Inspectorate: Agencies Failed Boy and Girl, Abused for Years at Niekerk Family Home
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Two children, aged nine and ten. Removed from their home by the state. They ended up in a family home on a remote farm in Niekerk. There, they were beaten for years, forced to do heavy work in the yard, and bitten by the dog. And the worst part? In this very same family home, there was already...
Inspectorate: Agencies failed boy and girl, abused for years at Niekerk family home
The safety and quality of care in a family home in Niekerk, Groningen, were seriously deficient, according to the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ). A boy and a girl, now 9 and 10, were abused and neglected for years at the Bersama family home.The children had been removed from their parental home and had been living under the guardianship of the William Schrikker Foundation (WSS) from 2022. WSS was the organization that had the custody o…
The quality, safety, and care in a Groningen family home in Niekerk fell seriously short, the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) has ruled. Two young children stayed in the Bersama family home for a long time. There, they were abused and neglected for years. The children, a boy and a girl aged 9 and 10, had been removed from their home and had been under the guardianship of the William Schrikker Foundation (WSS) since 2022. This is the sa…
Those responsible for the safety of care for children at the Bersama family home in Niekerk, Groningen, have seriously failed, according to the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ). Two children lived in the family home for over three years, while there were serious indications of unsafety for a long time.
Not enough was done to protect children placed in out-of-home care in a family home in Niekerk. For years, children received ‘unrealistic’ punishments and were forced to perform child labor. The organization that was also supposed to take care of the foster girl in Vlaardingen is once again having to eat humble pie.
The agencies that provided youth care to two children who were abused and neglected for years in a family home in Niekerk, Groningen, fell 'seriously short'. The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate delivers this verdict today in a report.
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