Child Q: Councillors call for resignation of Hackney police borough commander
‘We no longer see you occupying the role of Borough Commander as a tenable option for our borough’
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Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children
Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present
Met Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school
Report finds it unjustified and says racism “likely” to have been an influencing factor
Cases of self-neglect and cuckooing have risen during the pandemic, safeguarding report finds
Psychological abuse also up compared to last year’s figures
Cuts to embattled children’s services could have ‘serious impact’, union warns council
Explosive letter from Unison relays claims from staff about management failures inside a department that is still in Ofsted’s crosshairs
Voice of children being ‘stifled’ during pandemic, council warns
Leading officers speak of concerns about the lack of coverage of young people’s experiences of lockdown
Town Hall praised for ‘radical new approach’ to tackling criminal exploitation
Shift in focus of social work to schools, communities and the internet commended by independent review panel
‘We don’t use WhatsApp’: Young people deliver Snapchat training to council safeguarding officers
‘Paradigm shift’ in social care underway as Town Hall presents new approach of contextualised safeguarding
Abuse and neglect reports double in Hackney, rising at twice national rate
Council points to awareness campaign as numbers jump from 660 to 1,261
Risk of ‘Rotherham’ situation warns Hackney councillor in unregistered Orthodox Jewish schools row
Local rabbis bemoan Ofsted’s “agenda” as concerns raised over lack of safeguarding and “missing” children
Leader – Foster care sex child abuse scandal demands policy review
Rape and sexual assault of five girls by foster carer could have been prevented
Foster care child sex abuse could happen again, warns Hackney safeguarding chief
‘Huge risk’ of further sexual abuse, as police body rules out policy review