http://www.communitycare.co.ukFostering and adoption news from Community Care. Read all the latest fostering and adoption stories as soon as they're published.en-gbReed Business Information, 2006Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:00 GMT60http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108203/cc-live-gay-and-lesbian-foster-carers-near-bottom-of-hierarchy.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108203/cc-live-gay-and-lesbian-foster-carers-near-bottom-of-hierarchy.htmlNewsGay men and lesbians are near the bottom of an "unspoken hierarchy" of preferred foster carers and adoptive parents, an expert told Community Care Live today.Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108197/concurrent-planning-in-foster-care.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108197/concurrent-planning-in-foster-care.htmlNewsTen years since it arrived in the UK, concurrent planning is making progress as a means of fostering and adoption. Helen Mooney reportsFri, 16 May 2008 09:31:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108198/a-first-hand-account-of-being-an-adoption-social-worker.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108198/a-first-hand-account-of-being-an-adoption-social-worker.htmlNewsLindsey Ford will never her first adoption case and the caring efforts of all concerned to give a little girl with a sad beginning a happier life.Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108169/herefordshire-council-backs-down-over-kinship-carer-allowances.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108169/herefordshire-council-backs-down-over-kinship-carer-allowances.htmlNewsA kinship carer has won £12,000 in unpaid allowances for bringing up her two grandchildren after threatening the local authority with legal action. Herefordshire...Tue, 13 May 2008 11:52:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/25/103472/adoption-and-fostering.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/25/103472/adoption-and-fostering.htmlNewsAdoption has a higher profile within councils following the prime minister’s adoption review in 2000, according to the Commission for Social Care Inspection. It says numbers of looked-after children in England being adopted rose 38 per cent between 2000 and 2005 and that a more diverse range of those seeking children for adoption are being recruited.Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:47:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/22/107955/tact-foster-carers-being-forced-to-become-special-guardians.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/22/107955/tact-foster-carers-being-forced-to-become-special-guardians.htmlNewsCouncils are threatening foster carers that they will remove children from their care unless they apply for a special guardianship order, a parliamentary committee was told yesterday.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:41:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/16/107922/parent-and-child-placements-on-the-rise.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/16/107922/parent-and-child-placements-on-the-rise.htmlNewsCouncils are choosing to place parents and children with foster carers rather than in family centres to be assessed. Amy Taylor asks whether changes to legal aid funding are responsible Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:58:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107752/dcsf-study-social-workers-must-do-more-to-encourage-kinship-care.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107752/dcsf-study-social-workers-must-do-more-to-encourage-kinship-care.htmlNewsDepartment for Children, Schools and Families-commissioned research has found social workers need to be more pro-active in exploring the potential of kinship care.Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:02:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/17/107616/change-attitudes-to-male-foster-carers-fostering-network.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/17/107616/change-attitudes-to-male-foster-carers-fostering-network.htmlNewsLocal authorities must recognise and respect the role of male carers if they are to drive recruitment forward and give vulnerable children positive role models, Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network, said today.Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:29:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/14/107606/kinship-care-frg-and-fostering-network-push-for-financial-support.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/14/107606/kinship-care-frg-and-fostering-network-push-for-financial-support.htmlNewsChildren's and families' charities have renewed calls for kinship carers to receive more financial support at a Community Care conference this week.Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:01:00 GMT