More than 85% of adults would not foster a child, charity’s survey finds
More than eight in 10 adults are unlikely to become foster carers, a charity said, warning of a fostering crisis. Over 85% of UK adults surveyed on behalf of Action
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Prosecutors in education call as number of child-on-child sex offences grows in Scotland
The number of cases involving a child committing a sexual offence against another child aged 17 or under reported to prosecutors has risen by more than a third in four
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Lord Chief Justice warns of family courts crisis over volume of social services applications
Family court judges have a crisis on their hands because council social services bosses are making more applications for children to be taken from the care of parents, the most
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Children’s ‘cultural heritage’ must be considered in care placement – judge
Council social workers may not be able to find carers who are an “ethnic match” for five children taken from home in the wake of concern about their parents’ drug
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No charges against Rotherham social workers despite widespread systemic failures
A new series of reports into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal have been branded a “completely wasted opportunity” by the town’s MP Sarah Champion after they concluded individual senior
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Reports: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council CSE Independent Investigations
Six investigations were commissioned by Rotherham Council, in 2014 and 2015, following the findings of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (Jay Report), and the “Report of
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Judge approves plan which sees six children taken into care after ‘hopelessly unstable family life’
Six children have been taken from the care of a couple whose “fundamental” disagreements over parenting led to “turbulence and worse” in their home. A family court judge said the
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Care professionals let needs of killer mother ‘overshadow’ needs of daughter – report
A toddler was stamped to death by her mother after care professionals allowed concern for the killer to “overshadow” the child’s needs, a serious case review has found. The report
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Report: Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board – Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith – Serious Case Review
This overview report summarises the findings of an independently led Serious Case Review (SCR) commissioned by the Chair of Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB). It concerns Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith, described by
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Placement of Christian girl with Muslim foster parents ‘not random exercise’
The mayor of Tower Hamlets Council has insisted the authority looked “very carefully at the appropriate matching” following a case where a five-year-old girl from an English-speaking Christian family was
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