Tag Archives | children in care

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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Social worker with two young children

Children, Coronavirus, Social work leaders

Relational practice helping keep numbers entering care below long-term average, claim councils

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Teenager looking upset

Children, Social work leaders

Government should be required to ensure enough secure placements, says Children’s Commissioner

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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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Children, Social work leaders

Children adopted from care falls to lowest in 21 years, government figures show

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Social workers and young person

Children

Time-poor, overstretched and changing too often – children’s experiences of social workers

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Children

‘Why social workers need to show children they care’

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Andy Elvin, chief executive, TACT

Children, Workforce

Councils should lose responsibility for children in care to national service, says fostering charity

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Why recognising foster carers as workers would provide more stability for children and reduce costs’

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Inform Children

Working with parents of looked-after children: key tips for social workers

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Adult and child shadow

Children

Stopping the cycle of successive children being taken into care

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