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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A judge has raised concern about a council’s handling of a case involving three children with links to Bermuda who have been in temporary foster care for more than 20
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Child criminals are being “set up to fail” on release from custody because there is inadequate support in place to help them turn their life around, according to inspectors. The
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Families who lost a High Court challenge against the Government over special educational needs funding have pledged to continue their fight for better provision. Lorraine Heugh, whose 16-year-old son, Nico
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A Saudi Arabian couple have gone on trial accused of cruelty towards a child who was allegedly injected with “dangerous” amounts of insulin. Amal Asiri, 29, and her husband Mohammed
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Children are lashing out and biting others because their parents do not have enough time to spend talking and reading to them, nursery leaders have warned. Too much time in
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