Child protection

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Safeguarding children and young people - roles and competencies

To protect children and young people from harm and help improve their wellbeing, all health staff must have the competencies to recognise child maltreatment and take effective action as appropriate to their role. This page introduces the safeguarding competencies for all health staff (known as the I...

Looked after children

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Children in need of help and protection - consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Department for Education's call for evidence on the educational outcomes for children of help and protection. We highlighted the need for collaboration between schools, social care and paediatrics to ensure children’s needs are being met across all sectors.

Community services

Learning disability or learning difficulty

Looked after children

Poverty

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Emotional abuse and emotional neglect - online learning

These can be some of the hardest issues for health and social care professionals to deal with in terms of safeguarding children. Being able to recognise and manage emotional abuse and neglect in a coordinated multiagency approach can ensure children get the help and support they need.

Safeguarding

Child protection

Sexual abuse

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Exploitation of children and young people - online learning

Children and young people are at risk of exploitation in a growing number of ways. To help keep them safe, health and social care professionals need to understand how this can happen, the different types of exploitation children may be exposed to, the signs to look out for and what can be done to mi...

Safeguarding

Child protection

Sexual abuse

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Equal Protection from Assault (Scotland) - consultation response

In January 2019 we responded to the Scottish Parliament Equalities and Human Rights Committee consultation on the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill. We support the proposal to abolish the defence of reasonable chastisement.

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Being me - supporting children and young people

What keeps children in care happy, healthy and well? Care-experienced children and young people worked with RCPCH &Us to create these free resources, including 'health and wellbeing passports', a poster and games to help share who they are, how they are feeling and what support they would like - as ...

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Looked after children

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Adverse childhood experiences – consultation response

In 2017 we responded to the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into evidence-based early-years intervention.

Health policy

Infant health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

Safeguarding

Child protection

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Domestic abuse – consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on transforming the response to domestic abuse. We support Government proposals to introduce a new statutory definition of domestic abuse, increase young people’s awareness and understanding of healthy relationships and focus on the prev...

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Restraint and restrictive intervention – consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Department of Health & Social Care’s consultation on their draft guidance for reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention for children with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and mental health needs. We welcome the aim to eliminate the inappr...

Mental health

Autism

Learning disability or learning difficulty

Health policy

Safeguarding

Child protection

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Care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery – consultation response

We responded to the Department for Education in 2017 with recommendations that child health professionals be included in the assessment process to determine whether a child is the victim of modern slavery and human trafficking. Government must allocate more financial resource in order for Local Auth...