The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Northern Ireland has published deeply concerning research findings detailing social workers’ experiences of being subjected to intimidation, threats and violence. Their report, Insult
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Northern Ireland has published deeply concerning research findings detailing social workers’ experiences of being subjected to intimidation, threats and violence. Their report, Insult
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The Scottish Government is providing funding for two projects, to be led by researchers from Glasgow and Stirling universities. Guided by an expert group of young people, researchers will identify
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A social worker from Wrexham has been removed from the Social Care Wales register after a fitness to practise hearing found he had put the young people in his care
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We’d like to introduce ourselves to the readers of Care Appointments. We’re the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) and we’re the organisation removing child sexual abuse imagery from the internet. It’s
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Social services bosses at a London council who were criticised over the way they handled a case involving the care of a child have failed in a bid to keep
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A nun has admitted to an inquiry that she mistreated children at two orphanages and described another sister’s alleged actions as “cruel”. The 77-year-old, who cannot be identified, said youngsters
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A qualified nurse has had a one-year-old boy taken from her care after a social worker raised concern about the way she let him sit in a Bob The Builder
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A man has been jailed for eight years after admitting shaking his baby daughter to death. James Ring, 21, was caring for nine-week-old Aria at home in the Crabble area
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Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities will benefit from a new fund to improve their health, education and integration, Communities Minister Lord Bourne said today. Six pilot projects will each receive
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