Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to...
Canada pressured to find all unmarked Indigenous graves
The remains of 215 children were found last month buried in unmarked graves at a former residential school, one of more than 150 institutions in a defunct system that for well over a century...
Data Protection Commission seeks answers on destruction of mother and baby homes recordings
The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has written to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission over the destruction of recordings of witness testimony. A total of 550 people provided personal accounts...
‘Council failings are putting children at risk of harm’
A shocking report has revealed that vulnerable children are being put at risk due to failings in Wakefield Council’s services.... Recording of social work was deemed to be “poor” in some cases....
Child protection: Tusla’s unacceptable lapses
An examination of a selection of complaints received by the Ombudsman’s office, as well as those filed directly with Tusla, has highlighted “serious failings” in how the agency carries out its role....
Waiting for TRIM and training, concerns as child protection files get lost in transit
It’s often seen as one of governments’ thankless achievements, despite helping build civilisations. Records management, the tool helping drive so many services for the community, has taken...
More than 2,200 Australians reported abuse in orphanages or children’s homes
Furness said poor record keeping and information sharing about abuse was “systemic” across all institutions. The royal commission has identified that poor record keeping is a systemic issue which...
Anglican Church says email shows police officer knew about boys’ home archives
The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle says it has found an email which shows a police officer was told about boys' home archives, contrary to his claims. Earlier this month the detective told the ABC...
Archivist comes forward with details about boys’ home records thought to be missing
Records from a boys' home that is set to be the focus of a case study at a royal commission into child sexual abuse are being held at the University of Newcastle, it has emerged, after it was...
City council plans hearing into why hundreds of children still get lead poisoning (US)
he Baltimore City Council announced plans Monday to hold an investigative hearing into why hundreds of children are still getting lead poisoning — a preventable condition officials vowed to...
Met police still failing on child protection policies, report finds
The police are failing to record more than 800,000 offences, including a quarter of all sexual crimes, reported to them by the public each year, according to a damning official inquiry. Her...
Report into death identifies unacceptable gap in recordkeeping
A report into the death of a vulnerable young person details an inadequate response to evidence of child abuse and neglect when he was young , a failure to ever fully assess his needs, weak...
Lax recordkeeping can be deadly issue (US)
Ed: As the curtain is gradually pulled back on the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, a tableau is revealed that contains mixed images. The Tennessean and other news organizations around...
Problems identified by child protection inspectors (IRE)
The Health Information and Quality Authority published its findings from the HSE Carlow/Kilkenny local health area. ... The Child Protection Notification System, which records all children in the...
Abusers may be at large, says church (AUS)
Some child sex abusers might still be among Uniting Church clergy because of poor record keeping and failure to investigate cases, the church conceded on Monday. The Victorian inquiry...
Poor recordkeeping holds back pursuits of justice (AUS)
Incompetent record keeping is depriving thousands of Victorians of life-changing information, but the Department of Human Services has ''a profound conflict of interest'' because fixing the...
Poor recordkeeping hide truth from state wards (AUS)
An inquiry has heard poor recordkeeping is contributing to the emotional trauma of Australians raised in orphanages or foster homes. A state ward trying to piece together their identity was told by...
AM calls for urgent talks on child protection in Port Talbot (WALES)
ABERAVON AM David Rees has called for an urgent meeting with Neath Port Talbot Council leader Ali Thomas and chief executive Steve Phillips following the publication of a highly critical report on...
Protection of vulnerable children ‘inadequate’ – Ofsted (UK)
Vulnerable children have been exposed to unacceptable levels of risk by failing social care services in Cambridgeshire, inspectors said. In a damning report published today, Ofsted condemned the...
Concerns about recordkeeping in the NSW Dept of Community Services
In a Special Report to Parliament April 2002 the NSW Ombudsman reported evidence of poor record keeping practices. The report states that the current recordkeeping practices of DoCS mean that...