App supporting child protection work wins Scotland-wide award 23 March 2023 An app developed at the University of Strathclyde, which was designed to support global child protection work during the…
Source: BBC News Hundreds of school children in York are to see a newly commissioned play as part of an online safety campaign. The Net tells the story of a…
Source: BBC News Utah has become the first US state to require social media firms get parental consent for children to use their apps and verify users are at least…
Source: BBC News Children as young as eight are being strip-searched by the police, according to a report showing “deeply concerning” and “widespread” failures. It also found some children were…
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…
Source: BBC News Self-harm hospital admissions for children aged eight to 17 in the UK jumped 22% in one year. The age group is now the largest for self-harm admissions,…
Source: The Times More than 140,000 children were “severely absent” from school last summer, a report has found, warning that children are at risk of “disengaging with education entirely”. The…
Source: BBC News A group of teenagers have shared their experiences of street harassment to help shape a strategy to tackle violence against women and girls in Liverpool. Year 11…
Source: BBC News More than 140,000 schoolchildren in England were officially “severely absent” in the summer term of 2022, according to official Department of Education figures – and the number…
Source: BBC News A mental health unit criticised over the deaths of three teenagers was “chaotic and unsafe”, a report found. An independent inquiry found “excessive and inappropriate” restraint was…