Fostering and adoption

Children

At age 11, this deeply troubled boy was on his 27th placement

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Children, Mental Health

Children in care denied mental health services because of placement ‘uncertainty’

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Children, Workforce

Ofsted: Council’s progress at risk from reliance on agency social workers

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Children, Workforce

As the council unveils its underspend, desks lie empty in children’s services

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Children

Local authority ‘lost sight’ of religious needs of children in care, judge says

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Budget cut

Children

Budget cuts making it harder for children in care to access social workers, survey finds

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Workforce, Children

The unintended risk of the government’s regionalisation agenda

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Children

‘Why are you stupid enough to volunteer?’ – an adopter’s experience of adopting siblings

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Children

Child in care: ‘He lights the room when it’s dark and lonely’

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Children

Child in care: ‘My soul has been torn apart but now it has been sewn back together’

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Children

Support fund extended to special guardians as government outlines adoption law changes

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Children, Workforce

Ofsted praise for Gateshead social workers’ good relations with children

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A house

Children

Foster carers accuse council of ‘exploitation’ over fee changes

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Children

‘Forced adoption’ criticism shouldn’t get in the way of helping children

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Children, Workforce, Mental Health

Family drug court delivers major savings by keeping families together, finds report

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Near miss

Children, Workforce

Sally Donovan: adoption services should work with, not against, parents to learn from ‘near misses’

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