28/03/2024: Finley Boden: professionals should have protected baby murdered by his parents, review finds
Review identifies multiple child protection failings in case of 10-month-old killed by his mother and father 39 days after being returned to their care.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
27/03/2024: Lockdown gave Finley Boden‚ parents cover, but safeguarding failures ran deep
A report on the case of the murdered Derbyshire baby finds a number of opportunities were missed to protect him.
26/03/2024: Youth Diversion Not Working For Children With Special Educational Needs And Disabilities
The Centre for Justice Innovation explores how youth diversion is NOT working for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
21/03/2024: ‘Shattered lives, Stolen Futures’: The Jay Review on Child Criminal Exploitation
In response to the Child Criminal Exploitation crisis, Action for Children launched a review into Child Criminal Exploitation in Autumn 2023. The report was published on 21 March 2024 and the conclusions, whilst unsurprising, are damning; children and young people are being failed by a system that is not fit for purpose.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
11/03/2024: Dispersal orders ‘not fair’ on young people who bear the brunt of them
Anti-social behaviour laws which give police powers to restrict freedom of movement are being used thousands of times a year, prompting claims of their overuse from human rights groups.
09/03/2024: Public libraries in ‘crisis’ as councils cut services
More than 180 council-run libraries have either closed or been handed over to volunteer groups in the UK since 2016, BBC analysis has found.
09/03/2024: Response to neglect ‘slow and inadequate’ due to high thresholds and lack of services, finds NSPCC
Social workers report pressure to cease or delay intervention in neglect cases in a child protection system not set up to deal with the issue, warns charity.
08/03/2024: Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers
The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
03/03/2024: Mia Janin: Father wants cyber-bullying law after daughter’s death
The father of a girl who took her own life says cyber-bullying should be made a specific crime to protect children.
03/03/2024: RNLI game wins over Cullercoats volunteer’s grandson
The grandson of an RNLI volunteer has given the thumbs up to a new children’s sea safety game launched as the charity celebrates its 200th birthday. ‘Storm Force Rescue’, aimed at the under 11s, goes live for download from app stores on phones or tablets on 4 March.
02/03/2024: Universities’ international admissions to be reviewed
University admissions processes will be reviewed after concerns about the recruitment of international students.
28/02/2024: ‘State of crisis’ for domestic abuse services because of cuts, warns commissioner
Reductions already being made to domestic abuse provision due to funding shortfalls and uncertainty, watchdog tells levelling up secretary Michael Gove.