Looked after children

Children, Social care leaders

Alternative care approach saved council more than £800,000 by keeping families together

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Children

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

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Children

MPs brand police treatment of child sexual exploitation victims a “postcode lottery”

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Children

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

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Children

Social workers could only need to visit children in long-term foster care placements twice a year

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Children, Workforce

‘Residential childcare can provide opportunities for siblings to stay together’

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Children

Government rejects calls by MPs for a ban on B&Bs for care leavers

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Children

‘Baby P: The Untold Story’ TV documentary announced by BBC

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Children

Leaving care services are “not working for the most vulnerable” warns Action for Children

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Children

Care applications on the rise, Cafcass figures show

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Children, Workforce

The impact of the independent reviewing officer (IRO) on care planning and reviews for looked after children

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Children, Workforce

Student social worker: ‘I felt hurt when I realised the grandmother had lied to me’

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Children, Child safeguarding

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

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Children, Workforce

An ideological approach to adoption figures means we are missing important trends

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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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