Tag: #Safeguarding

Research in Practice to deliver Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Good practice / Performance / Improvement, News, Publication / Research / Resource

A consortium, led by Research in Practice, together with The Children’s Society and University of Bedfordshire, has been appointed to develop and deliver a new programme to tackle child exploitation. The Tackling Child Exploitation (TCE) Support Programme is a significant investment by the Department for Education and aims to support local areas to develop an effective strategic response to child exploitation and … Continue reading Research in Practice to deliver Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme

Family Justice Council Conference and Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law, Publication / Research / Resource, Viewpoint

Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | Family Justice Council Originally published: 20th March 2019. The Family Justice Council conference and Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture took place on 12 March 2019.  Attendance was by invitation only and the audience comprised a range of stakeholders working in, or with an interest in, the family justice system. Hosted … Continue reading Family Justice Council Conference and Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture

FREE to access report on the relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect via Joseph Rowntree Foundation

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law, Publication / Research / Resource, Safeguarding

Authors: Paul Bywaters, Lisa Bunting, Gavin Davidson, Jennifer Hanratty, Will Mason, Claire McCartan, Nicole Steils First published: 3rd Mar 2016   Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This report identifies and discusses evidence about the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect. Download to read at source: The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect: an evidence … Continue reading FREE to access report on the relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect via Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Building a workforce that works for all children | ADCS

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in #ECLCM, News, Safeguarding, Viewpoint

ADCS has published a new position paper 'Building a workforce that works for all children'. To achieve a country that works for all children, we must have a strong and fully resourced workforce: The government continues to invest in new routes into social work and to progress a programme of social work reform. While efforts … Continue reading Building a workforce that works for all children | ADCS

‘Correct me if I’m wrong but this doesn’t sound like a country that works for all children.’ – @stuartdcs

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#ADCS President comments on new analysis by national children's charities on funding for children's services: “While some local authorities have benefitted from small, time limited pots of ring fenced funding this is neither a sustainable nor an equitable way forward. It does nothing to meet the needs of the system as a whole. Government must … Continue reading ‘Correct me if I’m wrong but this doesn’t sound like a country that works for all children.’ – @stuartdcs

New CASCADE study proves the success of support for parents who have children taken into care

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Good practice / Performance / Improvement, News, Safeguarding

The primary aim of the Reflect project is to prevent women who have experienced the compulsory removal of a child from experiencing a repeat pregnancy in the short-term, whilst successive child removal remains the most likely outcome. Dr Louise Roberts has led the assessment of one of the first Reflect schemes, which has been run by … Continue reading New CASCADE study proves the success of support for parents who have children taken into care

Pressures on children’s social care | National Audit Office

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law, Publication / Research / Resource

Extract Local authorities in England have statutory responsibility for protecting the welfare of children and delivering children’s social care. In extreme cases they may use their statutory powers to place children in need on protection plans or even take them into care. Local authorities are also responsible for delivering non-statutory services for all children and … Continue reading Pressures on children’s social care | National Audit Office

Medway STC review criticises use of pain-inducing restraint on young people | Children & Young People Now

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law, Safeguarding

By Joe Lepper | Children & Young People Now | 22 January 2019 A serious case review (SCR) has criticised the use of pain-inducing physical restraint at Medway Secure Training Centre (STC), saying it increases the risk of young inmates being abused. John Drew, independent chair of the Medway Safeguarding Children Board, said he was … Continue reading Medway STC review criticises use of pain-inducing restraint on young people | Children & Young People Now

DfE threatened with judicial review over children’s social care ‘myth-busting’ document

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in News, Policy, Guidance & Law, Safeguarding

A charity has threatened the Department for Education with legal action if it does not withdraw a ‘misleading’ document about how local authority duties towards vulnerable children can accommodate new working practices. Article 39, which was among the signatories of an open letter last September challenging the ‘myth-busting’ guide, wrote to the secretary of state … Continue reading DfE threatened with judicial review over children’s social care ‘myth-busting’ document

Research in Practice | New open access briefing on the relationship between contextual, complex and transitional safeguarding

by National IRO Managers Partnership (NIROMP), posted in Good practice / Performance / Improvement, News, Publication / Research / Resource, Safeguarding

A new briefing note produced by the Contextual Safeguarding Network at the University of Bedfordshire, with Research in Practice and Rochdale Borough Council, outlines what is meant by the terms ‘complex safeguarding’, ‘contextual safeguarding’ and ‘transitional safeguarding’ and how these approaches overlap and complement each other. Read full piece at source: Research in Practice | New open access briefing … Continue reading Research in Practice | New open access briefing on the relationship between contextual, complex and transitional safeguarding