place of safety order

In 1986 the local authority became concerned about injuries which D had sustained and they obtained a place of safety order.

A place of safety order was obtained and D. was put on a child protection register.

All three were sexual abuse investigations and resulted in Place of Safety orders being obtained.

Eventually it became necessary for a place of safety order to be made and for care proceedings to be instituted.

One further important change is the replacement of place of safety orders with what are to be called emergency protection orders.

The Panel, as had been expected, extended the Place of Safety orders on all nine children for a further twenty-one days.

Social workers had been called after the incident and L had been put into the care of foster parents under a place of safety order.

The children were taken from Orkney to mainland Scotland under Place of Safety orders.

The Place of Safety orders were confirmed on the nine children, who would remain in care in mainland Scotland for several more weeks.

And on 27 February 1991 nine South Ronaldsay children were taken into care on Place of Safety orders.

The indications were that the Sheriff would uphold the decision of the Children's Panel, and would support the Place of Safety orders.

The Reporter's request to the Children's Panel for an extension of the Place of Safety orders for a further twenty-one days was upheld.

Derek Edwards, speaking after the Place of Safety orders were extended, said that although they had all more or less expected this to happen, it was another blow for the parents.

Family solicitor John Moir talking to the media after a hearing of Orkney Children's Panel confirmed Place of Safety orders on the nine children.

In just over one-quarter of cases (14) a Place of Safety Order was sought, while in another 10 per cent(5) the child was already in care and under supervision.

The Court of Session decision was taken on Tuesday 26 March - just one day after the twenty-one day Place of Safety Orders on the nine children had expired.

A lawyer speaking for the families said they would be appealing against the Place of Safety orders, and that the appeal would be heard the following day in Kirkwall Sheriff Court.

When emergency procedures are used to take a child into care, the Social Work Department has to obtain a Place of Safety order signed by a Sheriff or a Justice of the Peace.

She stood on the steps of the court, and told the crowd gathered there that the parents had been told they would have to wait to hear whether the Place of Safety orders had been confirmed, or whether their children would be returning home.

In the wake of coverage by the national media, and the campaign of a local MP, it emerged that over a hundred children had been removed on Place of Safety Orders or by means of Wardship Proceedings in the space of less than 3 months.