A CARE home in Deeside was evacuated after a fire broke out. Residents and staff were forced to make an emergency escape from Aston Hall Care Home on Saturday (January 8) after the blaze started in a first-floor store room.
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Changes to a national organisation tackling child sex abuse could be dangerous, its former chief has said.
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A social worker has admitted ignoring warnings that a two-year-old girl was being abused, a week before the toddler was murdered by her mother’s partner.
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A review of Kent’s child protection services has identified more than 500 cases which raise cause for concern.
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Funding for more GP-style social work practices for looked-after children has been approved, the Department for Education has announced.
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Police investigating a group of men who allegedly groomed young girls for sex in Rochdale have made a series of arrests.
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Vulnerable children in Dundee are at direct risk of sexual exploitation, a leading charity has claimed.
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Leading Scottish Children’s Charity – Aberlour Child Care Trust – has asked for Scotland’s decision makers to approach the vital issue of how we address autism in a more joined up way.
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AGEING binge drinkers are being neglected by Wales’ alcohol abuse programmes, it is claimed today.
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The National Gold Standards Framework Centre, the provider of the UK’s largest end of life care training programme for care homes, has welcomed news of its endorsement by the National Skills Academy for Social Care.
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