Abuse and neglect

Children

‘A Safe Place To Live’: A specialist home for children at risk of sexual exploitation

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Children

Councils urged to ‘step up’ safeguarding against female genital mutilation

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Children

The current child protection system puts too much pressure on social workers

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Children

‘Child protection must not be used for dealing with the symptoms of increased poverty’

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Children

‘The threshold for sexual exploitation feels 10 times higher than for other abuse’

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Children

David Cameron announces new taskforce to ‘transform’ child protection

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Children

Rising concerns around child neglect, but public unclear where to report them

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Children, Workforce

Government remains committed to controversial plans to jail social workers

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Children

Referrals to children’s social care reach highest level on record, finds NSPCC

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Children

Sharp rise in sexual offences against children as Ofsted warns agencies are leaving children at risk

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Children

Female genital mutilation and the law: what social workers need to know now

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Children

Teenager who killed man was let down by Haringey and Sheffield social services

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Children

Child benefit cuts causing pressure for families and social care services

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Children

1,400 investigated in relation to historic child sex abuse

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Children

Head of parliamentary group for children in care criticised for “disgusting” Jimmy Savile tweet

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Children, Child safeguarding

Council ups child protection focus to avoid Rotherham style abuse scandal

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