The NSPCC has updated their web page on serious case reviews to include new cases published in 2012.

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/resourcesforprofessionals/scrs/serious_case_reviews_2012_wda88142.html

Source: NSPCC Inform June 2012

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

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’

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?

Taking photographs of children in public has become a fraught issue, says Josie Appleton