Webwatch: Children’s Homes Quality Standards site
Action for Children in partnership with the Who Cares? Trust has launched a new website to provide children’s homes in England with access to support and information to help them
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Forum invites input from Scots who spent time in care as children
Scots who spent time in institutional care as children can have their experiences heard and acknowledged by taking part in the National Confidential Forum. The independent body is inviting participants
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Priest jailed over historic abuse at Hounslow children’s home
A “voyeuristic” Catholic priest has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing a vulnerable teenage boy at a children’s home. Father Anthony McSweeney, 68, preyed on the youngster while
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Additional meetings for Scots victims of historic abuse
Survivors of historical abuse in care or in institutions in Scotland are being asked to help shape the recently announced Inquiry into historical abuse at events next week. Additional meetings
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Six arrested over child abuse claims in Carmarthen
Six people have been arrested as part of an investigation into claims of child abuse at a school in Carmarthen. Dyfed-Powys Police are looking into allegations, concerning former members of
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Welsh residential child care worker survey
The Care Council for Wales (CCW) has commissioned a survey to help it understand more about what it means to you to work as a residential child care worker. The
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SIRCC National Conference 2015 details published
The Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC) have published details of their annual conference and keynote speakers. The event will take place over two days on June 9 &
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Spring seminars for Welsh residential childcare workers
The Care Council for Wales (CCW) is to hold two seminars for Residential Child Care Workers – 10 March Cardiff and 12 March 2015 in St Asaph, aimed at residential
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Abuse inquiry hears nuns were ‘sadistic bullies’
Some Catholic nuns at a children’s home in Northern Ireland were sadistic bullies, a former resident has claimed. A “bleak, harsh and cruel” atmosphere was described by alleged victims at
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Welsh dataset for residential child care workforce
The Care Council for Wales (CCW) has published its sixth annual profile of residential child care managers and workers. The profile provides data for planners, decision makers and the Welsh
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