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Teenage girl in care

Children, Social work leaders

Councils referring more children from residential to foster care, report agencies

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foster-care-family

Children, Social work leaders

One in eight fostering households quit last year, finds Ofsted

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Children, Social work leaders

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

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Male carer and child

Children, Social work leaders

Half of foster carers considering quitting due to cost of living crisis, finds survey

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Regional policy key on keyboard

Children, Social work leaders

Regional care commissioning ‘risks greater costs, bureaucracy and remote decision making’

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Portrait of young african american man looking at window

Children, Social work leaders

Foster carers feel ‘cut adrift’ by social workers when facing allegations

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Image of female child holding female adults' hand (credit: Chinnapong / Adobe Stock)

Children

Should – and could – councils reduce their reliance on independent fostering agencies?

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Image of female child holding female adults' hand (credit: Chinnapong / Adobe Stock)

Children

‘She was heartbroken – and no amount of love was going to fix that’: how fostering is not what you think

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investigations

Children, Social work leaders

‘Dysfunctional’ care market needs overhaul to tackle high prices and scarce placements, says watchdog

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Children

Foster carers plan exit after council cuts fees for some by £100 a week

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Vivian Okeze-Tirado, overall winner at the 2021 Social Worker of the Year Awards

Children, Social work leaders

Social Worker of the Year: ‘As social workers, we promote social justice’

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Research results post-it note on mouse

Children, Social work leaders

Better relationships with children’s social workers ‘key to tackling foster carer crisis’

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Jigsaw puzzle showing supply demand gap

Children, Social work leaders

Fostering system at risk of reaching ‘breaking point’, warns Ofsted

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Dial pointing at the word 'performance'

Children, Social work leaders

Government introduces target on percentage of agency social workers in children’s workforce

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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

Foster care matching needs resource boost to tackle “crisis” decision-making, research finds

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