Tag Archives | children in care

Teenager looking upset

Children

One in ten children known to social care missing half of school time, reveals DfE data

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Group of four children hugging each other

Children, Social work leaders

Overcoming the barriers to contact between siblings separated by the care system

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Young boy looking pensive against backdrop of other young people

Children, Social work leaders

Kent ‘extremely close to capacity’ to care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

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Wall collage made by mothers at Jasmine Mother's Recovery Centre, including images of mothers and children, the words 'drug free', 'hard work' and 'safe place for kids;

Adults, Children, Inform Children

‘We’re not bad mums’: inside the rehab centre giving women a chance to keep their children

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social work caseloads growing increasingly complex, research finds

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Children, Social work leaders

Family reunification hampered by lack of specialist teams, strategy and resources, finds study

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Person building tower of blocks spelling out 'trust'

Children, Workforce

‘Why trusting children matters in social care’

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Children, Social work leaders

Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head

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Rachel de Souza

Children, Social work leaders

Councils breaching guidance by not taking homeless teenagers into care, suggests Children’s Commissioner

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Children, Social work leaders

Number of foster care households shrinks for second consecutive year

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Systemic racism worsened Covid’s impact on disabled people from ethnic minorities – report

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Picture of a man reading his newspaper with the logo 'Social Work Recap' on top

Adults, Children

Politicians urge end to ‘horrendous’ handcuffing of children in care

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Image of the Senedd in Cardiff, seat of the Welsh Parliament (credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Children, Social work leaders

Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care

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Young man looking sad talking to professional

Children, Social work leaders

Call for ‘serious reform’ to reduce number of children placed out of area

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Scottish Parliament building

Children

Scottish government to assist English councils placing children north of border

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The Royal Courts of Justice

Children, Social work leaders

Providers failing to register placements to deprive children of liberty

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