Recent Posts Tagged With 'foster'

• Caroline Overington Blows Whistle On Dodgy Foster Carers

  Posted on Friday November 7th, 2008 at 19:11 in aboriginal, docs, placement, kari, foster, centrelink, the australian, foster carers, department of community services, caroline overington

  The Bloggerator must be naive to be shocked at this article by Caroline Overington.Thanks to Anonymous for pointing it out to me - it was missing from the front page of The Australian site which is beyond peculiar.Foster care is reported to be a $1 b...

• A Dilemma

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 23:43 in children, adoption, foster, social workers, michael shergold

  The following story has emerged from the UK which reports that Michael Shergold was informed by social workers that he had a 5 year old son and that he would never be allowed to see him, but that he needed to donate a vital organ so that the child wo...

• A New Model For Child Protection In Western Australia

  Posted on Thursday October 30th, 2008 at 14:25 in carers, child protection, foster, young offenders, criminal system, juvenile detention centres

  The Australian reports that this troubled teen has been living in a WA farmhouse with round the clock carers at a cost of $500,000 a year. Only 14 and removed from his parents care at twelve, "after being deemed a serious threat to his own family."I...