by FosterTalk Admin | May 23, 2022 | News
The long-awaited independent review of children’s social care has been published today (23/5/22). First announced in 2019, the aim of the review is to ‘build recommendations for how the system can be improved, continuing to feed in a wide range of views,...
by FosterTalk Admin | May 9, 2022 | News
A recent report has found that over half of carers subject to allegations did not receive independent support. Prior to this, in 2016, FosterTalk commissioned commissioned ‘The Impact of Unproven Allegations on Foster Carers’ research, published in 2016 by Gillian...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 29, 2022 | News
A children’s literacy charity has launched a campaign to raise £1 million to buy books for Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK. Bookmark Reading, a literacy charity that provides volunteer-led reading support for children, aims to supply 5,000 welcome Book Boxes to...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 29, 2022 | News
There is a ‘lack of collective knowledge’ around the needs of children in care, according to a study by Ofsted, published today. The report ‘Why do children go into children’s homes?’ draws on responses to surveys and discussions between inspectors and children placed...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 25, 2022 | News
On Thursday 21st April, MPs held a general debate on the recruitment and retention of foster carers which was put forward by Kate Osborne. Will Quince, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education stated ‘On financial support, foster carers have a unique...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2022 | News
Community Care have reported that almost two-thirds of children’s services directors in England are women, the highest since records began, according to a new report. Annual analysis by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) found that 97 of the...
