Over the past year, almost 2.4 million people contacted children's services because they were worried about a child - a 78% increase on 10 years ago, while serious investigations over concerns of ...

The latest stats show the number of kids subject to child protection plans has rocketed 38 per cent since 2010 – from 39,100 to 53,790.

Child protection services in England are under more pressure than ever, the Association of Directors of Children's Services is warning. A survey of frontline staff has revealed that nearly three ...

Child protection register Child protection registers have historically held the names of those children deemed to be at risk of significant harm and held by social services departments. However these ...

An investigation has been launched into what happened to two reports which warned of problems with a council's child protection services years before serious failings were made public. Doncaster ...

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Project: Family Safeguarding in Hertfordshire Objectives: Transform the quality of child protection services via multidisciplinary partnership teams Timescale: Set up time within five months (from ...

(pic: Rod Edwards) Outsourcing to private sector providers has long been a feature of social care in England. But should child protection be exempt from the profit motive, asks Gordon Carson Local ...

THE alarm has been raised over proposals to remove child protection services from councils with social workers warning the move may put vulnerable youngsters at increased risk of harm.

Staffing in the child protection service of Edinburgh City Council is almost 50% under strength, it has emerged. At present there are only 62 specialist staff backed up by 32 other social workers ...

Warwickshire social services? child protection service has been praised by the government. A report said the department was ?serving most people well and had promising prospects?.