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social services

plural noun

  1. welfare activities organized by the state or a local authority and carried out by trained personnel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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By July 2021, Ethan was on the child protection register and the court heard details of repeated contact between Shannon Ives and social services.

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She's apologised immensely, knowing she couldn't do anything about it because I was under the care of social services.

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"It's police failure, social services failure," she said.

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That’s still better than being subjugated to poverty and slavery for an eternity by a party whose members openly cheer the dismantling of education, social services and health care.

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The cyber-attack in February 2020 caused chaos, disrupting everything from bin collections to social services and decisions about how to keep vulnerable children safe.

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