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Safeguarding failure at Haringey
IMPROVEMENT

Safeguarding failure at Haringey

By William Eichler | 02 October 2025

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has exposed a major safeguarding failure at Haringey LBC, where hundreds of police welfare reports have gone unread.

SAFEGUARDING

Red flags and boiling frogs: a damning picture that the National Youth Strategy must fix

By Leigh Middleton | 22 September 2025

With the Government's National Youth Strategy due to be published, Leigh Middleton warns that wit...

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils lack safeguarding policy for gender-questioning children

By William Eichler | 27 August 2025

Nearly two-thirds of councils with care responsibilities could not provide a policy on safeguardi...

SAFEGUARDING

Councils need to step up and get a grip on CSE

By Heather Jameson | 19 June 2025

There has been political inaction across the major parties on child sexual exploitation, spanning...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils warned to be 'open to scrutiny' in grooming gangs inquiry

By Martin Ford | 17 June 2025

There has been a ‘collective failure’ to address questions about the ethnicity of perpetrators wh...

CHILD ABUSE

Abuse audit delayed

By Martin Ford | 03 June 2025

A nationwide audit of child abuse has been delayed, safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has confi...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Closing up the support gap

By Jo Casebourne | 06 May 2025

Jo Casebourne examines why mentoring and befriending matters for young people - and what local le...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils could be forced into abuse inquiries

By Martin Ford | 29 April 2025

Councils could be forced to take part in local inquiries into child abuse.

SOCIAL CARE

Councils deny talks over abuse inquries

By Martin Ford | 16 April 2025

Two councils have denied negotiations have taken place over inquiries into child sexual abuse and...

FUTURE FORUM

Future Forum: Robots in two years

By Dan Peters | 20 March 2025

Robots with artificial intelligence (AI) will be here in two years, a tech guru has told The MJ’s...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Has the time passed for more inquiries?

By Rebecca Foulkes | 03 February 2025

Rebecca Foulkes asks if the Government’s new proposals are enough to combat grooming and child se...

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Sandwell School Improvement Service is a high performing team with a reputation of excellence across the local region. Apply for this job

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