Tag Archives | kinship care

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Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social care reform delay will prolong ‘crisis’ and increase costs, charities warn

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Children, Social work leaders

Budget includes £44m for kinship and foster care

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils handed guide to what works in supporting kinship families

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Children, Social work leaders

Adultification bias expert appointed national kinship care ambassador

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Children, Social work leaders

Children staying longer in care due to inequalities in kinship carer payments, says report

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Children, Social work leaders

‘How children are missing out on family care because councils fail to consider overseas placements’

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Children

How social workers can help kinship carers manage impact of tougher benefit rules

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Children, Social work leaders

DfE launches first national kinship strategy

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Children, Social work leaders

Significant disparities in council support for kinship carers revealed by survey

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Child protection ‘should be key driver of asylum response to children’

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Children

Key messages for social workers from research into kinship foster care

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Children, Social work leaders

Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board to close this month

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Children, Social work leaders

How social workers can improve support for the ‘silent and unheard majority’ of kinship carers

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Why social work needs to become more skilled in kinship care’

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Children, Social work leaders

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

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Children

26-week target often unrealistic for kinship care assessments, say social workers

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