Children’s ‘cultural heritage’ must be considered in care placement – judge
Council social workers may not be able to find carers who are an “ethnic match” for five children taken from home in the wake of concern about their parents’ drug
Read MoreCouncil social workers may not be able to find carers who are an “ethnic match” for five children taken from home in the wake of concern about their parents’ drug
Read MoreParents are still waiting in “limbo” because of failings in the Government’s 30 hours of free childcare scheme, Labour has said. Shadow education minister Tracy Brabin attacked the policy for
Read MoreA new series of reports into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal have been branded a “completely wasted opportunity” by the town’s MP Sarah Champion after they concluded individual senior
Read MoreSix investigations were commissioned by Rotherham Council, in 2014 and 2015, following the findings of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (Jay Report), and the “Report of
Read MoreA toddler was stamped to death by her mother after care professionals allowed concern for the killer to “overshadow” the child’s needs, a serious case review has found. The report
Read MoreThis overview report summarises the findings of an independently led Serious Case Review (SCR) commissioned by the Chair of Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB). It concerns Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith, described by
Read MoreThe Government has taken control of Croydon’s children’s services after a damning Ofsted report revealed “widespread and serious” failures were leaving youngsters at risk. It blamed weak management at all
Read MoreSix children have been taken from the care of a couple whose “fundamental” disagreements over parenting led to “turbulence and worse” in their home. A family court judge said the
Read MoreThe mayor of Tower Hamlets Council has insisted the authority looked “very carefully at the appropriate matching” following a case where a five-year-old girl from an English-speaking Christian family was
Read MoreThe British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has issued an official complaint with the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) over what it calls ‘inaccurate, biased and inflammatory articles’ about a
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