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WORK on a new residential care facility for young people in Tingwall is nearing completion.
The building will provide on-island accommodation which should reduce the number of folk who have to travel away from Shetland to receive the support they need.
Jordan Sutherland from the council’s children’s social work team told a meeting of the education and families committee on Monday following a question from Lerwick member Amanda Hawick that the local authority has reduced the number of young people placed off Shetland.
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The Tingwall facility will give the council four extra spaces, he said.