Fostering and adoption

Children

‘I was a respected social worker, but all that stood for nothing’

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Children

Foster carers feel pressured into giving up work, report finds

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Children

Social workers “hung out to dry” by authority after court judgement, claims family lawyer

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Children

Judge criticises social workers for ‘grossly overstated’ adoption evidence

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Children

Social workers giving evidence in court now able to use a standard template

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Children

Student social worker: “I felt almost like ‘the enemy’”

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Children

‘We risk reversing substantial progress and damaging life-long outcomes for children’

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Children

Government publishes guide to bust adoption law myths and misconceptions

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Workforce, Children

Social worker suspended for copying and pasting reports

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Children

‘It may never be possible to remove the scaffolding entirely’

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Children

Placement orders fall by half in nine months, government figures show

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Children, Wales

Welsh Government launches National Adoption Service to boost service quality

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Children

Life after leaving care: ‘There’s always something to fight for’

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Children, Workforce

‘Reducing social worker visits to long-term foster placements misses the point’

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Children

‘I love being an adoptive dad’: Jack Ash on adoption, identity and Grayson Perry

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Children

Nominated officer sign off to be required before children placed in care voluntarily return home

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