Woman faces jail after children suffered years of cruelty
A WOMAN who subjected two children to appalling neglect has been warned she faces jail for inflicting a lifetime of cruelty upon them.
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A WOMAN who subjected two children to appalling neglect has been warned she faces jail for inflicting a lifetime of cruelty upon them.
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THE recession must not be used as an excuse to backtrack on delivering children’s services, it is warned today.
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DISABLED people in Wales would lose more than £130m a year under UK Government plans to reorganise social care, figures released today by Plaid Cymru suggest.
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Against a background of prejudice and out-of-date assessments, six out of 10 parents with learning disabilities are having their children removed for adoption, research by Bristol University suggests.
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SOCIAL services workers in Liverpool took a total of 78 years off work sick in just the first nine months of 2009. Staff sickness totalled 28,727 days off between January and September, according to a Freedom of Information request submitted to Liverpool council.
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A £1.1 million boost will fund new social workers and improve vital systems needed to protect the borough’s most vulnerable children. Wokingham Borough Council’s children’s services department is to receive a one-off £1.1 million investment.
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A local authority social work department which was heavily criticised in two government inspection reports has got rid of almost four out of 10 members of staff in the last two years.
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A councillor has been suspended following his opposition to the creation of a new management post in his council’s social work department.
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A devastating new analysis of Scotland’s budget predicts that the country could see a spending shortfall of close on £3 billion within four years, placing some of devolution’s most cherished policies under threat.
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A RAPE crisis centre could be what North Ayrshire is missing – that was the finding of a special conference held in Irvine.
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