The current system of oversight for unregulated accommodation for teenagers in care is “completely untenable”, a minister has warned. Education minister Michelle Donelan (pictured) said the Department for Education would
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Youth offender services urgently need Government guidance to help curb knife crime and county lines drug dealing, inspectors have said. HM Inspectorate of Probation expressed concern over “a lack of
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A couple who have experienced adoption through three generations have shared their story in a bid to help other vulnerable children find a home. Even before newlyweds Bryan (pictured, right)
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More than twice as many children are waiting to be adopted as there are families willing to adopt, campaigners have warned. Figures from the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board
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Routine safety checks on the dangers offenders could pose to children, their partners and the public are not being carried out as probation officers buckle under the pressure of overwhelming
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The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has today published a draft Action Plan for mental health services and support for children and young people. The plan is in response
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The nominees for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards have been announced. 94 practitioners, social work teams and organisations from across England have been shortlisted this year in
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A NHS Forth Valley nurse who failed to report an allegation a vulnerable three-year-old girl was being sexually abused has been struck off. A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) fitness
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Disability hate crime involving violence has risen by 41% in a year, figures suggest. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by charity Leonard Cheshire also showed the number
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Social services bosses at a Welsh council have come under fire from a High Court judge after two couples became embroiled in “nightmare” litigation when a woman changed her mind
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