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  • A chance for foster care leavers to flourish

    By Mike McNabb How did you celebrate your 18th birthday? If you were in foster care you may have spent it packing your bags.
    Posted to Outside Left (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-17-2008

  • Social exclusion - is your council making a priority of it?

    We've got an interview with Phil Hope the minister in charge of social exclusion which should be on the site tomorrow. In it he says half of councils - and their local strategic partnership colleagues - have made reducing social exclusion among adults an explicit priority locally. To drift into their...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 06-11-2008

  • Re: Social worker-run, GP-style practices

    As anyone who has been closely following the government’s underlying motivation behind this will know this is a political initiative which has little to do with improving the outcomes of children in public care and everything to do with the continuing privatization and dismantling of local authority...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by Simon Cardy on 06-06-2008

  • Re: Kinship Carers

    The issue is not about financial gain or not loving the children its about being able to have the choice and if these children need stability and someone their for them maybe the last thing someone wants to do is go out and leave these children until they feel settled and safe, and how can anyone in...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-08-2008

  • Re: Kinship Carers

    Sorry I have read and unable to quote the bit I wish to use, but how old is the grandmother? and how many children did she have placed with her? I feel its amazing to be told to go out and get a job, and if there is a disability involved also then I would say trying to get a job is almost impossible...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-08-2008

  • Re: Kinship Carers

    I feel that if it saves the children or whom ever else the informal carer is caring for the heartache of being away from there family, why should they not be paid it costs money, people have to leave there jobs and can not be expected to live on thin air, It would also save the government money and help...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-04-2008

  • howard league ruling

    A recent landmark court of appeal ruling against Sutton Council, which involved a girl respresented by the Howard League for Penal Reform, will mean it is more difficult for councils to designate 16 and 17 year old young offenders leaving custody as homeless rather than treating them as looked after...
    Posted to Practice (Forum) by Aimes on 01-14-2008

  • homeless 16 and 17 year olds seem to be bottom of the pile

    The vast difference in the level of service offered to care leavers and young people made homeless at 16 or 17 became very apparent to me on a recent visit to a council. While the care leavers were housed in a bright, modern swish house, with a live in worker, the care leavers, although only temporarily...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by Aimes on 01-14-2008
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