michelle turner

Children who have been victims of crime are among the most vulnerable in our society. Yet children face a postcode lottery when it comes to support services. They must be recognised in the #VictimsBill, with their individual needs and requirements provided for - in law.

It's extraordinary that when a parent is convicted for sexually abusing their child, they maintain parental responsibility. This can never be in the best interests of a child. Govt have the opportunity to extend #JadesLaw and protect children and put this right #VictimsBill

🤝Most of us have somebody we can turn to for practical and emotional support, but this is often not the case for children in care. 🟢Support our campaign to make sure every child in care and every care leaver is connected to people who care about them. 👇 ow.ly/T7fk50QwTyw

This is more evidence as to why Govt must accept amendments in the #VictimsBill, to curtail parental responsibility for those convicted of sex offences against their child, and ban parental alienation being used against victims. Family courts are failing to manage risk @MoJGovUK

@nazirafzal Always on the right focus ❤️

You’re going to hear a lot about Scarlett Jenkinson & Eddie Ratcliffe being named as murderers, that’s all I’m being asked to do interviews about The only name we should remember is Brianna Ghey

The flexible fund is available to survivors in England & Wales who are receiving support from a local Women's Aid member service, or sector delivery partner. This includes those with no recourse to public fund. You do not have to be in temporary accommodation to access the fund.

"Whether we recognise it or not, the accumulated stress of social work stacks up over time. All that pressure and vicarious trauma has to go somewhere" mysocialworknews.com/article/these-…

I am privileged to work on large datasets of women and girls’ experiences of abuse, violence and crime against them. Here’s what I know from looking at over 30,000 women and girls’ experiences in the last 4 years: 🧮 There is absolutely no pattern that I can see in who is targeted and abused, and who isn’t. Every correlational test to explore age, income, ethnicity, disability, ACE score etc comes up with nothing. For me, all this does is confirm that VAWG doesn’t discriminate, and we’ve all been led to believe that only certain women and girls are vulnerable and targeted by perps. 🧮 Sexuality is changing, a LOT. In the adult samples I have, around 11% of women report being lesbian or bisexual, versus around 40% of girls aged under 18. The younger the woman/girl, the more likely she is to be lesbian or bisexual. 🧮 Girls under 18 are reporting more violence against them than the adult women who have been alive longer than them. 🧮 VAWG is an extremely common experience, but it does seem to vary around the UK. In some areas, there can be up to 15% more VAWG than others. 🧮 Some common, recurring findings across the samples are that rape by coercion or manipulation is common (around a third), being accused of being mentally ill is very common (around 1 in 2), being stalked is common (just over a third), receiving non-consensual dick pics is very common (over two thirds) and threats to kill are common (just over a third). This is just a fraction of what we measure. 🧮 Girls under 18 are much more likely to report female perps including girlfriends, female friends, female exes etc. They are most likely to report coercive control by female perps but they are also more likely to report physical violence by female perps than adult women (around 40% of perps reported are female in the U18 data, versus around 20% in the O18 data). 🧮 In adult women, the most likely perpetrators of all forms of violence are husbands, boyfriends, male friends, and male strangers. 🧮 But in the U18 samples we have collected, the most likely perpetrators male strangers, then boyfriends, male friends, and then mum and dad. In two of our U18 samples (N=820), the most common perp of sexual violence reported by girls was male strangers, which is completely different from the adult samples. 🧮 When it comes to reporting, adult women are more likely to report than teen girls. Between 10-28% of adult women say they reported what happened to them to the police. When teen girls were asked the same, only 1-4% say they reported what happened to them to police. 🧮 Finally, and because I could go on forever, in BOTH girls and women, in a sample of over 30,000, the most common reason they gave for not reporting abuse or rape to police was ‘I didn’t know it was a crime’ with over 50% of adult women and girls choosing this option. We’ve been really lucky to work with police forces, schools, universities, companies, charities, and thousands of individual women over the last few years, and we have been able to hone our studies and methodology to be higher and higher quality as time has moved on. I hope to keep adding to this dataset and some others we are working on, so we can explore such valuable insights. Ultimately though, as a psychologist and researcher with access to one of the biggest sets of self-reported VAWG data, I would mostly like to use it to build free resources, understand what women and girls need across my lifespan and my career, and so I can invest in the right things. I want to be able to use the data to help women and girls realise that it was never their fault, that they did nothing to deserve or bring the abuse on themselves, and that VAWG is extremely common - it’s not a flaw of themselves, and it is not about them as a person. Thank you for reading! Jess

Nick Cave's performance of A Rainy Night in SoHo for Shane MacGowan at St Mary's of the Rosary yesterday was one for all the ages. 🙏💕twitter.com/gavreilly/stat…

We know there has been a lot of discussion about sexual violence and abuse in the media today, which could be triggering for victims and survivors. If you’re impacted by anything you read or watch today, we are here for you. rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/

So true Kevin! Authentic relational practice alongside leaders who believe in the journey being the most important part, not the destination. We enjoy the evolution of learning with and alongside colleagues using humility and respect. @Danjohnson02

Praise for council’s support for young care leavers - We are delighted that our work with young people in care and care leavers has been recognised. We are on an amazing journey and always on the look out for great Social Workers to join us. yo1radio.co.uk/news/community…

Thank you to everyone for a great day at our Speak Up and Celebrate Event 👏 What a day! @smtimyork @martinkelly_2 @CityofYork

Do you have a strong understanding of the multi-agency safeguarding arrangements? Are you able to think strategically and exercise sound independent judgement on complex and sensitive issues? If yes, you could be the perfect candidate to join the Panel. bit.ly/CSPRPHealth

'Why social work needs to become more skilled in kinship care' - Community Care #Echobox=1690363902" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">communitycare.co.uk/2022/05/03/why…

@lemnsissay Absolutely. I stand by you 100%

ICYMI: Last week we wrote to @Jeremy_Hunt calling for the non-taxable mileage allowance rate to be raised. Nobody should be penalised financially for doing their job. It's time for a fair and reasonable increase. 🚗 Read ⬇️ basw.co.uk/media/news/202…

Our Advice and Advocacy Service webchat has regular hours on Mondays and Wednesdays. Our advisers are real people - not bots - offering free, confidential, expert advice on child welfare and family justice. Join us at 2pm! 👇 frg.org.uk/get-help-and-a…

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