A High Court judge has raised concern about a shortage of suitable placements for vulnerable children after being told how a 12-year-old girl with severe learning difficulties had been “marooned”
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Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding
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A mother has described how her autistic daughter, who has epilepsy and significant learning disabilities, was grabbed by the wrist and dragged across the floor at a residential home which
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Children in care are more worried about having a good education, getting on well with family and having a nice home than other children, a report suggests. Dame Rachel de
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Just 40 of the 400 children referred to Barnardo’s fostering service in Glasgow and Edinburgh have been placed with families in the last year, the charity has revealed. The number
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Children in care were forced to move home over the Christmas period last year at a rate of almost 80 youngsters a day, new research suggests. Become, a charity for
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No part of Scotland was “immune” to abuse of children in foster care over more than eight decades, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has been
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The John Lewis Christmas ad has been an annual, headline-grabbing event in the UK since the retailer first launched a seasonal TV campaign in 2007. To date it has variously
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Students who have been in care are not being given the right support when deciding on their options for higher education, a new report has found. Some 60% of “care-experienced”
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A family court judge has praised the “strength of character” of a “vulnerable” teenager who spent nearly eight months living under constant supervision in an Airbnb after going into council
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