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Mental health support for young people

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The Children’s Society has published a report on the experiences of young people accessing mental health support from NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS). Findings from interviews with 27 young people aged 11- to 21-years-old include: there is a stigma and lack of knowledge around how to support young people with mental ill health; there are barriers to accessing support, such as waiting times, confusing referrals and difficult therapeutic relationships; and there is frustration with the quality of services once young people have found support. Recommendations include: significantly redesign mental health services for children and young people; integrate mental health services within communities; and make services easily visible and accessible to young people.

Read the news story: Could mental health support be easier to access?

Organisation: The Children's Society
Last Updated: 12th February 2020

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Children and young people’s mental health

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The Local Government Association (LGA) has published research looking at how local government and its partners can work together to support children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing in England. Recommendations to national government include: set clear targets which focus on achieving better mental health outcomes for all children and young people and incentivise the investment in earlier support and prevention; and develop a consistent outcomes-focused dataset to measure progress against the targets.

Read the news story: Building resilience: how local partnerships are supporting children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing

Author: NATALIE PARISH, BETH SWORDS AND LUCY MARKS
Organisation: Local Government Association
Last Updated: 12th February 2020

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Adolescent mental health

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The Evidence Based Practice Unit at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and University College London (UCL) have published an evidence briefing looking at developmental trends in mental health problems and subjective wellbeing and how these vary for boys and girls in England. A 2017-2019 longitudinal study of more than 10,000 young people found that girls report increasing levels of difficulties between early and mid-adolescence, whereas boys report fairly stable levels of difficulties over time.

Read the news story: New evidence is a wake-up call on the mental health of girls

Author: Jessica Deighton, Yeosun Yoon & Lauren Garland
Organisation: Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Last Updated: 12th February 2020

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WE ARE HERE. A CHILD PARTICIPATION TOOLBOX

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This child participation Toolbox was developed through a partnership between Eurochild and the Learning for Well-being Foundation, to support their respective communities, members and partners.

The partnership is a long standing one with complementary strengths and interests: Eurochild’s work centres on the rights of children, using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as its frame of reference. The Learning for Well-being Foundation’s work centres on holistic well-being with a focus on process, meaning paying attention to HOW we do, as much as WHAT we do. The two strands — rights and well-being — come together in the partnership between the two organizations to create a unique approach to child participation. This Toolbox is done in the spirit of the ACT2gether initiatives, which take this approach even further through emphasizing partnerships between adults and children.

Author: Darren Bird, Alice Hagger-Vaughan, Luís Manuel Pinto, Linda O’Toole, Tinna Ros-Steinsdottir, Mieke Schuurman
Organisation: Eurochild and the Learning for Well-being Foundation
Last Updated: 6th February 2020

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GLOBAL SUMMIT TO TACKLE ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

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GLOBAL SUMMIT TO TACKLE ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

11 – 12 DECEMBER 2019

The WePROTECT Global Alliance (WPGA) is a global movement bringing together the influence, expertise and resources required to transform how Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE) is dealt with. It is a global crime that demands a global response in partnership with governments, industry and civil society. In order to galvanise the global response, WPGA in collaboration with the African Union and supported by the UK Government, organised the two-day Global Summit to tackle Online Child Sexual Exploitation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 11-12 December 2019. It was followed by a meeting of the WPGA Board on 13 December 2013 to chart the way forward in addressing OCSE.

Author: WePROTECT & HM Governemnt
Last Updated: 5th February 2020

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We Matter Too: Disabled young people’s experiences of services and responses when they experience domestic abuse

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Author: Sarah Goff and Anita Franklin
Organisation: Ann Craft Trust
Last Updated: 4th February 2020

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Safeguarding in faith settings – NSPCC

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Settings has published a report following its inquiry into the effectiveness of current definitions of ‘positions of trust’ in safeguarding young people within faith settings. Currently professionals including teachers, social workers and youth justice staff are prevented by law from developing sexual relationships with 16-and 17-year-olds under their supervision. The report recommends that the definition of ‘positions of trust’ in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended to cover any adult regularly involved in caring for, training or being in sole charge of young people.

Read the news story: APPG launches report on its inquiry into positions of trust

Author: Thirtyone eight
Organisation: nspcc
Last Updated: 3rd February 2020

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Child sexual abuse survivors – NSPCC

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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has released figures from the Truth Project in England and Wales which show that of the 3,646 personal accounts analysed for research, 47% of victims and survivors describe having a condition that limits their ability to carry out day-to-day activities, including blindness, problems with hearing, mobility and memory.

Read the news story: Inquiry finds almost half of child sexual abuse survivors are disabled

Author: IICSA
Organisation: nspcc
Last Updated: 3rd February 2020

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Children at a Risk of Exploitation information leaflet (Slovakian translation also available)

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Organisation: Safe & Sound
Last Updated: 29th January 2020

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Parents of sexually exploited children call for reforms in Social Care Services

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Parents are calling for a quicker response when a referral is made, and the development of positive relationships between Children’s Social Care services and the families they support.

These are the main findings of new research carried out by national child exploitation charity Parents Against Child Exploitation (Pace), among parents of sexually exploited children in England and Wales. A consistent message from parents, over the 23 years that Pace has been working with them, is that the support they have received from Children’s Social Care services has often been insufficient and neither timely nor appropriate.

The research reveals:

Parents felt they were being blamed for the exploitation of their child
Parents felt alone in managing threats to their child and putting safety measures in place
Delays in Social Care service responses of up to two years, which exacerbated the harm caused by the abuse
Interventions focussed on the child and parent, with little attention on disrupting the perpetrator of the abuse

Author: Nancy Pike and Maria Langham with Sarah Lloyd
Organisation: Pace
Last Updated: 29th January 2020

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Online safety

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Childnet International has published a report looking at children and young people’s use of expiring content – online posts, messages and photographs that disappear after they have been viewed, or that are only available for a certain amount of time. Findings from an online survey of 1,019 children aged 8-17 in the UK include: 73% said they have shared something using expiring content in the last year; 67% said they use expiring content to message their friends; and 38% use it to share a picture or video that they don’t want everyone to see.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/7-10-young-people-have-used-expiring-content-last-year-%E2%80%93-new-research-childnet

Author: Childnet International
Organisation: nspcc
Last Updated: 28th January 2020

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Safer Internet Day 2020: online safety resources

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NSPCC Learning has brought together a range of resources and activities to support Safer Internet Day on 11 February 2020. Resources include: information for schools to support online safety and develop robust e-safety policies and procedures; Share Aware lesson plans and classroom guidance for schools and teachers; guidance on online safety and social media; and an NSPCC Library reading list highlighting selected publications related to e-safety topics.

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/research-resources/schools/safer-internet-resources/

Author: nspcc
Organisation: nspcc
Last Updated: 28th January 2020

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Social Media App Bulletin – South West Regional Organised Crime Unit

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Author: Diane Howells
Organisation: Avon & Somerset Police
Last Updated: 22nd January 2020

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Technology use and the mental health of children and young people 2020

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The use of screen time and social media by children and young people has rarely been out of the headlines in recent years. In light of the concerns from young people, the public and policy makers, RCPsych has developed this position paper on the use of technology by children and young people.

Author: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Organisation: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Last Updated: 17th January 2020

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Key Lines of Enquiry 2020

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The NWG and Space co-facilitated a number of Westminster events in 2019 aimed at raising the profile of parents and families affected by child exploitation and creating a national platform for discussion on how best to support these families.

The facilitation of these events has coincided with wider application of new approaches to safeguarding vulnerable adolescents such as Complex Safeguarding and Transitional Safeguarding – which has family work embedded in its model.

One of the practical outputs from the meetings has been the development of a document to capture ‘key lines of enquiry’ for professionals and agencies to consider when supporting parents and families.

The document has been co-developed with participants at the events and through consultation with other national change-drivers and whilst it is still in draft form, we are sharing it due to the appetite from professionals. It is a living document and will evolve as we develop our understanding of the needs of families.

Author: NWG/Space/various
Organisation: NWG/Space/various
Last Updated: 9th January 2020

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FA Cup mental health video features Duke of Cambridge and football stars

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Mental health charities have linked up with the Football Association to create a video featuring players and the Duke of Cambridge, to be shown before this weekend’s FA Cup games.

The film is narrated by the Duke of Cambridge, who is spearheading Heads Up, a partnership between the mental health charity Heads Together he fronts and the FA.

The aim is to raise awareness about mental health issues and the simple steps the public, in particular men, can take to look after their mental health.

As well as being played across stadiums, which are hosting FA Cup third round ties this weekend, it will also be featured online and across broadcast media.

Other charitable organisations involved in the Heads Up initiative include Mind, CALM and Sporting Chance.

The video boradcast will involve a one minute delay to kick-offs. Also involved in the collaboration is Public Health England (PHE)’s Every Mind Matters campaign.

Viewers of the film, which features a raft of current and former players, are being urged to complete PHE’s Mind Plan questionnaire. This has already been completed a million times and aims to develop a personalised mental health action plan for those taking part.

Footballers past and present featured in the film include Chelsea manager Frank Lampard, Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard and Harry Maguire, England and Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli

https://www.headstogether.org.uk/heads-up/

Author: Heads Together and the FA
Last Updated: 6th January 2020

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Wales safeguarding procedures: CASPAR briefing

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NSPCC Learning has published a CASPAR briefing on the Wales safeguarding procedures, published in November 2019, which update and clarify roles and responsibilities for practitioners to ensure that they safeguard children and adults in Wales. The briefing focuses on the procedures relating to children and young people at risk of harm, outlining safeguarding practice for anyone working with children in Wales. The Wales safeguarding procedures replace the All Wales child protection procedures 2008.

Author: nspcc
Organisation: nspcc
Last Updated: 17th December 2019

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IICSA Research Update – Learning about online sexual harm- December 2019

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We have published new research exploring children and young people’s perspectives on online sexual harm and the education they receive on this in school. The ‘Learning about online sexual harm’ report was produced by the University of Bedfordshire and analyses the views of more than 260 children aged 11-18 from primary and secondary schools across England and Wales. One particular concern was that almost 9 in 10 pupils said it was their own responsibility to keep themselves safe online. This can lead to harmful feelings of guilt and self-blame in the event of abuse, and also stop children from seeking the help and support they need.

Author: University of Bedfordshire
Last Updated: 17th December 2019

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