This 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
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The 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
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The 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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Children in care are twice as likely to have a tooth removed under general anaesthetic, a study has found. Youngsters in care – such as foster care or residential care
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A programme to protect young people against child sexual exploitation (CSE) has been launched by police and a charity. Police Scotland and Barnardo’s in Aberdeen and Dundee have developed a
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Social services bosses at a London council have defended the way they handled the case of five-year-old girl from an English speaking Christian family who was placed with mixed-race foster
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Tower Hamlets Council bosses have welcomed a family court judge’s decision to publish detail of a case involving a five-year-old girl which made headlines after she was placed with foster
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A campaigner said judicial heads should examine a family court case in which a five-year-old girl from an English-speaking Christian family was placed with mixed-race foster parents and learn lessons.
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The rise in youngsters living in poverty should “shock” the Scottish Government into increasing child benefit payments to families, Kezia Dugdale said. The Scottish Labour leader spoke out after the
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Services for children and young people in West Lothian are improving outcomes for children and having a positive impact on their lives, inspectors have said, while noting that some services
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