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Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  14 November 2018

Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMICFRS and HMI Probation, examined the multi-agency response to older child exploitation and children missing from home, care or education. This builds on findings from the 2016 report, ‘Time to listen’ – a joined up response to child sexual exploitation and missing children’.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  30 August 2018

Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. The police service also has a significant role working with other agencies to ensure the child’s protection and well-being, longer term. This is the report of an inspection of Merseyside Police.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  6 July 2018

This report is about the third joint targeted area inspection programme, which began in May 2017 and examined ‘the multi-agency response to older children who are living with neglect’. This report considers the most significant learning from six inspections of local authority areas with a focus on the neglect of older children.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  19 September 2017

A report examining the multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse, along with inspections of local area services.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  29 September 2016

This report sets out an overview of the five joint inspections of child sexual exploitation and missing children were published from February to August 2016.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  3 August 2016

Between 20 and 24 June 2016, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMI Constabulary and HMI Probation undertook a joint inspection of the multi-agency response to abuse and neglect in Liverpool. This inspection included a ‘deep dive’ focus on the response to child sexual exploitation and those missing from home, care or education.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  23 March 2016

Each year thousands of children go missing from their homes, although the majority of them return home or are found soon after, all children who go missing are potentially at risk of harm, and a significant number, because of their circumstances, will face the risk of sexual, criminal or economic exploitation.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  2 July 2015

This report sets out findings from our review of the business processes police forces in England and Wales use to collect, record, process, evaluate and share information in the wake of the mistakes that have been made in the handling of information relating to, and allegations of, sexual abuse.