‘Broken’ social work department accused of failing city children
EDUCATION leader Marilyne MacLaren has branded the council’s social work department “broken” amid fresh evidence of it failing dozens of vulnerable children in the city.
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EDUCATION leader Marilyne MacLaren has branded the council’s social work department “broken” amid fresh evidence of it failing dozens of vulnerable children in the city.
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Public Health Minister Shona Robison is expected to be taken to task today over the shock decision to close a specialist dementia care home in Aberdeen.
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The number of adults falling victim to verbal, sexual abuse and financial exploitation in Edinburgh has increased by more than 70% in six months.
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Social care workers who look after older and disabled people have had a raw deal under successive governments and should be paid more and given greater status, says the health secretary, Andy Burnham.
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The government’s campaign to recruit 5,000 more social workers has already attracted 6,800 enquiries, just a week after it launched.
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The Baby Peter tragedy has made a positive impact on the number of young people entering the child welfare profession, says Kent County Hall’s social work chief.
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Aberdeen City Council’s social work director yesterday pledged that dementia sufferers will receive the same standard of care when their specialist unit is shut down later this year.
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The mother of a nine-year-old boy tortured by two brothers aged 10 and 11 plans to sue Social Services over the attack. She is furious authorities failed to monitor the “little savages” who subjected her son and his 11-year-old uncle to a horrific ordeal – and wants to work with James Bulger’s mum for tougher laws on child yobs.
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Many more children need to be taken into care at birth to stop them being damaged beyond repair by inadequate parents, the chief executive of the children’s charity Barnardo’s has told the Observer.
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A council boss has denied children are at risk because social workers are struggling to keep up with demand. Matt Dunkley spoke out after Ofsted inspectors urged for more social workers to be employed by East Sussex County Council to tackle the huge rise in child protection referrals following the tragic case of Baby P.
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