Skip to content.

Safeguarding children with disabilities and complex health needs in residential settings: CASPAR briefing

Publication date April 2023

The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s national safeguarding practice review into safeguarding children with disabilities and complex needs in residential settings1 in England. The review was divided into two phases, the first looking at learning at the local level, and the second looking at implications at the national level.  

Our briefing summarises findings from the two phases of the review.

  • Phase one was published as a report, in October 2022, looked at allegations of abuse and neglect of children in private residential settings in Doncaster that were operated by the Hesley Group.
  • Phase two report, published in April 2023, looked at systemic issues arising from the first report; and recommendations to improve the lives of children with disabilities and complex health needs living in residential settings.

References

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (2023) Safeguarding children with disabilities in residential settings [Accessed 20/04/2023]
Safeguarding children with disabilities and complex health needs in residential settings
Download the report (PDF)

CASPAR briefings

Our CASPAR briefings help people working or volunteering with children and young people understand changes to safeguarding and child protection policy and guidance. They also summarise key research and reports from independent bodies such as Ofsted or the Care Inspectorate.

> See the full list of briefings