Upcoming Events
Victims at the Heart of Justice Digital Conference
28/01/2026
Upholding victims’ rights means guaranteeing they are treated with dignity, respect, and compassion throughout the criminal justice process, giving them a voice, ensuring they are safe, and have access to the services they need. Westminster Insight’s Victims at the Heart of Justice Digital Conference will take place this coming January. Join colleagues from across agencies to discover how to rebuild confidence in the justice system and uphold the rights of victims through dignity, protection, support, and access to vital services.
From £299
Tackling Spiking Online Training
30/01/2026
The Tackling Spiking online training equips you with the knowledge and skills to help prevent, identify, and respond to spiking incidents. Learn how to protect individuals, preserve evidence, and support victims with confidence and care. This timely course also provides a clear overview of the legal framework, including new provisions in the Crime and Policing Bill like the introduce of a new offence – administering a harmful substance.
From £279.00
Work experience 2025
27/10/2025: ‘Why recognising parents as victims is essential to tackling child to parent abuse’
CPA is typically either criminalised within the youth justice system or reframed as a child welfare issue, leaving parents to suffer in silence and children unsupported, writes legal researcher Sharon Davis.
23/10/2025: One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds
Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers.
22/10/2025: Reform of special educational needs system delayed until 2026
The government is delaying reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Send) system and other policy proposals for schools in England until next year.
22/10/2025: Government to scrap presumption of parental involvement ‘to protect children from abusive parents’
Move hailed by domestic abuse campaigners after government review finds that it is part of ‘a pro-contact culture’ in the family courts that leaves some children at risk of harm.
20/10/2025: State-funded special needs education school opens
A new state-funded school catering for children with Autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) has recently opened in Devon to try to improve access in the county to special needs education.
17/10/2025: Youth Diversion “Fragmented And Inconsistent”
Joint inspection finds current youth diversion work is fragmented and inconsistent.
15/10/2025: Pupils struggle to spot untrue AI content – report
The vast majority of teenagers use artificial intelligence in their schoolwork but many struggle to spot misinformation, a report has suggested.
09/10/2025: Young children taking knives to school, BBC finds
Incidents of very young children taking knives into primary schools have been revealed by a BBC investigation.
09/10/2025: Young people say smartphones ‘almost essential’
Young people have said the social pressure to have a smartphone has made them “almost essential”.
09/10/2025: ‘Nothing short of tragic’: Inside a family court
The impact of parental alienating behaviours – when a separated partner tries to turn their children against the other parent – has been described as a “massive public health issue”. Such allegations have been at the centre of one case, followed through the family court system by the BBC.
09/10/2025: Cafcass would need 200 more social workers to implement private law reform
Government says need for more social workers is barrier to rollout of private law pathfinder, which, reportedly, has significantly improved children and families’ experiences of courts system in trial areas
09/10/2025: Tips on distinguishing parental conflict from domestic abuse (Podcast)
Learn on the go, the social work podcast from Community Care Inform, starts its second season with an episode on parental conflict.