Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox ‘Huge efforts’ are being made to turn around a council-run children's home following a damning inspection report.
The Rochdale home was barred from taking on any more youngsters after Ofsted found staff lacked the ‘skills and knowledge’ to keep them safe.
Officials reported that at-risk youngsters were regularly going missing from the facility - including those at risk of sexual exploitation - and often returned to a ‘chaotic environment’.
Council bosses pledged to make ‘the rapid improvements required' at the home, which cares for up to six children with emotional or behavioural difficulties.
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