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Council pays £1m damages for 'shocking' child abuse failings
Essex council has paid damages of almost £1m to four siblings it failed to protect from years of parental abuse, Community Care has learned. (Pic: posed by model, Nigel R. Barklie/Rex Features)
18 January 2012
Councils face 'hidden army' of child abuse damage claimants
Local authorities could be hit by a “hidden army” of people seeking damages for historic child abuse cases, lawyers have warned.
18 January 2012
Budget cuts lead to child sexual exploitation fears
Tackling child sexual exploitation is already slipping off the agenda in some local areas due to funding pressures and budget cuts, research by Barnardo’s has revealed.
17 January 2012
Sexual exploitation action plan includes extra training for workers
The government will issue a step-by-step guide for workers on what to do if they are worried a child is being sexually exploited as part of an action plan on the issue, it was announced today.
23 November 2011
Protocol on managing children who sexually harm
A protocol on managing children who display sexually harmful behaviour is being developed in Wales after the Cardiff government identified the need for a nationwide response.
21 September 2011
'Invest in support for child sex victims and save money'
Every pound invested in specialist support for child victims of sexual exploitation saves taxpayers £12, according to a latest Barnardo's report.
14 September 2011
How social workers can spot sex abusers' attempts to manipulate
Sex abusers often use the same manipulation techniques on pracititioners as on their victims. Molly Garboden reports
18 August 2011
Ofsted failed to see sexual abuse at Birmingham nursery
Ofsted has apologised for failing to notice sexual abuse going on at a nursery in Birmingham during an inspection visit.
29 July 2011
Social worker struck off for placing sex offender with family
An experienced social worker who placed a young man with a history of inappropriate sexual beheviour with a foster family without making a proper risk assessment has been struck off the register in Wales.
11 July 2011
Age of runaway children is falling
Children as young as eight are running away from home or care, putting themselves at greater risk of sexual exploitation, a report by The Children's Society has revealed.
11 July 2011
Children's commissioner to investigate sexual exploitation
England's children's commissioner, Maggie Atkinson, is to launch an investigation in the autumn into child sexual exploitation.
08 July 2011
Schizophrenia linked with sexual abuse in childhood
Children who are sexually abused before they are 16 are 10 times more likely to develop schizophrenia in later life, according to research published today.
01 July 2011
Sex offender misunderstanding puts children at risk
Children are being put at risk because professionals such as the police and social workers assume all child sex offenders are automatically banned from working with children, according to a leading child protection expert.
20 June 2011
Courts let hundreds of sex offenders work with children
Hundreds of convicted child sex offenders were allowed to work with children in Northern Ireland after courts failed to disqualify them, new figures have shown.
20 June 2011
Social workers could have prevented rape of child, says SCR
Social workers could have prevented the rape of a nine-year-old disabled child by another child, according to a serious case review (SCR) published by the Sunderland local safeguarding children board.
17 June 2011
40% of sexually exploited children are young offenders
Forty per cent of sexually exploited children are also involved in youth offending, a new study has found.
The study examined 10 years of data using a sample of 552 sexually exploited children in Derby. (Pictured: cctv footage of children being exploited in Derby in 2009)
16 June 2011
Safeguarding boards must do more to combat sex exploitation
The failure of local safeguarding children boards to secure prosecutions of those engaged in sexually exploiting children and young people is to be researched by the children's charity Barnardo's.
15 June 2011
Practice Panel: learning disabilities and possible sexual exploitation
Professionals offer advice on a case involving a young woman with learning disabilities who may be the subject of sexual exploitation by a worker at the care home where she lives
08 June 2011
Good Practice: Restorative justice for children who sexually harm
Chloe Stothart reports on a scheme that brings victims of sexual violence face to face with their assailant.
06 June 2011
Child sex crime reported every 20 minutes, says NSPCC
Police in England and Wales recorded a child sex crime every 20 minutes last year, according to NSPCC research published today.
26 May 2011
