Our Trustee Dr Ciaran Murphy talks to the media about the tragic death of 2 year old Bronson Battersby who died by his father’s side in Skegness and has prompted a rapid review LBC Interview - Wednesday 17th January 2024 https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/uk/episodes/2zGtXXbMm3M3wbfzk154JMnXKG/ The Times Radio Interview - Thursday 18th January 2024 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20240118-16899/2024-01-18 ..read more

The Association of Child Protection Professionals welcomes the publication of the revised guidance on Working Together to Safeguard Children following extensive consultation with relevant stakeholders (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2). The renewed emphasis in the guidance on the importance of strong multi agency partnership working across the whole system of help, support and protection for children and their families aligns with our core mission and we particularly welcome this ..read more

Our Trustee Dr Ciaran Murphy talks to Sky News about the 19% rise in child deaths in lockdown ..read more

Trustee Kelechi Ukandu speaks to Sky News in the case of the missing baby of Mark Gordon and Constance Marten ..read more

The government has sought to address “confusion” among practitioners that is preventing them from sharing information to safeguard children at risk. Consultative guidance issued last week is designed to address concerns that staff are not sharing information without consent, contributing to what government safeguarding advisers have dubbed the “perennial problem” of inadequate knowledge exchange in child protection cases. https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/25/government-bids-to-clear-up-practitioner-confusion-on-information-sharing ..read more

Those “furthest away” from Finley Boden made decisions about him, a social work academic has said. Speaking to Sky News, Dr Ciaran Murphy criticised the decision making that led to Finley’s return to his parents, particularly the apparent lack of weight magistrates placed on his social worker’s opinion. https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/02/councils-increasingly-using-golden-hellos-to-attract-social-workers ..read more

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden are sentenced at Derby Crown Court for the murder of their 10-month-old son Finley Boden. Finley died on Christmas Day in 2020 following a campaign of abuse by Marsden and Boden, which left him with 150 injuries including multiple bone breaks, fractures, bruises, and burns ..read more

In this opinion piece Senior Lecturer in Social Work Dr Ciaran Murphy examines England’s children’s social care system following the government’s announcement that it will increase funding for the service.  https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/opinion-social-workers-smaller-workloads-and-more-funding/  ..read more

Social workers have limited discretion when safeguarding children. Policy, procedures and workflows largely determine the actions which social workers can take. However, this is not always in the best interests of the children being protected. In this episode I speak to Dr Ciarán Murphy whose research explores the role of discretion in child protection social work. He identifies the spaces in which social workers can exercise discretion, providing evidence of how a ‘child-centred’ child protection system could work. Dr Ciarán Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Edge Hill University’s ..read more

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