After promising last year to end child detention in failed asylum cases – and closing the notorious Yarl’s Wood unit – the government opened a smart new centre for deportees. But isn’t this still detention?
A NURSE at a children’s care unit has gone before a misconduct hearing after a series of incidents at the home.
A MENTAL health nurse at a Northampton care home allegedly paid patients in cash, cigarettes and sherry for sexual favours, and dragged one resident across the floor “like a rag doll”, a panel heard.
Care leavers face a postcode lottery in support when they attempt to set up home, with local authority grants to ease the transition to independent living ranging from £750 to £2,500, an investigation by CYP Now has uncovered.
Angus Council has suspended four employees in the wake of the death of a 74-year-old woman.
A SCOTTISH local authority has been criticised for scrapping free private nursery places for children in a controversial cost-saving move.
More than 50 children have been trafficked into the UK this year for the purpose of sexual exploitation, a report by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) Centre has revealed.
The abolition of star ratings for care homes and homecare services is now being called into question, as there’s no way of knowing which services are better than others
Liverpool City Council has awarded a contract to support people from the BME community who suffer domestic violence to Amadudu.
A home care provider run by Kensington and Chelsea Council has been put into liquidation, costing taxpayers nearly £300,000.
