Youth Care Inspectorate

Utrecht daycare reprimanded over striptease

May 23 '18 15:20

The municipality of Utrecht reprimanded a childcare center in the neighborhood of Lunetten because of a striptease with whipped cream that happened in the facility during daycare hours. The incident was reported to the Childcare Inspectorate in February, NU.nl reports.

According to the municipality, the striptease happened in the hall of the building. A man wearing no shirt dance around an adult female employee while spraying whipped cream and licking it off. Exactly where the whipped cream was sprayed, is unclear. The incident was filmed.

Aid workers failed suicidal Heerlen teen: Youth Care Inspectorate

Jul 18 '17 14:40

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The help offered to 15-year-old Tharukshan Selvam, who committed suicide early this year after being bullied, fell short, the Youth Care Inspectorate concluded in a report published on Tuesday.

Dutch youth institutions growing at alarming rate; youth inspectorate struggles to keep up: report

Jun 20 '17 11:00

Health

The number of youth care institutions in the Netherlands is growing explosively. In 2014 the country counted 120 major institutions, including things like foster homes and group homes for young people, now there are around 3 thousand, according to newspaper Trouw. The Youth Care Inspectorate is struggling to keep up.

Luciano Ligthart, died at age 14 in a Hoenderloo youth care institution in Deelen, June 2016

Pathologist raise doubts about Dutch teen's suicide

May 2 '17 13:45

Crime

Forensic pathologist Frank van de Goot has doubts about the suicide of 14-year-old Luciano Ligthart in a closed youth care institution in Deelen last year. After investigating the boy's death, Van der Goot concluded that he either does not have all the information, or that suicide is unlikely, the Gelderlander reports.

Police protecting school under threat after bullying prompts boy's suicide

Jan 12 '17 10:04

Child abuse victims face lengthy emergency care waiting lists

Mar 3 '16 14:35

Crime

The reorganization of child welfare and youth care had no positive effects. On the contrary, waiting lists get longer and longer and there is less staff, while the number of violence reports increase. It regularly happens that a child ends up on a waiting list and sometimes have to wait months for help, while the abuse continues, according to the Youth Care Inspectorate

Child abuse center slammed for months-long waiting lists

Dec 9 '15 08:26

Health

The reporting point for child abuse Veilig Thuis is dealing with months-long waiting lists, no oversight on the safety of abused children and unreachable doctors, according to a report by the Youth Care Inspectorate

Sexual abuse of kids in care facilities up 19 percent

May 27 '15 13:47

Crime

The number of reports of sexual abuse in youth care facilities increased by 19 percent in 2014. Last year 70 cases of sexual abuse were reported, compared to 59 in 2013.

Step-mother denies abuse of girl, 12, in critical condition: report

Feb 27 '15 17:36

Crime

The stepmother of a 12-year old abused girl denies having abused her, her lawyer, Mark Raaijmakers, told Omroep West. The girl was taken to hospital in critical condition last week.

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