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The Act also placed a duty on all agencies to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children [11] In 2006 the government released Working Together to Safeguard Children, which set out the ways in which organizations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children.
The provisions of court welfare services were the subject of two reviews. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) [3] and a subsequent review [4] conducted jointly by the Home Office, the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the Department of Health concluded that a new integrated service subsuming these functions could improve service to the courts, better safeguard the interests of children ...
Working in Partnership Programme (WiPP) [1] was launched in England in 2004 under the new general medical services (nGMS) contract to support doctors in general practice by providing them with innovative ideas on how to improve services for the public.
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) in the United Kingdom are co-operative arrangements formed between numerous safeguarding focused organisations, with the aim of close collaborative working to put the victim at the heart of all decisions whilst removing to as great an extent as possible any inter-agency rivalries or politics. [1]
Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.
For example, in 2010 Warwickshire County Council commissioned an SCR following the death of 27-year old Gemma Hayter, because "a vulnerable adult had died and abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor in the death; and the case gives rise to concerns about the way in which local professionals and/or services work together to ...
AFRUCA (Africans Unite Against Child Abuse) is a UK charity, established in 2001 by Modupe Debbie Ariyo OBE, as a platform for advocating for the rights and welfare of African Children. AFRUCA was set up in response to the deaths of African children in the UK such as Damilola Taylor , Jude Akapa, and Victoria Climbie who suffered abuse.
The DCF was created in July 2006 with the dedicated goal to serve and safeguard the most vulnerable children and families in the state. It has evolved to be more inclusive of the extended community. As of 2018, there were approximately 6,600 employees. [2]