A steep decline in the number of child protection plans for sexual abuse means this form of harm is increasingly hidden, rather than reducing, a...
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Cut profits and fees, care review lead implores children’s home providers
The head of the children’s social care review has urged children’s home provider to cut their fees and profits now after describing current levels as...
EDUCATION RECOVERY FUNDING WORTH ‘LITTLE MORE’ THAN EAT OUT TO HELP OUT SCHEME, ANALYSIS FINDS
Education recovery funding over the next academic year is worth “little more” than government funding handed to the hospitality sector during last summer’s Eat Out...
KINSHIP CARE: COUNCILS URGED TO OFFER MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
According to a survey of 2,000 kinship carers by charity Kinship, previously known as Grandparents Plus, 36 per cent of respondents said they received no financial support...
Report Abuse in Education helpline resources launched
The helpline was commissioned by the Department for Education in response to the troubling testimonies of sexual abuse and harassment shared on the Everyone’s Invited...
CHILDREN’S SECTOR LEADERS URGE GREATER SCRUTINY OF SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS
The Local Government Association (LGA) said it would like to see the creation of a role to monitor the financial health of large children’s social...
OVER 400,000 MORE PUPILS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS AMID PANDEMIC, SAYS LABOUR
Data analysed by the Labour Party show that between March and October last year more than 11,000 children became eligible for free school meals each week. The...
Kidderminster foster carers supporting children with disabilities shortlisted for award
A KIDDERMINSTER couple who have been foster carers for a decade have made it to the finals of a national competition. The FosterTalk Awards ‘Lockdown...
New safeguarding partnerships show promise but hampered by funding issues and lack of government support
Funding issues, a lack of government support and insufficiently senior police representation are hampering the impact of the multi-agency partnerships that replaced local safeguarding children...
DIGITAL PASSPORTS’ LAUNCHED TO HELP TACKLE ONLINE HARM FOR CHILDREN IN CARE
The initiative – launched today by the UK Council for Internet Safety‘s (UKCIS) Vulnerable Users Working Group – is designed to help communication between foster...
New ADCS president: this is the year to ‘reset the ambition for children’
With a feeling of hope at lockdown restrictions lifting, incoming Association of Directors of Children’s Services president Charlotte Ramsden says this year “feels like the...
Special Guardianship Needs More Recognition and Support
In an article published in The Conversation, Professor Judith Harwin of Lancaster University, considers the importance of, and increase in, use of special guardianship orders,...