The Covid-19 pandemic has created a global public health crisis that is having and will continue to have a profound impact on every area of life. Many services for children and families will face significant disruption, as a wide range of services – such as parenting classes, home visiting programmes, youth work, counselling services and school-based services – have traditionally been delivered face-to-face.
Author: Jack Martin, Tom McBride, Thomas Masterman, Dr Inês Pote, Dr Natasha Mokhtar, Emanuella Oprea, Miriam Sorgenfrei
Organisation: Early Intervention Foundation
Last Updated: 29th April 2020
The Welsh Government has published guidance on how children’s social care providers can change their services to support young people during the coronavirus crisis. The guidance covers: supporting the children’s social care workforce; guidance for maintaining contact; care and support plan compliance; fostering, residential care and adoption; care leavers; unaccompanied asylum seeking children; and support for vulnerable children in education settings.
The ‘Stay Safe. Stay Learning.’ programme pulls together contributions from across education and beyond to provide support to the whole of the system. We must do all we can to mitigate the impact of school closures on our children, in particular those children who face socio-economic disadvantage, as well as learners with special educational needs that research shows will be most affected.
Author: Regional Consortia Managing Directors, Local Authority Education Directors, Estyn, National Academy for Educational Leadership, Qualifications Wales
Organisation: Welsh Government
Last Updated: 29th April 2020
The Scottish Government has published guidance for social workers on home visits and direct contact interviews with service users. Guidance for residential children’s houses, residential schools and secure care facilities on staffing, social distancing and self-isolation has also been published.
The Department for Education (DfE) has published a summary of how many children and teachers attended education and early year settings in England between Monday 23 March and Friday 17 April 2020
Author: Department for Education
Organisation: Department for Education
Last Updated: 29th April 2020
The NSPCC has published findings from research looking at how certain characteristics make children more vulnerable to being abused on social media. Findings from 2,004 interviews with children and young people aged 11 to 17 show that: 4% had sent, received or been asked to send sexual messages to an adult, but this more than doubled to 9% for children who felt lonely, unhappy, were extroverted and who rely on social media; 9% of respondents had sent, received or been asked to send sexual messages to another young person, which more than doubled to 20% for those with the same vulnerable characteristics.
The NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) has updated its website to include information and resources on: mental health and wellbeing in sport: coronavirus and safeguarding in sport: and remote teaching and coaching during the coronavirus crisis.
NSPCC Learning has updated its UK-wide summaries of coronavirus guidance for schools and social workers. The summary of guidance for schools now includes a section of attendance, whilst the guidance for social workers now includes a section on care leavers.
NSPCC Learning has pulled together resources to help people who work with children support children’s mental health during the coronavirus outbreak. Topics covered include: child mental health, what children are talking to Childline about around coronavirus, how to have difficult conversations with children, supporting children and young people through the coronavirus outbreak and resources to support parents and carers whose children are experiencing mental health issues. NSPCC Learning has also published information about children and young people’s mental health. Topics covered include: risk and vulnerability factors, recognising when a child has mental health issues, responding to mental health issues, the types of mental health issues children talk to Childline about and mental health legislation and guidance.
The S & CE strategy 2019-2022 involves a multi-agency approach to addressing sexual and criminal exploitation in Northumberland and consists of four key strategic objectives:
Author: Northumberland Safeguarding Adults Board
Organisation: Northumberland Safeguarding Adults Board
Last Updated: 27th April 2020
Missing should continue to be a priority for both the police and agencies who work alongside the police to safeguard vulnerable people. Many of the push and pull factors which can cause someone to go missing will be exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis.
Author: Missing People
Organisation: Missing People
Last Updated: 23rd April 2020
The national charity Missing People has a unique insight through our services and policy work into the impact of COVID 19 on the people we support – both missing people and families. Below we have listed some of the impacts that we have already seen evidence of, or would anticipate based on our knowledge of the issue and the people we support.
Author: Missing People
Organisation: Missing People
Last Updated: 23rd April 2020
This paper considers social workers’ in England understandings of the agency and choice-making of girls who are sexually exploited outside the home, by extra-familial persons.
Author: Sarah Lloyd
Organisation: Sheffield Futures
Last Updated: 21st April 2020
It can be hard to know how to talk to your child about online safety. From setting up parental controls to advice on sexting, online games and video apps, we can help you to understand the risks and keep your child safe. Kids In Real Life is highlighting that with so much of childhood today …
Our work with partners. We are proud to work with core members and corporate partners who actively contribute to helping us reach parents with the right support at the right time to make a real impact on children’s safety online.
Anyone accessing public transport is in a great position to help our young people to feel safe and protected from child exploitation. Being aware of exploitation is the first step towards putting a stop to it.
We know that trains, buses and taxis are often used to transport children (both girls and boys) between locations for the purpose of exploitation. So it’s a good idea for anyone using these kinds of transport to be able to spot the signs.
Author: East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Organisation: East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Last Updated: 17th April 2020
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