Hundreds of children in care are being “marched back” to visit their abusive parents and a majority of foster families want to see the practice made illegal, research suggests. More
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Many parents looking after youngsters that have experienced trauma in their lives have faced violence from a child in their care, according to a poll. For many mothers and fathers,
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Fostering and adoption services in Scotland are continuing to perform well, the Care Inspectorate has said. A new report published this week shows that 90% of Fostering services and 95%
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Council social services bosses have been criticised by a family court judge over the way they have handled the case of a baby girl whose parents are trying to turn
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Council social services bosses have come under fire from a High Court judge over the way they handled the case of a 14-year-old boy with “complex needs” who left his
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Social workers have halted a four-year attempt to teach a woman who gave birth when she was a teenager how to be a good parent. They had arranged for mother
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Three children whose mother has a history of child sex assault have been taken into care, a family court judge has said. The woman’s first child was placed with adopters
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A council that sends children to foster care hundreds of miles away has apologised after giving incorrect information to an MSP. Highland Council initially suggested it relocated foster children up
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Children from the Highlands in foster care are being placed up to 500 miles (805km) away from their birthplace, an investigation has found. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes
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A nine-year-old girl whose two “dangerous” older brothers pose a risk to her must leave home and live with a foster carer, a family court judge has decided. Judge Simon
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