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Housing and safeguarding children
NSPCC Learning has published a Learning from case reviews briefing on housing. It summarises the key issues and learning for improved practice for housing services and providers from a sample of case reviews published between 2020 and 2023. The briefing highlights that housing professionals need to: understand their responsibility to recognise and respond to safeguarding and child protection concerns, even if the accommodation itself poses no issues; work effectively with other agencies and actively share their knowledge about families; and consider the needs of the whole family and the role of the local area in meeting those needs.
Read the briefing: Housing: learning from case reviews
