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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
Children’s charity Barnardo’s Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to investigate the latest care and protection figures issued by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration to learn from the successes being enjoyed by some local authorities.
In particular, Barnardo’s wants to draw attention to a program being run in the Tayside Constabulary area that has seen Perth and Kinross, Angus and Dundee City local authorities posting lower proportions of care and protection referrals than offence referrals.
Barnardo’s says the key to the three areas’ success is a programme of close working between police and other agencies in the area, including Barnardo’s domestic abuse initiative.
Martin Crewe, director of Barnardo’s Scotland, said:
“We are concerned by the latest figures published by SCRA showing the highest number of children being referred, particularly when the rise is solely due to the number of children being referred on care and protection grounds. We urge the government to scrutinise the figures and look at the model in the Tayside Constabulary area to help identify practises that could be replicated across Scotland.
“We believe the reason why care and protection referrals are lower in Tayside is because of effective inter-agency work involving the police, social work and in cases involving domestic abuse, Barnardo’s Scotland. The partnership between Barnardo’s Scotland, Tayside Police and joint working with the local authorities social work department allows families affected by domestic abuse to receive the necessary support in appropriate cases without the need to refer to the Children’s Reporter.”
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