Moray’s child protection services have made significant improvements, a new report has revealed. Details of a follow-up inspection of protection services for children and young people in Moray were published by HM Inspectorate of education yesterday.
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Child protection services leaders in England are warning of a “perfect storm”, with expected funding cuts coming as numbers of referrals rise.
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CASH-STRAPPED council chiefs on Thursday agreed to start charging some of the region’s most vulnerable residents for services many currently get for free.
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A care worker in the Black Country lost his temper with an 85-year-old patient, slapping him around the head twice and pulling his collar so it choked him, magistrates were told.
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Seven in ten social workers say they have experienced situations where they have been unable to protect a child because of the constraints of the job they do, according to the findings of a major BASW survey of the profession.
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A retired academic from Suffolk who specialised in childcare has been jailed after admitting a string of child pornography charges, prosecutors said.
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BASW Scotland convenor Graeme Rizza has written to the first minister Alex Salmond urging him to help safeguard social work services from Westminster spending cuts and offer the same recognition for social services as is currently given to the health sector.
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FAMILIES or individuals in Moray could be paid to take in and care for pensioners and disabled people, it emerged yesterday.
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Moray Council is devoting too many resources to comply with the demands of Scottish Government inspectors, it was claimed yesterday.
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A SHOCK report will reveal a huge surge in the number of Borders children deemed “at risk” and requiring safe placements provided by the social work department of Scottish Borders Council.
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