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Academic supports new charity to improve the lives of looked after children

By Iain MacDonald7th February 2018Education & Training

An academic at the University of Chester is working with a new national charity to improve the lives of looked after children. Insights from evaluative research led by Professor Elizabeth

Duchess of Cambridge launches children’s mental health campaign with video message

By Helen William5th February 2018News England

The Duchess of Cambridge has recorded a personal message to try and spur children on to be comfortable in their own skin. Kate, who is pregnant with her third child,

Merthyr Tydfil care worker removed from Register for placing young people at risk

By Iain MacDonald2nd February 2018News Wales

A residential child care worker from Merthyr Tydfil has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales after a hearing found his fitness to practise was impaired.

Girl, 16, who stabbed inclusion support worker gets seven-year custodial sentence

By Dave Higgens2nd February 2018News England

A 16-year-old girl who stabbed a school welfare officer, leaving her seriously injured, has been given a seven-year custodial sentence by a judge who said she would probably have killed

Government in dark over how DBS background check information is used, report says

By Hayden Smith1st February 2018News England

The Government is in the dark over how many people have been stopped from working with children or vulnerable adults as a result of disclosures made in background checks, a

Health concerns see intimate piercing on under-18s banned in Wales

By Claire Hayhurst1st February 2018News Wales

Wales has become the first country in the UK to introduce a nationwide ban on the intimate piercing of under-18s. The law, which comes into force on Thursday, makes it

Criticism of abuse case social worker emerges year after death of family court judge

By Brian Farmer31st January 2018News England

A family court judge’s criticisms of a social worker and teaching assistant involved with a teenager who alleged that she had been sexually abused by a relative have emerged more

Serious shortage of secure accomodation sees troubled boy from Kent placed in Scotland

By Brian Farmer31st January 2018News Scotland

A troubled boy has been placed in secure accommodation hundreds of miles from home because of a shortage of specialist units for children, a family court judge has said. Judge

Rotherham children’s services rated good for first time since abuse scandal

By Ryan Wilkinson29th January 2018News England

Rotherham Council’s children’s services have “transformed” since the local authority was rocked by a child sexual exploitation scandal, according to Ofsted. An inspection in 2014 identified “widespread and serious failures”

Call to improve ‘cruel postcode lottery’ in end-of-life care for seriously ill children

By Jennifer Cockerell29th January 2018News England

Too many seriously ill children and their families are still unable to access decent end of life care, with a “cruel postcode lottery” meaning many cannot decide where they die,

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Academic supports new charity to improve the lives of looked after children

Duchess of Cambridge launches children’s mental health campaign with video message

Merthyr Tydfil care worker removed from Register for placing young people at risk

Girl, 16, who stabbed inclusion support worker gets seven-year custodial sentence

Government in dark over how DBS background check information is used, report says

Health concerns see intimate piercing on under-18s banned in Wales

Criticism of abuse case social worker emerges year after death of family court judge

Serious shortage of secure accomodation sees troubled boy from Kent placed in Scotland

Rotherham children’s services rated good for first time since abuse scandal

Call to improve ‘cruel postcode lottery’ in end-of-life care for seriously ill children

Family hail justice for little ones as mother jailed over four boys’ fire deaths

Southport child-killer detained for at least 52 years for ‘sadistic’ murders of girls

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental ‘open warfare’ slammed by vaccine tsar

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Tag: Childrens Services

Academic supports new charity to improve the lives of looked after children

Duchess of Cambridge launches children’s mental health campaign with video message

Merthyr Tydfil care worker removed from Register for placing young people at risk

Girl, 16, who stabbed inclusion support worker gets seven-year custodial sentence

Government in dark over how DBS background check information is used, report says

Health concerns see intimate piercing on under-18s banned in Wales

Criticism of abuse case social worker emerges year after death of family court judge

Serious shortage of secure accomodation sees troubled boy from Kent placed in Scotland

Rotherham children’s services rated good for first time since abuse scandal

Call to improve ‘cruel postcode lottery’ in end-of-life care for seriously ill children