The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and Ofsted has agreed to share information with a view to improving each other’s intelligence of local authorities children’s services. The Protocol between the two
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A council, a social worker and a police officer criticised by a family court judge investigating child sex abuse allegations have won a fight to remain anonymous. Court of Appeal
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A Labour peer who fled the Nazis has accused the Government of breaking its promises to provide sanctuary for more child refugees. The Government earlier this year pledged to take
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Children and adults with disabilities and health conditions, no matter how complex, want to receive their care and support at home and in their local communities. This is what is
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The Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser in Scottish Government has issued a call to all social service workers to participate in their digital knowledge survey. To make it
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Hundreds of children each year are beaten, starved and reviled by their own families after being branded a witch or as possessed by evil spirits but only a fraction of
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Specialist mental health services are turning away almost a quarter of youngsters seeking help, a new report suggests. One in four youngsters who are referred by their GPs or teachers
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Lone child asylum seekers and trafficked children are going missing at an “alarmingly high rate” from care in the UK, charities have warned. More than 200 of around 760 such
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Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi will narrate a documentary about what it is like to have a parent in prison for BBC Children In Need. Prison, My Parents and Me
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The Scottish Government has been ordered to pay the legal bill of campaigners who opposed its named-person scheme. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the SNP administration must meet
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