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    Placement choice and decisions for looked-after children

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    Initial meetings with young people: an intersectional and systemic approach

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    Safeguarding Black girls from child sexual abuse: messages from research

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    Sexual abuse of boys: messages from research to support recognition and disclosure

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    Deprivation of liberty and parental consent: Re D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42

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    Section 20 (England)/Section 76 (Wales): putting the guidance from case law into practice

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