by FosterTalk Admin | May 20, 2021 | News
The initiative – launched today by the UK Council for Internet Safety’s (UKCIS) Vulnerable Users Working Group – is designed to help communication between foster carers and the children in their care, who are statistically at greater risk of online...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 30, 2021 | News
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 year to reset the ambition for children and young people” and that now is a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
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, and highlights recent research showing the benefits it brings to children by keeping...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
To mark the first Care Experienced History Month UK, the findings of a new Coram survey on public attitudes to children in care and care leavers has been published. The survey of over 2,000 UK adults found that while 81% of those asked thought that children in care...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has launched a new guide to help local authorities handle complaints under the children’s services statutory complaints process. The guide shares lessons from previous investigations about how councils should apply...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
Community Care Inform has published a free guide for social workers on working with domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health. The guide briefly explores the prevalence of co-existing domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health, and the impact of...
