Source: NSPCC 

Date: 27 July 2022

The NSPCC has published a news story around unsupervised children in the summer holidays. Findings include: the NSPCC helpline received 6,017 contacts in 2020/21 about children left at home without adult supervision, an increase of a fifth compared to 2019/20; and 60% of the 2020/21 contacts to the helpline were serious enough to pass on to the police or social services. The story includes guidance for parents and carers on making decisions about their child’s supervision needs.

Read the news story: NSPCC Helpline predicts rise in calls as children are left home alone during the school summer holidays

Source: NSPCC Learning

Date: 23 June 2022

The NSPCC has created new PANTS resources to keep children who communicate using Makaton safe from sexual abuse. PANTS (the five underwear rules) supports parents and carers to have conversations with their child to help keep them safe from sexual abuse. The resources include Makaton guides explaining the rules and setting out the importance of having these conversations with children.

Access the resources: Working with diverse groups

Online sexual abuse

Source: The Lucy Faithfull Foundation

Date: 27 June 2022

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation has released a new paper which summarises research they initiated into harmful sexual behaviour. The paper discusses technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviour (TA-HSB) and evaluates their ROSA project which was set up to provide support to help combat TA-HSB. Findings include: 38% of young people referred to the ROSA project self-produced sexual images of themselves or others and 28% were exploited solely online. The paper notes the positive short-term impacts of the project and recommends wider access to training and support. 

Read the news story: The Faithfull papers
Download the report: The ROSA project: the prevention and early intervention of technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviours (PDF)

See also on NSPCC Learning 
> Harmful sexual behaviour

Source: NSPCC Learning 

Date:  09 June

NSPCC Learning has published a CASPAR briefing which provides a summary of the updated statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance for schools in England. The briefing sets out changes introduced in the guidance which will be effective from 01 September 2022.

Read the CASPAR briefing: A summary of changes introduced by Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2022

Source: NSPCC Learning

Date: 01 June 2022

NSPCC Learning has published a CASPAR briefing summarising the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s recent review of child protection in England. The briefing sets out the background to the review and outlines key findings and national recommendations put forward by the Panel. 

Read the CASPAR briefing: The national review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson: CASPAR briefing