24 Hour Domestic Violence Help-line

LGA article by Margaret McGlade on Safety and Justice and children effected by domestic violence

'This action research project was developed in partnership with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and Middlesex University. It focused on case studies of 55 young women at risk of, or experiencing, sexual exploitation and/or prostitution. The work drew on the young women’s own stories about the choices and opportunities available to them in their transition to adulthood.'

This document sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. It is addressed to practitioners and front-line managers who have particular responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and to senior and operational managers,

Commission for Social Care Inspection (CCSCI). -The Commission conducted this special study to assess the extent to which agencies are being effective in ensuring that problems that undermine people ’s ability to parent their children are recognised and addressed – whether they come to the attention of adult services or children ’s services.

Nottingham City Council Children's Plan

This research summary is based on research carried out by Michele Burman and Fred Cartmel from the University of Glasgow. It reprots on research with young people living in Scotland (14 - 18) who were asked about their views about different kinds of violent, coercive and abusive acts...

Unicef and Bodyshop partnership report published in June 2006 on the impact of domestic violence across the globe.

Local Government Association Guidelines to local Children's Commissioners...

Preliminary executive summary from the DFES and Royal Holloway University of London. The study was carried out during the period October 2002 to June 2005. It aimed to: explore how children’s social care responds to families where problems require the intervention of both adult and children's services; identify the factors that enable different agencies to successfully work together at the various stages of assessment, planning, service delivery and review; explore children’s and parent’s experiences of professional interventions – what factors do they find most supportive. Six English local authorities participated in the study.

The Open University : Wendy Rose and Julie Barnes The overall aim of this second biennial study was to prepare an overview of findings from a selection of case reviews undertaken during 2001-2003.