Vulnerable children failed by new laws meant to protect them
Vulnerable children have been failed by Government guidelines designed to protect their welfare during court battles, an official report has warned.
Vulnerable children have been failed by Government guidelines designed to protect their welfare during court battles, an official report has warned.
A group of north-east pensioners and their carers returning from a theme-park trip had a lucky escape yesterday when their minibus left a rural road and crashed into a tree.
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COUNCIL leader Iain Robertson has hit out at inspectors for failing to fully recognise the outstanding performance of West Dunbartonshire’s social work and education services.
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A SOCIAL worker who was responsible for the welfare of some of Clydebank’s most vulnerable children is facing serious allegations of misconduct.
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The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?
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TWO senior officers in Wirral Council’s social services department – suspended from work for nine months after a Globe report into an alleged cover up of serious financial abuse of vulnerable people – are set for a shock return to work this week.
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Two women have gone on trial accused of the ill-treatment and neglect of elderly residents in a care home. Kathryn Mary Broadley, 59, and Tina Taylor, 53, are alleged to have ill-treated five elderly women aged between 77 and 90 at Sycamore House Care Home, in Wawne Road, Bransholme.
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New powers are to be introduced to enable the justice secretary, Jack Straw, to send in a team of experts to take over failing youth offending teams with powers to remove ineffective staff.
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THE man in charge of all council-run children’s homes in Salford is facing the sack after being accused of gross misconduct. Mike Kelly is due to attend a disciplinary hearing in the near future.
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The UK will play a leading role in coordinated European action to tackle dementia from today (22 July 2009).
A new initiative launched by the European Commission has adopted proposals to tackle Alzheimer’s disease, dementias and other neurodegenerative conditions. The UK is one of ten countries that will lead research aimed at tackling shared health and social care problems.
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