27 Aug 2015

Children's Commissioner says CYF failing children in state care

From Nine To Noon, 9:11 am on 27 August 2015

Five thousand children are in the care of the state but a new report by the Children's Commissioner questions whether they are better off as a result of that intervention. In his first comprehensive review of Child Youth and Family, Russell Wills highlights a lack of monitoring, follow up and reporting, by the agency. Lucy Sandford-Reed is the Chief Executive of the Social Workers Association.

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