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This guide is to help you and your business understand how to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on your platform.
What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.
Serious young offenders will be turned away from gangs and knife crime through rigorous education and training at the country’s first Secure School.
Why children are sent to custody, what it's like, visiting, advice and support
New age ratings to be introduced on Relationships, Sex and Health Education content in schools to ensure it is appropriately and sensitively taught.
This policy framework sets out statutory safeguarding duties for secure settings and escort providers in the Youth Custody Service (YCS).
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
This is the official one-stop shop for businesses on child online safety.
This policy framework sets out rules and guidance on the use of approved restraint techniques and restrictive physical interventions for staff at secure settings and escort providers in the Youth Custody Service (YCS).
The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
Children will be better protected from sexual predators under plans being brought forward by the Home Secretary.
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Principles and requirements which should be followed when separation or isolation is being considered or managed in under-18 Young Offender Institutions, Secure Training Centres and Secure Children’s Homes in England and Wales.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to establish a safe environment for children to positively interact with each other.
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
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