A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who continued to abuse young boys after confessing to having sexual contact with a pupil has been jailed for more than 20
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The Government has announced plans to ban local authorities from placing vulnerable children in unregulated accommodation amid growing concern over grooming and county lines drug gangs. Under the plans, all
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Two residential child care workers from Gwynedd have been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales after a hearing found their fitness to practise was impaired because
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The Independent Care Review has today called for a radical overhaul of Scotland’s ‘care system’ and published, for the first time, the human and economic cost of the current provision
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A three-year independent review has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ of Scotland’s care system, making more than 80 recommendations to completely reform the system. Launched by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has met the challenge of listening to more than 1,000 care experienced young people as they discuss the changes they want to see to the system
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Listen and learn were the watchwords for a new review which aims to transform how Scotland deals with the consequences of family breakdown, writes Ewan Aitken. On 5 February, the
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A vulnerable teenage girl may be temporarily placed in Airbnb accommodation by council social services staff because a suitable specialist unit cannot be found, a High Court judge has been
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Moving children into out-of-area placements away from their local authorities has left more children at risk of exploitation, a Labour MP has said. Labour’s Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a report on the deaths of looked after children in Scotland. The report draws attention to themes emerging from notifications received by the Care
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