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Children

Will the national child protection agency help improve practice in England?

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Young boy in a hoodie in what appears to be the grounds of a prison looking downcast

Children, Social work leaders

Government authorises use of synthetic pepper spray in YOIs against Youth Justice Board advice

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Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, standing in front of a Union flag

Children, Social work leaders

National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

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Children

More than half of practitioners feel ill-equipped to address social media’s influence on children

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Children

Racial bias greatly affects child protection practice, say social workers

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A man's pointing hand next to the inscription mandatory on yellow background

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

No criminal sanction for failing to report child sexual abuse under mandatory reporting plan

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black girl talking to adult woman

Children, Social work leaders

‘Sea change’ needed in approach to race in safeguarding practice, says national panel

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Child looking out of window longingly

Children, Social work leaders

Number of children on protection plans for CSA at 30-year low, experts warn

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Yvette Cooper

Adults, Children

Child criminal exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ of vulnerable people to be made criminal offences

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Isabella Jonas-Wheildon

Children, Social work leaders

Toddler’s murder shows need for cross-border child protection guidance, finds case review

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A typewriter with a page on which the following words are typed: 'The Monster at Night by Rosie R.'

Children

The Monster at Night: a poem about the struggles of a disabled child

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Social worker talking to father and upset daughter

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Safeguarding reforms at risk from shortage of home education staff, warns ADCS head

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Yvette Cooper

Children, Social work leaders

Government orders national audit of child sexual exploitation by gangs

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Young mother looking stressed in foreground with baby in cot in background

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Babies at increased risk of harm due to growing parental needs, say councils

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Mother With Son Trying To Keep Warm By Radiator At Home During Cost Of Living Energy Crisis

Children, Social work leaders

Poverty and homelessness driving demand for children’s social care, directors warn

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Bridget Phillipson standing in front of a union fla

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care reform bill clears first parliamentary hurdle

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