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  • Re: Kinship Carers

    The issue is not about financial gain or not loving the children its about being able to have the choice and if these children need stability and someone their for them maybe the last thing someone wants to do is go out and leave these children until they feel settled and safe, and how can anyone in...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-08-2008
  • Re: Kinship Carers

    Sorry I have read and unable to quote the bit I wish to use, but how old is the grandmother? and how many children did she have placed with her? I feel its amazing to be told to go out and get a job, and if there is a disability involved also then I would say trying to get a job is almost impossible...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-08-2008
  • Re: Kinship Carers

    I feel that if it saves the children or whom ever else the informal carer is caring for the heartache of being away from there family, why should they not be paid it costs money, people have to leave there jobs and can not be expected to live on thin air, It would also save the government money and help...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-04-2008
  • Jersey: Island of Secrets

    Where there’s abuse, there’s denial. That’s the picture emerging from the Jersey child abuse investigation. While no evidence has yet been tried in court – with just one person charged to date – the accounts of former residents of children’s homes are shocking, as last night's Panorama revealed.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-01-2008
  • Jersey: the floodgates open

    by Maria Ahmed People in Jersey are finally speaking out in the wake of child abuse allegations on the island. Earlier this month, there was a public rally in support of victims. People used the meeting to criticise the way in which the Jersey authorities have handled the current investigation into abuse...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-18-2008
  • Re: Jersey

    I think the emerging allegations of child abuse in Jersey remind us that while social workers may find they have too much paperwork and scrutiny in the UK, Jersey shows that without such scrutiny things can go tragically wrong. Most of the allegations dating back to the 1960s in Jersey come from a time...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by Maria Ahmed on 02-27-2008
  • Re: Jersey

    It is undoubtedly grim but what is clear is that the Jersey government must hold up its hands and allow proper scrutiny into what has been going on on the island. You would think there were members of staff or people who knew members of staff at the children's home where the remains were found might...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by Maria Ahmed on 02-25-2008
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