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Utah is first US state to limit teen social media access
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…
Police strip-searched children as young as eight
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…
Safeguarding jobs round up – March 24, 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…
Self-harm hospital admissions up 22% for children aged eight to 17
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,…
‘Ghost children’ of pandemic have given up going to school
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…
Liverpool pupils help shape strategy to end street harassment
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…
Terri White: How I fear for the ‘ghost children’ missing from school
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…
West Lane Hospital: Mental health care ‘chaotic and unsafe’
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…
Met Police: Women and children failed by ‘boys’ club’, review finds
Women and children have been failed by the Metropolitan Police, with racism, misogyny, and homophobia at the heart of the force, a blistering review says. Baroness Casey says a “boys’…
Parents of special needs children ‘face fight for support’
Some parents have said they face a “fight from day one” to get Education Authority (EA) support for children with special educational needs (SEN). BBC News NI has learned the…
