About Luke Stevenson

Luke Stevenson is Community Care’s children’s social care journalist

Author Archive | Luke Stevenson

Adult and child play

Children

Care applications on the rise, Cafcass figures show

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Children, Workforce

BASW ‘dismay’ over Isabelle Trowler’s skills statement for children’s social workers

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Children

Guidance released to help tackle rising tide of child abuse linked to witchcraft beliefs

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Children

Open letter challenges Birmingham to reveal child protection funding plans

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Children, Child safeguarding

Troubleshooter sent in to oversee improvements to children’s services in Rotherham

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Children

Government adoption reforms only impacting on younger children, says charity

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Children

Three quarters of foster carers expected to make use of “staying put” arrangements

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Children

How to support foster carers of young people who have shown harmful sexual behaviour

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Children

Adoptions rise by 26%, Department for Education figures show

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Children

Documentary shows ‘radical’ way of helping children with behavioural difficulties

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Children

Number of serious case reviews rises 54% in a year, finds Ofsted

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Children, Workforce

Student social worker: ‘The environment felt invasive and unnatural’

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Child on swing

Children

Social workers making the right decisions to protect children, say guardians

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Children, Child safeguarding

Minister applauds council’s child sexual exploitation project

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Children, Child safeguarding

Rotherham children’s services boss resigns following abuse scandal

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Children, Child safeguarding

Doncaster reviews child protection ‘failings’ for children at risk of abuse

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