The document outlines the new civil definition of child sexual exploitation, developed by the Home Office and DfE, together with an overview of our current understanding of the issue and an evidence-informed set of principles for responding.

This collection of annexes accompanies the publication entitled ‘Definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation.’

The advice presented in this report is non-statutory, and has been produced to help practitioners, local leaders and decision makers who work with children and families to identify child sexual exploitation and take appropriate action in response.

Foster carers in the UK find working within the system challenging. 

This article examines the ethics of forcing women to take birth control by sharing experiences of women who are part of the Pause program. 

A report presented to the House of Commons found 65% rise in the number of children separated from their parents.

Adoptive father and social worker Al Coates discusses the non-binary nature of adoption and the need for adoption to evolve with the progression of society as it reframes what family looks like. 

According to this article from The Australian approximately 1,000 children from the “Jungle Camp” in Calais remain in limbo in France.

This review is intended to provide Barnardo’s with an overview of what ‘direct work’ with young people entails in the context of CSE.

This Dossier aims to show the extent of the problem of children being taken into care in the UK and the trauma of family separation, the supporting evidence self-help groups of mothers are beginning to get from professionals, and to make proposals for action.