Manchester United and England football captain Wayne Rooney has signed up as the NSPCC’s first ambassador for childhood. The striker, a father of two boys, will help the charity fight
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A brand new set of standards for senior social work supervisors and leaders has been unveiled this week by the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, Isabelle Trowler. The
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A study by researchers at the University of York and Crisis shows how intervening to help people when they first become homeless makes good economic sense, saving between £3,000 and
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The average cost of a care home now exceeds £29,000 a year after rising by more than £700 over the past 12 months, according to figures compiled by a nursing
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Children’s charity Kids Company is being investigated by police officers specialising in sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse. Scotland Yard said it was looking into “a number of allegations of
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A trafficking victim who was forced into prostitution around Europe after being groomed to believe she was going to be a model has spoken of her relief at finding refuge
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Children may be at risk of abuse because of a “postcode lottery” in disclosures made under the paedophile warning system known as Sarah’s Law, campaigners claim. In some parts of
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Unpaid carers to people with terminal cancer are providing health and social care worth £219 million each year – but health experts have warned that the Government is going to
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Social services are struggling to cope with a surge in the number of children claiming asylum in the wake of the Calais crisis, a council chief has warned. Paul Carter,
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Decisions on when patients are reaching the end of their life should be taken by a number of health experts rather than relying on the medical opinion of just one
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