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CASPAR: current awareness service for practice, policy and research  Welcome to the latest CASPAR alert from NSPCC Knowledge and Information Service for week commencing Monday 21 January 2019  Looking for child protection research or resources? Ask us a question | Follow us @NSPCCpro | Search our library Child protection and safeguarding elearning courses The NSPCC has a range of online safeguarding and child protection training courses for anyone working or volunteering with children and young people. Read more on NSPCC Learning: NSPCC elearning: online courses Save the date: How safe are our children? 2019 conference The NSPCC’s child protection conference takes place on 25-26 June 2019 in London. Delegates can register their interest to take advantage of early bird ticket rates as soon as they are released. Read more on NSPCC Learning: Register your interest for How safe are our children? 2019 conference Physical punishment of children: Jersey The BBC reports that the States of Jersey has voted to repeal Article 79 of the Children (Jersey) Law 2002 which allowed the physical punishment of children by a parent if it was deemed reasonable. Source: BBC  Date: 15 January 2019 Read more on NSPCC Learning: Protecting children from physical abuse Elective home education The Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) for England has published its annual report for the period September 2017 to August 2018. The report includes statistics on the number of children local authorities reported as being electively home educated. Figures show that 52,770 children across all 152 local authorities in England were electively home educated on 29 March 2018. The report points out that parents are not required to register their children as electively home educated so this number is likely to be an underestimate. Reasons given for parents choosing to educate their children at home include: failure to secure a place at their preferred school, children’s unhappiness at school - often related to bullying - and older students' anxiety about going to school. Source:  OSA  Date: 17 January 2019 Further information: Office of the Schools Adjudicator annual report: September 2017 to August 2018 (PDF) Guardian   Care applications Cafcass has published its monthly care application statistics for England. In December 2018, Cafcass received 975 new care applications. This is 4.6% (47 applications) lower than December 2017. It is also the first December where the number of applications has been below 1,000 since 2014/15. Source: Cafcass  Date: 16 January 2019 Further information: Children & Young People Now  Changes to the education inspection framework: consultation Ofsted is consulting on proposals about how schools, early years settings and further education and skills providers in England are inspected, to take effect from September 2019. The consultation closes on 05 April 2019. Ofsted has also published the research evidence underpinning the education inspection framework. This includes summaries of research on creating a positive culture; bullying and discrimination; self belief, resilience and character; and physical and mental health. Source: Ofsted  Date: 16 January 2019 Further information: The education inspection framework (PDF)  Education inspection framework: overview of research (PDF) Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse awareness campaign The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has launched an awareness campaign to ensure victims and survivors of child sexual abuse in England and Wales have the opportunity to be heard at the Truth Project. The campaign, which includes a TV advertisement and social media activity, will run from 14 January until the end of February 2019. Source: IICSA Date: 14 January 2019  Read more on NSPCC Learning: Protecting children from sexual abuse Children and young people’s mental health The Welsh Government has announced funding of £7.1 million to protect, improve and support the mental health of children and young people in Wales. The funding is in addition to £1.4m being invested in a programme of mental health in-reach support to strengthen the support child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in schools in four pilot areas. Source: Welsh Government  Date: 14 January 2019  Safeguarding during adolescence Research in Practice (RiP) has published a briefing on the relationship between contextual, complex and transitional safeguarding during adolescence. The briefing outlines what is meant by the terms ‘complex safeguarding’, ‘contextual safeguarding’ and ‘transitional safeguarding’ and how these approaches overlap and complement each other. Source RiP  Date: 11 January 2019 Further information: Safeguarding during adolescence – the relationship between contextual safeguarding, complex safeguarding and transitional safeguarding (PDF) Read more on NSPCC Learning: Safeguarding children and child protection   Children with disabilities and severe complex needs: consultation NICE is consulting on a draft guideline for social workers, health professionals, practitioners and others working with children and young people who are disabled or have severe complex needs. This will also be used to develop the NICE quality standard for children and young people with disabilities and complex needs. The consultation closes on Tuesday 5 February 2019. Source: NICE Date: 08 January 2019 Further information: Children and young people with disabilities and severe complex needs: integrated health and social care support and service guidance (PDF)    Safer Internet Day 2019: education resources The UK Safer Internet Centre has created educational resources to support teachers and educators as part of Safer Internet Day on 5 February 2019. A range of education packs include presentations along with lesson plans suitable for children and young people of different ages. A series of films (SID TV) have been created which aim to engage children and young people and help start conversations in schools. Source: UK Safer Internet Centre   Date: 11 January 2019 Further information: Safer Internet Day - SID TV 2019 Read more on NSPCC Learning: Keeping children safe online - online course Multi-agency safeguarding arrangements The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has published an interim report describing the activity of the Safeguarding early adopters programme. NCB is working with 17 Early Adopter (EA) projects to put in place new local arrangements for multi-agency safeguarding as set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018. The interim report describes the activity of the programme to date and the approaches which EA projects are testing and implementing. Topics to be explored in upcoming activity include: practice issues; the role of the designated health professional; and a format for transfer of activity from the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) to the new multi-agency safeguarding partnership. Source: NCB  Date: 21 December 2018 Further information: Safeguarding early adopters developing the learning on multi-agency safeguarding arrangements: interim report (PDF) Safeguarding early adopters: overview of multi-agency safeguarding learning themes (PDF) Read more on NSPCC Learning: Working together to safeguard children guidance Traumatised children: adverse childhood experiences, care and CAMHS This conference, organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, takes place on 28 January 2019 in London. Source: Royal College of Psychiatrists  The child’s world: good assessment practice in challenging times This conference and book launch, organised by BASPCAN and Jessica Kingsley publishers, takes place on 18 March 2019 in York. Source: BASPCAN Knowledge and Information Service NSPCC Ask us a question | Follow us @NSPCCpro | Search our library