Child protection

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Domestic abuse practice not sufficiently child-focused, inspectors find

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National agency to tackle child protection's 'persistent challenges', says DfE

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Families facing 'intrusive' child protection enquiries due to risk-averse culture, say social workers

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£550m boost for children's social care reform over next three years

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Sara Sharif murder: safeguarding failures over many years laid basis for severe abuse, review finds

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Cafcass domestic abuse practice improving, says chief, following criticisms in watchdog's report

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'Alarmingly rare' identification of child sexual abuse highlighted by government data, experts warn

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Child protection enquiry numbers hit record high, but significant harm found in less than third of cases

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'Why fabricated or induced illness needs to be dropped as a child protection category'

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Social workers who investigate child protection cases should not chair conferences, say practitioners

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Children's social care reform: extra £18m allocated for family help and child protection changes

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Inspectors to probe CSA practice following 'alarming decrease' in number of child protection plans

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