Suicide by children and young people

The University of Manchester has published findings from a study of  suicide by children and young people aged under 25 in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015. Information collected on 922 suicides includes: 9% of under 20s who died had been looked after children, and self-harm was reported in 52% of under 20′s and 41% of 20-24 year olds who died.

Source: University of Manchester  Date: 13 July 2017

  http://research.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/cmhs/research/centreforsuicideprevention/nci/reports/cyp_2017_report.pdf

Website to support school and college staff to keep children and young people safe

The Centre for Research on Children and Families at the University of East Anglia (UEA), has launched a website to support school and college staff in understanding abuse and neglect from the child or young person’s point of view. The iCAN website includes free training materials and resources for schools and colleges, and a framework to help teachers and other school and college staff to be alert to children and young people who may be experiencing abuse or neglect, and to better understand: to what extent children and young people recognise maltreatment and how they decide whether to tell someone about it; how they may show their distress, even when they can’t talk about it; and what children and young people think about the help they receive.

Source: UEA  Date: 17 July 2017

http://www.uea.ac.uk/ican/

Children's Commissioners Report on Vulnerability

"New analysis from the Children’s Commissioner for England reveals, for the first time, the scale of vulnerability among children in England. These reports bring together a range of information held by various government departments, agencies and others. Its initial analysis reveals a host of shocking statistics about the number of children living in vulnerable situations."

• Over half a million children so vulnerable that the state has to step in

• 670,000 children in England growing up in ‘high risk’ family situations

• Thousands of children living with adults in treatment for drink or drugs

• 800,000 children suffering from mental health difficulties

• Tens of thousands of children involved with gangs

• Over a thousand new child victims of slavery each year

• Many more children under the radar, not being seen

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/publication/childrens-commissioners-report-on-vulnerability/