Service Description: LACES is the Isle of Wight Children’s Services Looked after Children’s Education Service. LACES are a small team working to improve the educational attainment and participation of children and young people in public care. LACES provide support, advice, information and training to Social Workers, Designated Teachers and Parents/Carers. The team also provide targeted support to children and young people in care.
Also known as:- LACES
Answer: Child abuse is the ill treatment or neglect of a child by an adult or young person resulting in the child suffering significant harm. Abuse of a child can be sexual, physical, emotional or neglect. Child abuse and neglect occurs to children of both sexes, of all ages, and in all cultures and social classes. Things can go wrong for all sorts of reasons in any kind of family at any time, which sometimes means that children suffer as a result.