous’ triple killer handed whole-life order for crossbow and knife murders

NHS shake-up could see central roles halved in ‘radical reduction’, say health officials

Kyle Clifford’s murders fuelled by Andrew Tate’s ‘violent misogyny’, court told

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Tag: Vulnerable Children

Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care

Engage – ‘I was just a little girl trying to survive’ – Emma Lewis on her own experience of sexual abuse

‘Red flag’ survey results prompt urgent call for support to children’s services in Scotland

Crime gang facing jail after recruiting teenage girls for £500,000 shoplifting scam

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

Record number of children referred for specialist mental health care during the pandemic

Scathing report finds ‘extensive failures’ in way child exploitation is tackled by authorities

Report: Child Sexual Exploitation By Organised Networks Investigation Report – IICSA

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

Report: Louise Smith Learning Review – Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership