A new report Towards A National Care Family, by Tact chief executive Andy Elvin sets out proposals for one national service covering fostering, adoption, kinship, residential,...
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Nadhim Zahawi to replace Gavin Williamson as education secretary
Nadhim Zahawi, whose star has risen during the pandemic as vaccines minister, is to become education secretary after Gavin Williamson’s gaffe-prone tenure came to an...
Introduction to safeguarding and child protection training
NSPCC Learning has updated the introduction to safeguarding and child protection elearning course for anyone working with children and young people in the UK. The...
Safeguarding transgender children
Farrer & Co has released a two-part podcast offering guidance on the law, best practice and how to effectively safeguard transgender children and young people....
Mental health support for young black people
UK Youth are recruiting to their Young Changemakers programme for 16- to 25-year-olds in England who have lived experience of mental health and racial injustice....
Foster care matching needs resource boost to tackle “crisis” decision-making, research finds
Foster care matching needs more resource to tackle the “crisis atmosphere” of many placement decisions, research has recommended. What Works for Children’s Social Care said increased funding was needed to enable social...
Foster carer approval ‘like winning the lottery’
A couple who offer urgent foster placements to young people who are often caught up in crime said being accepted as carers was like “winning...
Judge: bespoke placements for children will be ‘considerably harder’ following unregulated provision ban
The forthcoming ban on placing children in care aged under 16 in unregulated accommodation will make it ‘considerably harder’ to find bespoke placements for young...
Vulnerable children at risk as England faces shortfall of 25,000 foster families
England faces a 25,000 shortfall in foster families over the next five years, amid complaints of a lack of support for existing carers and a...
Children and Young People’s Services: Spending 2010-11 to 2019-20 – England
Pro Bono Economics has published a report, commissioned by the Children’s Services Funding Alliance (Action for Children, Barnardo’s, National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC and The Children’s Society)...
Regulator calls for debate on social media use after warning social worker for ‘anti-trans’ posts
Social Work England has defended its impartiality and commitment to human rights, and called for further discussion about social workers’ use of social media, after...
Boy removed from foster carers ‘over autism diagnosis push’
A couple claim social services removed their foster child after their calls for an autism diagnosis were rebuffed in case it deterred potential adopters. The...