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A new national response unit will be established to help local authorities support vulnerable children at risk of exploitation by criminal gangs.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Government has taken the first step to establish a new UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS)
The government is set to end the intervention into Rotherham council 3 years after calling in inspectors.
Ofsted's National Director of Social Care,Yvette Stanley, discusses the important ingredients for multi-agency safeguarding arrangements to improve the response to children in need of help and protection.
The neglect of older children sometimes goes 'unseen', and needs greater understanding and a more co-ordinated approach from local agencies, according to a new report published today.
Minister for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi spoke to directors of children's services at the ACDS conference 2018 in Manchester.
Secretary of State Damian Hinds spoke for the first time to directors of children's services at the ADCS conference on Thursday 5 July in Manchester.
Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance sets out new requirements for improved partnerships to protect children.
Children in care will get better mental health assessments as they enter the care system under a new £1million pilot scheme.
The panel members, along with the chair Edward Timpson, will review the most serious child safeguarding cases to share lessons and improve practice.
New guidance for schools and colleges on how to keep children safe, including advice on how to support young victims of sexual violence and harassment.
Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi spoke at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting event hosted by the British Association of Social Workers.
A letter from the Secretary of State delegating statutory responsibility for monitoring the Prevent duty in higher education to the Office for Students.
Eleanor Schooling shares some of the common themes that have emerged as local authorities improve from inadequate.
Measures announced to raise the status of the social work profession to mark World Social Work Day.
Partnership of councils, police chiefs, charities and Government to urge public to report suspicions
The funding will support councils to improve children's social care services.
Damian Hinds joined Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler to hear about Hampshire's innovative children's social care projects.
Plans to strengthen information sharing as part of government's ambition to tackle child abuse and neglect.
Minister for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi addresses social work professionals from across the country.
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