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Domestic violence and abuse

This quality standard covers domestic violence and abuse in adults and young people aged 16 years and over. It covers adults and young people who are experiencing (or have experienced) domestic...

Domestic violence and women with learning disabilities

It has long been known that domestic violence against women is very common and damaging to individuals and wider society. There is a huge body of evidence regarding domestic violence in the general...

Domestic violence and abuse: how health services, social care and the organisations they work with can respond effectively

This guidance aims to help identify, prevent and reduce domestic violence and abuse. Violence and abuse perpetrated on children by adults ('child abuse') is not dealt with in this guidance, but it...

Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) Guidance

1. Domestic violence and abuse is a devastating crime that shatters the lives of victims and families. In 2014/15 81 women were killed by a current or former partner. 2. The Domestic Violence...

Enabling risk, ensuring safety

This report looks at some of the research findings and emerging principles and practice concerning risk enablement in the self-directed support and personal budget process while also recognising the...

Early Intervention in Domestic Violence and Abuse

Domestic Violence and Abuse is the first in a series of reports on different aspects of Early Intervention. We chose to focus on domestic violence and abuse in our first report because it is an...

Education for a Connected World: A framework to equip children and young people for digital life

Today’s children and young people are growing up in a digital world. As they grow older, it is crucial that they learn to balance the benefits offered by technology with a critical awareness of their...

Effective interventions for complex families where there are concerns about, or evidence of, a child suffering significant harm

Protecting and supporting children who suffer significant harm is multi-faceted and different service approaches are likely to be effective with different types of family, at different stages of...

Eight-year-olds identified in infancy as at risk of harm: report of a prospective longitudinal study

Over the last ten years the Centre for Child and Family Research (CCFR) at Loughborough University has been following the professional decision-making processes that have affected the life pathways...

Domestic violence and women with learning disabilities

It has long been known that domestic violence against women is very common and damaging to individuals and wider society. There is a huge body of evidence regarding domestic violence in the general...

Ending female genital mutilation: where do we stand in Europe?

Almost five years ago, ten organisations of various sizes and approaches, speaking many African and European languages, came together in Brussels with the hope of bringing attention to the invisible...

Empowering Parents: Evaluation of Parents as partners in safeguarding children and young people in Lancashire project 2014 – 2017

1. This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the project ‘Parents as partners in safeguarding children and young people in Lancashire, June 2014 to May 2017’. The project was delivered by...

EIF Trusted Relationships Summary Report

Successive reviews of the child protection system have suggested that children who experience abuse lack a designated adult to provide consistent support, or a ‘trusted relationship’. The Home Office...

Domestic Violence against Women

The European Union defines ‘violence against women’ as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women,...

Feb 2014 - BASW Response to RCN consultation: Minimisation and alternatives to restrictive practices in health and adult social care and special schools

Firstly BASW would like to thank the Royal College of Nursing for inviting us to comment on the report. We welcome both the DH response to Winterbourne View with the call to analyse and come up with...

Effective practice to protect children living in ‘highly resistant’ families

1.What are the circumstances, characteristics and prevalence of families that are resistant to change? 2.What challenges to practice does resistance, and the underlying characteristics and...

Ears Wide Open

From the UNCRC to the Scottish Government and local government policy, we have clear international, national and local commitments to listen to children and young people about issues and decisions...

Domestic Abuse, Child Contact and the Family Courts

This Briefing from the Parliamentary Hearing held on domestic abuse, child contact and the family courts, by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Domestic Violence, highlights the urgent need...

Direct work with sexually exploited or at risk children and young people

This review is intended to provide Barnardo’s with an overview of what ‘direct work’ with young people entails in the context of CSE. Part one explores the nature, types and contexts of direct work...

Devon multi-agency safeguarding hub

The MASH model offers a more consistent, timely and unified multi-agency response to individual situations, rather than children’s social care services making unilateral decisions in response to...

Domestic abuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2016

This report brings together national and local domestic abuse data from: The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) Home Office incident and police recorded crime data Home Office Homicide Index...

Doing the right thing: What happens when social work students come across unethical practice on placements? PSW takes a look

For students on social work degrees, theories on antidiscrimination, anti-oppression, diversity, empowering individuals and upholding human dignity will be at the forefront of their minds. But what...

Digital dangers: The impact of technology on the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and young people

The internet has transformed how we all live, learn, work and communicate. Over the last twenty years the ways in which we interact and engage have evolved beyond imagination; for many people, the...

Disrespect NoBody teaching resources on preventing teenage relationship abuse

Discussion guides and session plans to support the Government’s Disrespect NoBody campaign aimed at preventing abuse in teenage relationships, developed by the PSHE Association with the Home Office...

Deaf and disabled children talking about child protection

This report summarises the findings of original research commissioned by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) carried out by the University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Child...

Deaf children and Working Together: NDCS advice to local authorities on implementing Working Together 2013 guidance with regard to promoting the wellbeing and safeguarding of deaf children

The purpose of this document is to help managers within children’s social care services implement key aspects of the Working Together (2013) guidance with regard to safeguarding and promoting the...

Decision-making within a child’s timeframe

This overview of research evidence has been commissioned in response to the Family Justice Review recommendation for consistent training and development for family justice professionals, including a...

Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board Serious Case Review - ADS14

This overview report summarises the findings of an independently led Serious Case Review (SCR) commissioned by the Chair of Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB). It concerns Polly, described...

Deflection, denial and disbelief: social and political discourses about child sexual abuse and their influence on institutional responses

The aim of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA or ‘the Inquiry’) is to investigate whether public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken seriously their responsibility...

Deaf and disabled children talking about child protection

All children have a right to be safe. This study was commissioned by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to address a significant gap in current understandings of...

Dare2Care National Action Plan for Preventing Child Abuse and Violence in Teenage Relationships

Child abuse. Our nation’s dirty little secret. We know it goes on. We've probably seen the signs and we may even be one of the millions of survivors. However, as a country, we seem more comfortable...

Daniel Pelka Review Retrospective: deeper analysis progress report on implementation of recommendations

Coventry Safeguarding Children Board is pleased to publish the independent report of the deeper analysis into the circumstances of the death of Daniel Pelka in March 2012 and in doing so demonstrate...

Communities Tackling FGM in the UK: Best Practice Guide

Authors: Khalifa, S and Brown, E Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is recognised as a severe form of violence against women and girls and a human rights violation that affects at least 200 million...

Culturally attuned family support in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

The Innovation Programme in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has explored the value of providing culturally attuned family support in Army and Pakistani Muslim communities, in particular...

Controlling Behaviour in Relationships: Talking to young people about healthy relationships

Watching your child embark on their first major relationship can be tough. This guide will help you recognise if your child is being controlled by their partner, help you to talk about healthy...

Controlling or Coercive Behaviour in an Intimate or Family Relationship

1. The Serious Crime Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) received royal assent on 3 March 2015. The Act creates a new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in intimate or familial relationships (section...

Confronting Child Sexual Exploitation in London

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is not new, but recent high profile investigations and criminal trials have raised awareness of the possible widespread nature of these offences and the gravity of...

Connecting to Children A Compilation of Child Helpline Data

Welcome to the 10th edition of Connecting to Children, Child Helpline International’s annual compilation of data from its member child helplines around the world. Connecting to Children provides a...

Coping with Court

Despite rising applications to take children into care and a widespread public perception that it is all too easy, removing vulnerable children from abusive parents is a challenging process and...

Come out from behind that law

Eddie O’Hara follows his article in July, on the difficulties facing practitioners in protecting confidentialities, with an analysis of the challenges facing child protection social workers in trying...

Covering all bases - Community Child Health: A paediatric workforce guide

This suite of documents provides an evidence-based toolkit for planning the paediatric element of modern community child health (CCH) services, including public health and statutory services for...

Creating a Better Internet for All: Young people's experiences of online empowerment + online hate

This Safer Internet Day the theme is Play your part for a better internet and we wanted to explore the role we all have in creating a kinder and more inclusive internet. While it is encouraging to...

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Online

The aim of this report is to provide an update to the Strategic Assessment of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Online published in October 2013 in the framework of European Financial...

Creating Strong Communities in North East Lincolnshire

The Creating Strong Communities model has been designed to fundamentally change the way local practitioners and partners in North East Lincolnshire work together to safeguard vulnerable children. The...

Creating a non-violent juvenile justice system

When the first juvenile courts opened their doors over one hundred years ago, it was with the idea that children in conflict with the law should be treated with special care and protection. Criminal...

Community engagement on female genital mutilation

In October 2014, the Local Government Association (LGA) first produced its FGM Guide for Councillors, Much has happened since then. Mandatory reporting to the police has been introduced for...

Cyberbullying and children and young people with SEN and disabilities: guidance for teachers and other professionals

This guidance gives a unique insight and is intended to help teachers and other professionals understand the issues around cyberbullying for children and young people with special educational needs...

Commissioning services to support women and girls with female genital mutilation

FGM healthcare services in England have been developed by those responsible for commissioning, without reliable data on the actual number of patients who require FGM services. In areas of high FGM...

Children’s online activities, risks and safety: A literature review by the UKCCIS Evidence Group

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) is a group of more than 200 organisations drawn from across government, industry, law, academia and charities that work in partnership to help keep...

Children’s care monitor 2009

This is the report of a national survey of children’s own experiences, bringing together the views of 1,195 children and young people. It is those children’s own assessment of how care is doing in...

Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment: Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill

The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill will introduce an offence of ‘Abusive behaviour towards a partner or ex-partner’. It also provides for an associated statutory aggravation that the perpetrator, in...

Collateral Damage: An inquiry into the impact of witnessing a home raid by the police, on the children and the siblings of offenders in England

This inquiry focuses on the impact on children and siblings in England who have witnessed a home raid by the police. Its purpose is to inform police, policy makers and those concerned with the...

Children’s care monitor 2010

This report gives the views of 1,155 children and young people who filled in our monitoring survey online in 2010, plus 17 disabled children and young people who answered some of the questions using...

Co-operation with a focus on the child

Presentation from the IFSW European Conference in Edinburgh 7th - 9th September 2015.

Children in need of help or protection

1 The law defines children in need as children who are aged under 18 and need local authority services: to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development; to prevent significant...

Children’s care monitor 2008

Every year from now on we will report what children and young people tell us about six things they have said are important to their lives. Those things are: keeping safe, bullying, having a say in...

Children’s Charter Northern Ireland

Policy, legislation and professional practice relating to children in Northern Ireland (NI) has developed considerably in recent years. As a result there is an increasing emphasis on evidencebased...

Children First: the child protection system in England: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2012–13

The Government would like to thank the Committee for its very thorough enquiry into child protection. The Committee’s report is a welcome contribution to the current debate on child protection reform...

Children in need census 2017 to 2018: Guide for local authorities – version 1.1

The children in need census is the only national source of data on children referred to children’s social care services and those that are the subject of child protection plans. These are a...

Children of prisoners

This guide provides information for health professionals working in community settings, who wish to improve their recognition of, and support for, children affected by parental imprisonment. It was...

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