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Online library - This report is based on a research conducted on serious youth violence and vulnerability in England and Wales, and was produced by Crest Advisory, and commissioned by the Youth Endowment Fund in Spring 2022.
The research had three parts: i.) an…
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News - The Guardian wrote an article about a recent report from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) that reveals alarming trends in sexual offenses among minors in England and Wales. According to police data, 52% of alleged offenders are minors, and this issue is exacerbated…
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News - The Guardian reports that Sport England is to invest £15m in a “gamechanging” network of 59 professional safeguarding officers to protect children and young people across sport.
The news follows horrific stories of abuse in gymnastics and multiple other sports, as well as…
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Online library - This document includes key risks and funding requirements to support Save the Children's Humanitarian Plan and how they intend to implement it.
The document is also available in French, Spanish and Arabic.
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News - England: New study finds that children in care are more likely to have poorer mental health than the wider population during Covid-19 pandemic
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Impact of lockdowns and ensuing restrictions include a rise of poor mental health amongst children and young people,…
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News - The interim report of the Cass Review, commissioned by NHS England in 2020, warns that the only NHS gender identity service for children in England and Wales is under unsustainable pressure, with demand outstripping capacity.
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The new report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), published at the start of March, has found that institutions often prioritise their reputation over the protection of children from sexual abuse. The inquiry panel examined issues at 13…
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Online library - National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) launched “My Things Matter” - a national campaign across England and Wales - that aims at improving the experience of children and young people when moving from one home to another during their time in care. The campaign wants…
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News - England: Alarm raised after twenty children go missing from hotels. NGOs call out Home Office about temporary accommodation of children in hotels.
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The Home Office began placing unaccompanied child asylum seekers in unregulated hotels in July 2021 as a “temporary…
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News - The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) has released a report on secure children’s homes, based on data shared by the Secure Welfare Coordination Unit. This first report examines the situation in secure children’s homes across England and Wales between…
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Multimedia - Bitesize Support published an article on its portal entitled “Thoughts and feelings getting you down? When to seek help ”in which you can read a series of tips on what to do when you need help. Bitesize Support is a space to grow up that provides a place for advice…
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News - Discussion about experiences of young people in care with complex PTSD and ways of improving support
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March 2021: ACAMH joins CAMHS (an online journal club) in a discussion of PTSD in young people in care
Discussion revolved around Rachem M Hiller’s recent…
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News - Researchers warn that governments' "deliberate" approach to expanding childcare over the last 25 years has resulted in a disoriented early childhood system that fails to fulfill the demands of families. The Nuffield Foundation's research shows how institutions' focus has…
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News - According to a report prepared by the Center for Mental Health, girls who are imprisoned are at greater risk of self-harm. The challenges they face are the procrastination and pervasive experience of abuse and adversity that befell them.
According to the report, another…
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Online library - The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence sees that ‘strengthening families’ must be placed at the heart of the adoption process. The APPGAP’s Strengthening Families inquiry was conducted to feed into the Independent Review of Children’s…
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News - England: A review has been published about serious incidents involving babies who have been harmed or killed by their fathers or other males in a caring role, and recommendations have been provided.
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel is an…
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News - New social work standards in England have introduced higher standards for education providers, including requirements to support student health and well-being and to provide at least 200 days of student residence in the workplace. The new education and training standards,…
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News - By involving social workers in schools, it can help to act faster and provide assistance to social services to those who need it in the educational environment.
The study, which involved more than 150 educational institutions across England, explores whether this way of…
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News - Online child grooming crimes
The NSPCC charity has been mindful towards offenders exploiting ‘flaws’ or ‘faults’ in the design of children’s apps and even social media. As explained by a graph from NSPCC on ‘Sexual Communication with a Child offences…
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News - The article gives information about sharing practice and knowledge between partner organizations on using genograms in practice, following the release of a Practice Tool. The authors, Hannah Scott and Dyfrig Williams state the important point in this event is their role. So…
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News - Health professionals expect a "surge" of issues about children's emotional health due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is only one of the key findings of an analysis on how children and young people's services have been impacted, prepared by experts from Queen's University…
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News - According to the former children’s commissioner, with school reopening soon, ministers are not prepared to face the rise in child exploitation. Anne Longfield said that tens of thousands more children could be exploited by gangs and criminals because the state had failed to…
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News - UK's local authorities are concerned that there will be shortages in school-aged childcare (e g.: breakfast and afterschool clubs) because of the effects of the pandemic.
A study by Frontier Economics and Coram Family and Childcare uncovered that:
There is no widespread…
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News - Clare Devlin (81) speaks up about the sexual abuse experienced by the hands of her father, Patrick Devlin, giving a voice to the international movement to stop child sexual abuse
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Clare Devlin (aged 81) shares her story of her sexual abuse by…
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News - The Children and Young People's Mental Health Trailblazer programme is a national project funding the creation of mental health support teams working in schools and further education colleges.
The Department for Education, Department of Health and…
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News - It is proved that there is a deep inequality around access to nutritious food in the United Kingdom. The National Food Strategy makes recommendations that could help UK authorities to tackle the socioeconomic inequality surrounding access to nutritious eating.
The most…
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News - On the Youth Voice Matters Conference there was a co-delivered workshop on what they learnt about how disabled young people can raise their voice and be heard in healthcare.
One of the authors summarized his experiences learnt when he was also involved in participation.…
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Online library - The researchers worked to understand the behaviours of perpetrators "who sexually abused children across a broad range of contemporary institutional contexts in England and Wales". The study analyzes the circumstances and other factors of sexual abuse and how…
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News - Key findings from a June 2021 report published by the UK Department for Education raise concerns about challenges in identifying and addressing radicalization due to practitioners’ lack of experience and confidence. Calls have been made for more training, guidance and multi-…
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News - A new report by the Council of Europe states that technology, which is used for detecting online sexual abuse of children must show respect for human rights and the rule of law.
During Covid-19 pandemic the exchange of online child abuse materials increased. This has a…
