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Charity seeks order compelling CFA to move boy with severe behavioural difficulties

Summary

A charity that runs a centre for children with severe behavioural difficulties has taken a High Court action to have a boy in its care moved to a more suitable facility. The charity says its centre cannot provide the type of care the boy needs and that the boy has allegedly been verbally and physically abusive to other children and staff. Staff absences and a resignation after alleged assault are cited. The charity had asked the Child & Family Agency (CFA) to transfer the boy late last year, but claims the agency has delayed excessively. The boy was placed at the centre in 2019 for a two‑year programme that ended last year. The charity seeks an order requiring the CFA to plan a transfer, declarations that the CFA has failed to protect the child's constitutional and European Charter rights, and an indemnity for losses incurred from the end of the programme until the boy leaves.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Charity seeks order compelling CFA to move boy with severe behavioural difficulties. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 2022-01-17 Publication

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Stage Hearing Or Decision Violent Crime

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