Young people

Children, Mental Health

‘We must do more to support the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers’

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Children, Workforce

Achieving for Children: Behind the scenes at the community interest company delivering ‘the future’ of children’s services

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Children

Doncaster independent trust reports 75% fall in children missing from care

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Children

Beyond male role models in social care: What works when working with young men?

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Children

Up to half of homeless teenagers refused assessment by councils breaching the law

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Children, Child safeguarding, Workforce

Social workers to face five years in prison for failing to protect children from sexual abuse, warns Cameron

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Children

Ofsted reveals tougher inspection criteria for children’s homes from April

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Children

Older teens found to be at greatest risk of abuse ahead of key debate on issue

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care leaver

Children

“Kids in care should have a choice” – Reaction to C4’s Kicked Out Kids

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Children

Care leavers’ experiences highlighted in new Channel 4 documentary

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Children, Adults

Almost half of young carers reveal they feel stressed and isolated

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Bring Back Borstal

Children

Jenny Molloy: ‘ITV1’s Bring Back Borstal pushed us all to our absolute limits’

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Children

BASW slams ‘aspirational’ guidance on health and welfare of looked-after children

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Children

We must listen and respond to young people in the system telling us what care means

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Children

Children’s outcomes ‘compromised’ as commissioners focus on balancing budgets

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Children

Troubled Families programme makes case for devolving more responsibility to councils

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