Residential childcare

Children, Workforce

‘You’ll be fine with the kids, but watch your back with some of the staff’

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Children, Workforce

‘Did we as staff fail the child?’

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Children

Lord Laming: Keeping young people in care out of prison isn’t about resources but society

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Children

‘A Safe Place To Live’: A specialist home for children at risk of sexual exploitation

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Children

Half of local authorities report increase in care applications

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Children

What are the biggest problems facing children in care?

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Children

Peer violence in care: how prolific is it and what do social workers need to know?

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Children

Play written by residential child care worker explores social work and life in care

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Children, Child safeguarding

How rethinking residential care can help safeguard children against sexual exploitation

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Children

Ofsted reveals tougher inspection criteria for children’s homes from April

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Children

“Kids in care should have a choice” – Reaction to C4’s Kicked Out Kids

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Workforce, Children

Teenager’s death could have been prevented by social care, finds SCR

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Children

Nearly two thirds of councils refuse to place children in ‘adequate’ rated homes

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Children

Government considers £76m cost of keeping children in residential care until 21

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Children

Child sexual exploitation training to become mandatory for children’s home workers

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Children

Children’s homes at Christmas: “The sense of camaraderie is very real”

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