<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption landing page</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:32:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Ten days' notice on adoption inspections mooted</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2012/01/10/117916/ten-days-notice-on-adoption-inspections-mooted.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2012/01/10/117916/ten-days-notice-on-adoption-inspections-mooted.html</guid><description>Adoption support agencies could be given just 10 days’ notice before an Ofsted inspection, rather than the current eight-week period, under proposals outlined today.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Government orders 'rapid review' of adoption</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/11/18/117791/government-orders-rapid-review-of-adoption.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/11/18/117791/government-orders-rapid-review-of-adoption.html</guid><description>The government has ordered the Treasury to conduct a "rapid review" of adoption focused on speeding up the process and increasing the number of adoptions from care, Community Care has learned. </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Book review: How to Think About Caring for a Child with Difficult Behaviour</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/11/11/117750/book-review-how-to-think-about-caring-for-a-child-with-difficult-behaviour.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/11/11/117750/book-review-how-to-think-about-caring-for-a-child-with-difficult-behaviour.html</guid><description>I wish I had written this book, writes Lynn Baxter! It is an excellent handbook for foster carers and adoptive parents in particular, but all child care workers and parents would benefit from it. </description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Book reviews: Understanding and working with parents of children in long-term foster care</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/11/11/117749/book-reviews-understanding-and-working-with-parents-of-children-in-long-term-foster-care.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/11/11/117749/book-reviews-understanding-and-working-with-parents-of-children-in-long-term-foster-care.html</guid><description>More relevant for less experienced workers or students, there is nothing in this book that empathetic and experienced social workers would not know already.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Social workers criticise quality of work by guardians </title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/10/31/117693/social-workers-criticise-quality-of-work-by-guardians.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/10/31/117693/social-workers-criticise-quality-of-work-by-guardians.html</guid><description>Social workers say their relationship with court guardians is close to breaking point and having a direct impact on their ability to support and protect children. </description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
