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Digital copy of Exhibit 26: Children's Section Annual Report 1968. Signed by P L Thornton, Children's Officer. [Some details redacted].
| Reference | ZC/D/AW1/A3/5/WD004584 |
| Date | 1968 |
| Scope and Content | Includes a lists of members and co-opted members of the Children's Sub-Committee, Children's Office staff including the Children's Officer, Assistant Children's Officer, field staff and administrative staff, and staff at Haut de la Garenne and the Family Group Homes at Clos de Roncier, Clos des Sables, Le Squez and Nicholson Park. Includes comments about the provision available in Jersey to meet the different needs of children, including assessment and short and medium term care at Haut de la Garenne, long term care at the four Family Group Homes and care provided by foster parents. Includes remarks about the annual gathering of foster parents in May referring to a talk by Miss E Pugh of the National Bureau for Co-operation in Child Care on a research project on fostering. Describes major events at Haut de la Garenne, including a visit by the Home Secretary, James Callaghan and Mrs Callaghan with the Lieutenant Governor and Lady Villiers and the official opening of the swimming and paddling pool presented by the Ladies Auxilliary of the Jersey Licensed Victuallers Association. Refers to an exchange holiday with a group of children in the care of the Bournemouth Children's Committee and a camp for younger children at St Brelade, work with unmarried mothers and adoption work, referrals, and co-operation from third parties and organisations including Elizabeth House, St Helier Welfare Department's Day Nursery, voluntary societies, members of the public, voluntary homes (La Préférence and Brig-y-Don) and the Jersey Association for Youth and Friendship Hostels (Basil Lodge and Camelot). Includes tables detalining the number of children in care in Jersey each year between 1959 and 31 December 1968; an analysis of work in the child care service; comparative child care costs with English counties; and overall pictures of reasons for admissions to and discharges from care at Haut de la Garenne. |
| Names | Bygrave, Lois Chamier, A Callaghan, James Callaghan, Audrey, née Moulton Coulson, S G Davies, C du Feu, L Fiott Day, P Honeyman, A M Hutchinson, S Jackson, H Le Cornu, R H Michel, E Neely, Violet, née Ball Norton, J B Picot, D K Preece, Mary Pugh, E Querée, Arthur C, Deputy Ridley, S Smith, Charles Thomson, Jim Thornton, Patricia Tulett, L Vibert, S Villiers, Sir John Michael, Vice Admiral, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, 1964 - 1969 Villiers, Lady Weir, E Brig-y-Don Children's Convalescent and Holiday Home Basil Lodge Boys' Hostel Bournemouth Children's Committee Camelot Girls' Hostel Child Guidance Clinic Children's Office Clos de Roncier Family Group Home Clos des Sables Family Group Home Education Committee Education Committee (Children's Section) Elizabeth House Frimhurst Recuperative Home Haut de la Garenne Jersey Association for Youth and Friendship Jersey Licensed Victuallers' Association, Ladies' Auxiliary La Préférence Children's Home La Préférence Vegetarian Children's Home Le Squez Family Group Home Maison de la Martine Nicholson Park Family Group Home National Bureau for Co-operation in Child Care Probation Service Royal Court St Helier Welfare Department |
| Keywords | Approved Schools | adoption | Babies | Committees | childcare | Children | children's homes | Children's Officers | Child Care Officers | Constables | deputies | Education | Family Group Homes | foster parents | Hotels | Hostels | fostering | Homelessness | IJCI | illegitimacy | lodgings | mothers | official visits | Politicians | probation | reports | residential homes | Schools | statistics | swimming pools | unmarried mothers | voluntary homes |
| Places | Basil Lodge, 9-11, Blanche Pierre Close, Brig-y-Don, Coast Road, Bournemouth, Camelot, Waverley Terrace, 13-14, Clos de Roncier, 108, Clos des Sables, Elizabeth House, England, Green Street, Hastings, Haut de la Garenne, La Préférence, St Martin, Le Squez, Somerset, Southampton, St Brelade, St Helier, Wales |
| 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 Exhibit 26: Children's Section Annual Report 1968. Signed by P L Thornton, Children's Officer. [Some details redacted].
ZC/D/AW1/A3/5/WD004584
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