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Digital copy of a Newspaper Cutting from the JEP [Jersey Evening Post] and a Children's Office Report by Child Care Officer J Bruce Elliott. [Some details redacted]. Taken from the Children's Services client file of Witness 85. For Witness 85's statement to the States of Jersey Police dated 4 June 2008, see C/D/AW1/B1/10/WS000112.

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Reference	C/D/AW1/A3/15/WD000357
Date	1978 - May 18th 1978
Scope and Content	1. Refers to a mother's placement on probation for a year after being found guilty of neglecting her child at her home. Details warning from the Assistant Magistrate regarding a future appearance before the Royal Court and the removal of the child from the mother's care should neglect occur again. Notes request from the Children's Office for a report on the mother, and refers to the mother's drinking problem. 2. Provides details of the family home, rented at £18.94 per week. Refers to children committed into the Care of the Education Committee dated 12 July 1974 until 1976. Refers to marriage, and the States Housing list. Provides details of the mother's alcoholism and neglect of parental duties. Refers to the husband's employment and role within the household. Notes threat of Court action regarding the mother's children. Refers to financial difficulties experienced by the couple, noting £60.00 debt and husband's wage of only £53.50 per week. Refers to an electricity bill of £103.00. Refers to placement of the children at St Helier Day Nursery so that their mother can find employment, detailing difficulties with the arrangement. Concludes that the issue of a Binding Over Order would be the most effective deterrent necessary to prevent the children being admitted into Care. Recommends to the Court that a Binding Over Order be considered.
Names	Children's Office Children's Services Housing Department Jersey Evening Post Royal Court States of Jersey St Helier Day Nursery Elliott, J B
Keywords	alcoholism \| binding over orders \| courts \| bills \| childcare \| Child Care Officers \| court orders \| Children \| children's services \| debts \| employment \| evidence \| fathers \| IJCI \| magistrates \| mothers \| Newspapers \| Newspaper cuttings \| neglect \| nurseries \| properties \| probation \| royal courts \| rents \| reports \| wages \| witnesses
Dimensions	1 pdf file
Language	English
Level of description	file
Access Restriction	PDF file - please click on the link to download
Closed until	2100

Context:

C/D/AW Independent Jersey Care Inquiry »

C/D/AW1 Independent Jersey Care Inquiry - Phase 1a. Evidence of and relating to former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes Witness Statements given to the Inquiry and the States of Jersey Police, and supporting evidence in the form of Witness Documents. »

C/D/AW1/A Phase 1a - Witness Documents. Evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes extracts from Children's Services client files, witness statements given to the States of Jersey Police and documents relating to criminal proceedings and convictions of abusers. »

C/D/AW1/A3 Witness Documents - Witness Documents Being Read Into The Record. Supporting evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster placements designated as Witnesses Being Read Into The Record as part of Phase 1a. »

C/D/AW1/A3/15 Evidence about Witness 85, a former resident of Blanche Pierre Family Group Home, in the form of Witness Documents during Phase 1a. »

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