The unknown surge in demand for children’s services predicted when the lockdown is over has been described as a wave “gathering pace beneath the surface” that could have a widespread
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Councils are calling for the Government to allow people whose immigration status is not finalised to receive public funds amid fears they will be forced into homelessness. Increasing numbers of
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Around a quarter of social services directors said hospital patients were discharged to places without enough protective equipment or where they could not self-isolate amid the coronavirus pandemic, a survey
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Trying to understand the Government’s guidance on support for care homes and infection control measures has been like “trying to construct a piece of Ikea furniture with a piece missing”,
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Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has apologised to a woman who said navigating the social care system with her mother was the most difficult thing she has ever faced in
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Child protection cases may “surge” as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has warned. The president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew
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The “unfair and woefully out of date” social care sector must be radically reformed but not by making it free for all as part of the NHS, a think tank
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Waltham Forest Council has backed the recommendations made in a Serious Case Review, published today (Tuesday 26 May 2020), looking into the murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie. Jaden Moodie (pictured)
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A chance to protect a 14-year-old boy from drugs gangs was missed when he was found in a crack den three months before he died, a report has found. Jaden
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A council worker who stole more than £260,000 meant for care homes has been jailed for four years. Grandmother Karen Kavanagh, 60, took the money over a period of almost
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