EU Kids Online has published a report mapping the online access, practices, skills and current risks and opportunities of internet use among children aged 9–16 from 19 European countries (not including the UK).
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).
Organisation: The Children's Society
Last Updated: 12th March 2020
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.
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.
Author: Jessica Deighton, Yeosun Yoon & Lauren Garland
Organisation: Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Last Updated: 12th February 2020
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
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
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.
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.
Child exploitation is a form of child abuse.. It occurs where anyone under the age of 18 is persuaded, coerced or forced into sexual or criminal activity by other people.
Organisation: Safe & Sound
Last Updated: 5th August 2020
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
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.
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.
This document contains apps/websites of note that have appeared in Child Sexual Exploitation or Abuse cases in the South West region. The document may also contain apps/websites that are prominent in other regions or are believed to be an emerging issue.
Author: Diane Howells
Organisation: Avon & Somerset Police
Last Updated: 22nd January 2020
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