Social workers in Northumberland have placed a troubled teenage boy in a specialist residential school in Scotland after struggling to find a suitable unit in England. An English High Court
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A record number of children have sought help from Childline over suicidal thoughts. NSPCC help and advice service provided 62 counselling sessions each day last year for children tormented by
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More than a third of social care services across Scotland have reported unfilled staff vacancies in the past year, according to the Care Inspectorate, and almost half of those faced
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Scores of Vietnamese children rescued from traffickers and put into council care have vanished and are feared to have fallen back into the hands of slave gangs, it is reported.
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The Government has announced it is to introduce a £20million initiative which aims to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families. Robert Goodwill, Minister for Children and Families, made
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A children’s charity has said Scotland’s care system must “evolve” in a new report one year on from the announcement of an independent review into the sector. Action for Children
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Children’s services are at a “tipping point”, with record numbers of youngsters now in care, town hall bosses have warned. The equivalent of 90 youngsters a day are entering the
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End Youth Homelessness has released new survey findings to coincide with World Homeless Day on the 10th October. It is highlighting the importance of supporting local youth homelessness charities and
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A fitness instructor “assaulted, abused and ultimately murdered” his 18-month-old adopted daughter, a court has heard. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, is accused of inflicting serious injuries on Elsie Scully-Hicks before her
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A family court judge has decided not to name a council she criticised over its handling of a case involving a baby girl now placed for adoption. Recorder Carly Henley
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