Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is introducing a new nursing structure to their care plan which will ensure the charity have the right skills, resources and expertise to support and
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Two Aberdeen care workers have been accused of failing in their care of young people and will face misconduct hearings in Dundee next week. Kayleigh Coleman was alleged to have
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A think-tank report examined mentoring and befriending schemes for children in care. It said that such schemes were able to provide the supportive relationship that young people in care sought
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A report examined the operations, outcomes, and value for money of secure children’s homes in England and Wales. It said that there were 17 SCHs, mostly run by local authorities
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The director of care at a children’s hospice has been cleared of professional misconduct over the way she dealt with a dying teenager. Jayne Saunders, of Ty Hafan at Sully,
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The Health and Social Services Minister for Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots, has launched minimum care standards for children’s homes. The standards set out the minimum requirements that children’s homes must
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Fears that disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile abused children in 21 children’s homes and schools across England are to be investigated. Allegations dating back to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
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Children’s Centres are “coming of age”, now supporting as many as one million families across the country, and becoming a cornerstone for early intervention and prevention within our communities. That’s
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A report examined the children’s residential care market in England, factors influencing placement decisions, and the use of out of authority placements (placements of children in homes in a different
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