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• 'They got angry at me': woman tells of abuse in children's home

  26-12-2019 18:19
  
  Woman has since been diagnosed with trauma disorder related to her time in the home as a teenagerRevealed: councils paid inadequate care homes £2.3mWhen Susie* was placed in a privately run children’s home at 16, it marked the beginning of a traumatic experience she is still recovering from today. “It was more of an institution than a caring environment,” she said. “There was no one to really look after us in a way that family should.” Related: Revealed: counc
  
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• Revealed: councils paid inadequate care homes £2.3m to house children

  26-12-2019 18:17
  
  Twenty-three councils placed 58 children in homes owned by failing providersCouncils are placing children in care homes that inspectors say do not provide a good standard of care at a cost of millions of pounds, an investigation has found. Related: 'They got angry at me': woman tells of abuse in children's homeContinue reading...
  
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