In November 2017, the Department for Education (DfE) released statistics about the characteristics of those assessed as Children in Need in England in 2016-17, SFR 61/2017, 2 November 2017. Of the 389,430 children assessed as Children in Need during this period, mental health issues were identified as a factor in just under 40% of all…
Domestic violence and abuse was a factor in just under 50% of all assessments that identified Children in Need in England in 2016-17, according to the Department for Education. This involved domestic violence against children directly, that they witnessed someone else being abused or both. As I talk to Designated Safeguarding Leads around the country,…
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