A new report has shown that troubled families being helped to turn their lives around have an average of 9 different serious problems. The independently produced data published yesterday showed
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A drive to stop children going into care across Worcestershire is kicking off – amid hopes a shock 22 per cent rise can be slowed down. Worcestershire County Council has
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A family court judge has warned of a “terrible national shortage” of places in secure units for young offenders. Judge Sarah Singleton said there was a “gross shortage of resource”
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Care workers, teachers and doctors are among a number of professions that will be given extra training to identify and help girls who might be at risk of becoming victims
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A care worker has been arrested following allegations of abuse against elderly residents at a nursing home in Trafford, Manchester. The 30-year-old man was arrested at his house on suspicion
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Haringey Council’s children’s services department is making progress but still “requires improvement” according to a new inspection report from Ofsted. Giving an overall rating of “requires improvement”, the government inspectorate
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Sam Gyimah, MP for East Surrey, who was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education last week, has confirmed on Twitter he will be responsible for
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Peers are facing a parliamentary marathon today as they debate a fresh move to give people with terminal illness the right to die. A list of around 130 peers have
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Essex County Council removed all of its residents from seven care homes in the past five years because of safety and welfare concerns, it has emerged. The details were published
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Professor of social work, Dr Ray Jones, hopes his new book on the Baby P scandal will expose the destabilising effects the case’s coverage had on child protection in England.
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