The NSPCC has updated their web page on serious case reviews to include new cases published in 2012.
Source: NSPCC Inform June 2012
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UK children at risk of being trafficked during Olympics
UK children at risk of being trafficked during Olympics
Children’s charity Barnardo’s is urging hospitality workers to be extra vigilant during the Olympics and watch out for signs that a child is being exploited.
Children in the UK are at risk of being trafficked into London for sexual exploitation during the Olympics, Barnardo
Black or male social workers more likely to face conduct hearing
Black or male social workers more likely to face conduct hearing
Social workers who are black, male or disabled are more likely to end up in conduct hearings, the General Social Care Council revealed today.
Social workers who are black, male or disabled are more likely to end up in conduct hearings, the General Social Care Council revealed today.
In an analysis of social care regulation over the past 12 years, the GSCC found social workers with these characteristics were more likely to be referred to and end up before its conduct panels.
Men make up 22% of the Social Care Register but 34% of referrals involve them, making them 1.8 times more likely to be accused of misconduct than women.
Black social workers were 1.7 times more likely to be referred. 16.2% of referrals involved black registrants despite them making up just 10.8% of registered social workers. Disabled social workers were 1.5 times as likely to be referred as their non-disabled peers.
But while these groups are over-represented the GSCC said
Ceop targets sex offenders who try to hide their ‘digital footprint’
Ceop targets sex offenders who try to hide their ‘digital footprint’
Almost 500 children were protected from abuse as a direct result of work carried out by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) Centre during the last financial year, according to the agency
Why do schools really stop parents taking photographs of their children?
Why do schools really stop parents taking photographs of their children?
Taking photographs of children in public has become a fraught issue, says Josie Appleton
Sue Rice got a shock when she opened her daughter’s nursery yearbook to see the photograph of the smiling four-year-olds. Their eyes had been blacked out. Sue
(CEOP) has published a report on the link between possessing indecent images and committing other sexual offences against children
| The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has published a report on the link between possessing indecent images and committing other sexual offences against children, and the way this risk is managed by the police service and others involved in child protection and the criminal justice process. Findings include: dual offenders are more likely to have access to children and there is a link between those who possess child abuse images and those who go on to abuse a child; online offenders are less likely to be ostracised after committing an offence; and the quantity and level of images held are not reliable indicators of risk. | ||||||||||||
| Source: BBC Online 14 June 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Further information: Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) 14 June 2012 |
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The Home Office has published information leaflets on changes to disclosure and barring
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