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Fatima Whitbread at the One Voice Summit

Children

Fatima Whitbread appeals to the government to overhaul care system

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Children

Will the proposed national child protection agency help improve practice in England?

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Social worker making notes in document while talking to mother and child on a sofa

Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund opens for applications in 2025-26

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Young boy in a hoodie in what appears to be the grounds of a prison looking downcast

Children, Social work leaders

Government authorises use of synthetic pepper spray in YOIs against Youth Justice Board advice

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Image of book marked 'family court' and judge's gavel (credit: Vitalii Vodolazskyi / Adobe Stock)

Children, Legal, Social work leaders

New private law model substantially improves experiences of children and families, say practitioners

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Legislation, Office Binder on Wooden Desk. On the table colored pencils, pen, notebook paper

Adults, Children, Legal, Social work leaders

How the Mental Health Bill has been amended by the House of Lords

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Mother looking at young daughter, who is sitting on her lap, during session with a social worker

Children, Social work leaders

Sector bodies urge Phillipson to reconsider Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund cuts

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Middle-aged man giving advice to young man, while sitting on park bench

Children, Social work leaders

Councils given guide to evidence on mentoring schemes for children in care

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An open notebook with the words 'anti-discrimination policy' written on the left-hand page

Children, Early careers, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work ‘needs push’ to embed anti-discriminatory practice, say post-qualifying standards authors

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Girl looking sad to symbolise having suffered abuse

Children, Social work leaders

DfE makes huge cut to Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund payments

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Children, Inform Children

What is kinship care?

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Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, standing in front of a Union flag

Children, Social work leaders

National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

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The word 'leadership' spelt out on a wooden letterpress sat on a table

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

New ADCS president sets out stall as government embarks on children’s social care reforms

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Children

‘What I wish I had known when a child’s reaction frightened me’

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The words Foster Care concept and theme written in vintage wooden letterpress type on a grunge background.

Children, Social work leaders

£25m boost to foster care support and recruitment from 2026-28

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Children

More than half of practitioners feel ill-equipped to address social media’s influence on children

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