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Views sought on restraint and restrictive intervention for children and young people
The Government is consulting on draft guidance it has produced on reducing the need for consent and restrictive intervention for children and young pe...
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Children in need statistics released
New government figures have revealed that over a quarter of social work assessments led to no further action in 2016/17. This is up by 2.4% from last ...
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New Working Together out for consultation
A revised version of Working Together to Safeguard Children has been put out for consultation by the Department for Education. It comes in light of th...
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New Children’s Minister to be appointed
The general election saw Children’s Minister Edward Timpson lose his Crewe and Nantwich seat. He had been Children’s Minister since 2012. He is ti...
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Children and Social Work Bill becomes law
The Children and Social Work Bill has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament. The Act means a series of changes to the social work prof...
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Call for taxi driver database to prevent child sexual exploitation
A review of reports of child sexual exploitation in Buckinghamshire between 1998 and 2016 has resulted in a series of recommendations being made, incl...
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Exam results being prioritised over wellbeing
Over 80% of teachers believe that the focus on exams has become disproportionate to the wellbeing of pupils, according to the mental health charity Yo...
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NSPCC calls for fix in sexual grooming law
Although police recorded over 1,100 offences of ‘meeting a child following sexual grooming’ in the year to September 2016, the police still can’...
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