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04/08/26
Modest income boosts could reduce child protection interventions, study suggests
New research linking benefits and children's social care records finds that tackling financial hardship could help prevent families' needs escalating and reduce demand on child protection services.
Mental Health
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30/07/26
New AI model could improve accuracy of mental health diagnoses, researchers say
Researchers at Keele and Nottingham universities have developed an "emotionally aware" artificial intelligence model that they say could help clinicians identify mental health conditions more accurately by better recognising emotional cues in written text.
Children's
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29/07/26
Online child sexual abuse is 'as serious online as in person', major survivor study finds
New research involving nearly 25,000 survivors of child sexual abuse warns that online abuse is often minimised despite causing severe and lasting harm, with researchers calling for stronger recognition, legislation and support.
Adults'
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28/07/26
Skills for Care's new leadership framework: A welcome step – but does it go far enough?
Skills for Care recently published its Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF), a new national resource designed to support leadership development across England's adult social care workforce.
Children's, Adults'
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24/07/26
Beyond recognition: Why the Strategy for Roma and Traveller Inclusion matters
On 2 July 2026, the Council of Europe (CoE) Roma and Travellers Division came to the UK Westminster Parliament to launch the first full CoE strategy for Roma and Traveller rights across Europe. Allison Hulmes, Romani and Traveller Representative for the International Federation of Social Workers shares her reflections.
Children's
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24/07/26
Training to help practitioners understand children's digital lives amid online safety reforms
As the government prepares to introduce a social media ban for under-16s, the University of Kent's Centre for Child Protection is highlighting training designed to help social workers and other safeguarding professionals better understand online harms from a child's perspective.
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