The Northern Ireland Social Care Council have hosted a presentation by Montserrat Fargas Malet (pictured) from Queens University Belfast of the findings of a longitudinal study which has been tracking
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A police inspector used his position and “connections with authority” to sexually abuse two teenagers while running a “naughty boy school” in North Wales, a court heard. Former superintendent Gordon
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A “cruel and sadistic” carer molested boys at a Catholic children’s home and terrorised them with a punishment known as The Clappers, a court heard. James McCann, 80, is accused
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A former children’s home worker and Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to sexual assaults against children in the 1970s. Philip Temple, 66, admitted 27 counts of non-recent sexual assault committed
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Vulnerable girls at a “toxic and destructive” Church of England children’s home were drugged and sexually and physically abused over nearly 20 years, a report has revealed. Revelations of sexual
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An evaluation of the Durham Aycliffe Secure Centre specialist unit working with young victims of child sexual exploitation. The report looks at how the specialist unit’s programme can improve the
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The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education asked Sir Martin Narey to review children’s residential care in England. Sir Martin’s report ‘ Residential care in England‘ looks at
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The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) have issued a reminder to childcare or play providers in Wales that they must complete their Self Assessment of Service Statement (SASS).
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A former boarding school worker on trial accused of committing a catalogue of historical child sex abuse has been found dead. The body of Darren Turk, 54, was discovered at
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Data made available to Welsh Government has been used for the first time to identify the reasons for children being in residential care in Wales. The research and subsequent report
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