A new website designed to encourage people to consider taking up a career in childcare in Scotland has been launched today. The website, developed the website in partnership with the
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The proposed closure of key children’s services at a hospital has sparked claims from patient campaigners that lives could be at risk. Health chiefs have said a temporary closure of
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The unequal distribution of children’s homes demonstrates the “continuing catastrophic failure” of the care system for some youngsters, a Labour MP has warned. Ann Coffey said children were being placed
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The findings of a review into the early deaths of people with learning disabilities show a “much worse picture” than previous reports, Labour has warned. Asking an urgent Commons question
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A man has been charged with the attempted kidnap and attempted sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl who was grabbed after she posted a letter. The girl was attacked as
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An online predator who groomed underage girls in an attempt to meet them for sex has been jailed for eight years, police said. Mohamed Mohamoud, of Uxbridge, contacted the children
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Emmerdale will air a flashback episode delving into Charity Dingle’s past, focusing on the character being abused as a child. In recent episodes of the ITV soap, viewers have seen
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Providing young psychiatric patients with community treatment makes them less likely to self-harm, a study has suggested. Intensive community care for adolescents with severe mental health disorders not only brought
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Children’s services have suffered their own Windrush moment, according to a University of Huddersfield professor when he spoke to a committee of MPs. Paul Bywaters, who is Professor of Social
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A man has been jailed for 25 years for sexually abusing three young girls. Tony Chapman, 42, from Rotherham, was convicted of raping, physically assaulting and threatening to kill two
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