September 2023
Safeguarding jobs round up – September 29, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
Parents use children’s shoes in Merseyside council protest
Parents laid children’s footwear outside a council meeting in a protest at a local authority they say could not “walk a mile in their shoes”. The Voice of the Families…
Sport England launches £15m safeguarding network for children
Sport England is to invest £15m in a “gamechanging” network of 59 professional safeguarding officers to protect children and young people across sport, the Guardian can reveal. The news, which…
Secret police system in Bristol schools monitoring and profiling children and families
Bristol schools using secret database called ‘Think Family Education’ to monitor and profile schoolchildren More than 100 Bristol primary and secondary schools are using a secret database called the ‘Think Family…
High cost of childcare in UK makes low-income parents resort to food banks
Low-income parents and those on universal credit are resorting to using food banks as a result of the high costs of childcare, according to a landmark UK survey shared with…
Covid and teacher strikes ‘made skipping school socially acceptable’
Parents no longer believe that school is necessary every day as teacher strikes and Covid have caused a “seismic shift” in attitudes, research suggests. Significant numbers are taking their children…
Heartbreaking signs that show your child is being bullied at school and what you should do
Bullying can happen anywhere – at school or online – and it’s important for parents to know how to spot signs that their child might be suffering. Whether it’s name…
Children as young as FIVE are bringing knives into school as police reveal almost 500 kids under 11 were caught with a weapon in last four years
Children as young as five years old are being caught with knives in schools in what one charity boss has labelled a ‘cancer that is spreading’ across the country. Freedom of…
Controversial safeguarding app has ‘protected hundreds of Bristol children’
Avon & Somerset Police and Bristol City Council have defended a safeguarding app which they say has ‘helped protect hundreds’ of children. An app and database collates information on risks…
‘An attack on their autonomy’ or safeguarding kids?: What happened at ‘1 Million March’ and counter-protests across Canada
LGBTQ2S+ advocates say the demonstrations are a violation of human rights, targeting queer and trans students Hundreds of demonstrators across Canada took to the streets to protest LGBTQ2S+ inclusive education…
