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Briefings and factsheets

Short introductions to child protection, child abuse and safeguarding topics

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Overviews of child maltreatment
Sexual abuse
Neglect, emotional and physical abuse
Vulnerable children
Child and family law
Child protection in practice
Current awareness briefings

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Overviews

• Barriers to children seeking help 
  
  
• Child killings in England and Wales: explaining the statistics
  
  
• Ethical issues in research with children: a reading list
  
  
• The impact of abuse and neglect on the health and mental health of children and young people
  
  
• Key facts about child maltreatment
  
  

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Related NSPCC resources Child sexual abuse topic page Child sexual exploitation topic page NSPCC research reports

Sexual abuse

• Adult sex offenders
  
  
• Children and young people disclosing sexual abuse
  
  
• Children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviour
  
  
• Child sex offender disclosure scheme - NEW!
  
  
• Premature sexualisation: understanding the risks: outcomes of the NSPCC’s expert seminar series 
  
  

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Related NSPCC resources Neglect topic page Physical abuse topic page NSPCC research reports

Neglect, emotional and physical abuse

• Emotional abuse
  
  
• Fabricated or induced illness in children: a rare form of child abuse?
  
  
• Neglect research briefing
  
  
• Neglect series of factsheets
  
  
• Physical abuse
  
  
• School bullying

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Related NSPCC resources Children under one topic page Disabled children topic page  Looked after children topic page Children from minority ethnic backgrounds topic page

Vulnerable children

• Abuse of children in residential care
  
  
• An analysis of serious case reviews concerning children under one  
  
  
• Disabled children and abuse
  
  
• Poverty and child maltreatment
  
  
• Therapeutic work with a blind child: an NSPCC practice note
  
  
• The prevalence of infant abuse and maltreatment related deaths in the UK

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Child and family law

• Child protection legislation in the UK  
  
  
• Child abuse cases: deciding to prosecute
  
  
• Employment of children and the law
  
  
• Family Justice Review 
  
  
• Gillick competency and the Fraser guidelines
  
  
• Legal definition of a child
  
  

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Child protection in practice

• Case reviews following the death or serious injury of a child
  
  
• Child protection system in the UK 
  
  
• Child abuse reporting requirements for professionals
  
  
• Disguised compliance
  
  
• Family Group Conferences in child protection
  
  
• Findings from research with looked after children
  
  
• Keeping children safe from abuse: a resource list
  
  
• NSPCC practice standards
  
  
• Recommended adult to child ratios when supervising children - NEW!
  
  
• Siblings in care: law and practice
  
  
• Working with children: how to get started
  
  
• Writing organisational child protection policies and procedures - NEW!
  
  
• Young people who self-harm: implications for public health practitioners

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Current awareness

A series of briefings that summarise the findings of research and reports recently published by government and other organisations.

• The state of child neglect in the UK: an annual review - NEW!
  
  
• Young people and the secure estate: needs and interventions - NEW!
  
  
• Working together to safeguard children (2013) - NEW!
  
  
• Translating learning into action: an overview of learning arising from Case Management Reviews in Northern Ireland 2003-2008
  
  
• Protecting people promoting health
  

• The Office of the Children's Commissioner's inquiry into child sexual exploitation in gangs and groups
  
  
• Children first: the child protection system in England 
  
  
• The Scottish Government's Audit and analysis of significant case reviews 
  
  
• Silent voices: supporting children and young people affected by parental alcohol misuse 
  
  
• The impact of more flexible assessment practices in response to the Munro review of child protection
  
  
• Findings on irregular migrant children and unaccompanied asylum seeking children 
  
  
• Report from the joint inquiry into children who go missing fom care (All Party Parliamentary Groups) 
  
  
• The Munro review of child protection: progress report: moving towards a child centred system (DfE) 
  
  
• Children’s views of the Family Justice Review and family court proceedings (OCC and Ofsted) 
  
  
• Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries (Lancet) 
  
  
• Edging away from care: how services successfully prevent young people entering care (Ofsted) 
  
  
• Findings from research with looked after children (Ofsted and DfE) 
  
  
• Effective relationships with vulnerable parents (Action for Children) 
  
  
• Government's response to the Munro report (DfE) 
  
  
• No excuses: a review of educational exclusion (Centre for Social Justice) 
  
  
• Safeguarding children across services: messages from research (DfE and DH) 
  
  
• Serious and fatal child maltreatment: setting serious case review data in context with other data on violent and maltreatment-related deaths in 2009-10 (DfE) 
  
  
• A study of recommendations arising from serious case reviews 2009-2010 (DfE)
  
  
• The voice of the child: learning lessons from serious case reviews (Ofsted) 

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