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New guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – safeguarding in schools, colleges and other providers

The Department for Education has issued guidance for schools and colleges around safeguarding children during the Coronavirus pandemic. The guidanc...
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Mockingbird programme to support foster families extended further

The Mockingbird Family Model, delivered by The Fostering Network, centres on a constellation where one foster home acts as a hub, offering planned and...
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Children as young as seven drawn into county line gangs

A report by The Children’s Society has found that children as young as seven are being exploited by county line gaps. The report found that the numb...
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Study finds children’s voices omitted from care records

A study by University College London has recommended that the social care records of looked-after children and young people need to include those chil...
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Research programme into mental health problems in teenagers launched

A £35 million government-backed research programme has been launched with the aim of giving more support to teenagers battling mental health issues, ...
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More support for children of separated parents called for

A report by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has called on the government to do more to ensure that after parents separate, the social se...
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Race hate crimes against children at three-year high

The NSPCC has revealed that race hate crime against children has reached a three-year high.  Childline held over 2,500 counselling sessions about rac...
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Lack of knowledge around identifying child sexual abuse highlighted

A survey carried out for Barnardo’s children charity has found a worrying lack of knowledge about what constitutes a crime when it comes to sexual a...
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Projects announced to mark 30th anniversary of the Children Act

New projects aimed at helping children in and on the edge of care have been announced by the Department for Education, as the Children Act reaches its...