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Digital copy of the Children's Officer's Report for a meeting held at the Education Department, Highlands, St Saviour on 12 March 1975. [Some details redacted]. Taken from minutes of the Education Committee Children's Sub-Committee.
For Witness 399's witness statement to the States of Jersey Police dated 5 March 2008, see ZC/D/AW1/B1/2/1/45/WS000269.
| Reference | ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/1/50/WD001744 |
| Date | 12 March 1975 |
| Scope and Content | Includes comments by [Child Care Officers] J H T [Jim Thomson], M McD, I H, M H [Maria Hall], R D [Richard Davenport], D C [David Castledine] and A S [Anton Skinner], and [Child Care Assistant] S H. Provides statistics with respect to the number of children in care at: Haut de la Garenne, Family Group Homes, foster homes and lodgings, supervised in own homes, hospitals, voluntary children's homes and hostels in Jersey, foster homes and hostels in Guernsey, special boarding schools, community homes, voluntary homes and residency in the United Kingdom, and prison. Also refers to the number of children privately placed at no financial cost to the States. Includes details about children received in care under Article 82 of the Children (Jersey) Law 1969. Mentions children placed in foster homes and children admitted to voluntary homes including Brig-y-Don. Cites mother's desertion and father's inability to cope, and mother's confinement as reasons for placements. Also mentions a child discharged from their foster home and placed with prospective adopters, and children discharged from voluntary homes including La Préférence and Brig-y-Don. Also includes details about children placed in foster homes under Article 58 of the Children (Jersey) Law 1969 and children discharged from foster homes. Describes general matters concerning children in care including Witness 399. Includes an entry by Child Care Officer Richard Davenport about Witness 399's readmission to Haut de la Garenne on 6 December 1974 until his arrest and remand to HM Prison [La Moye] in 1975 following sentencing by Royal Court to a period of training for unlawfully taking and driving away motor vehicles. |
| Names | Castledine, David Davenport, Richard Hall, Maria Skinner, Anton Smith, Charles Thomson, Jim Brig-y-Don Children's Services Children's Sub-Committee Education Committee Education Department Jersey General Hospital Haut de la Garenne HM Prison, La Moye La Préférence Children's Home Magistrate's Court Marie Louise Ward Royal Court States of Jersey |
| Keywords | admissions | adoption | boarding schools | boarding-out | care orders | Child Care Assistants | Child Care Officers | child protection | childcare | Children | children's homes | Children's Officers | children's services | crime | Committees | court orders | departments | discharges | doctors | Fit Person Orders | foster homes | fostering | Hospitals | Hostels | Housing | larceny | lodgings | meetings | minutes | probation | remand | reports | residential schools | staff | theft | training | voluntary homes | witnesses |
| Places | Guernsey, Haut de la Garenne, Highlands, United Kingdom |
| Dimensions | 1 pdf file |
| Language | English |
| Level of description | File |
| Access restrictions | PDF file - please click on the link to download |
| Closed until | 2100 |
Context:
Digital copy of the Children's Officer's Report for a meeting held at the Education Department, Highlands, St Saviour on 12 March 1975. [Some details redacted]. Taken from minutes of the Education Committee Children's Sub-Committee.
For Witness 399's witness statement to the States of Jersey Police dated 5 March 2008, see ZC/D/AW1/B1/2/1/45/WS000269.
ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/1/50/WD001744
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