by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2020 extended flexibilities in October that are due to expire on 31 March 2021. With the current national lockdown and the likelihood that, as the situation improves, we will continue to need...
by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 4, 2021 | News
The Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS) has published a report looking at care leavers’ experiences of digital exclusion before and during the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland. Findings from an online survey and focus...
by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 4, 2021 | News
The Children’s Society has published a briefing on open access hubs which are designed to offer easy-to-access, drop in support on a self-referral basis for children and young people with emotional health and well-being needs, up to age of 25. Read the news...
by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 4, 2021 | News
Barnardo’s has released figures which show that the number of children in England urgently needing foster care from Barnardo’s has risen by more than half during the coronavirus pandemic. Figures show that there were 13,030 referrals to Barnardo’s...
by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 4, 2021 | News
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that schools and colleges in England will not return to full face-to-face education after the February half-term and that the current attendance restrictions will remain in place until 8 March 2021 at the earliest. The...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jan 26, 2021 | News
The Department for Education (DfE) has published data on serious incidents involving children in England for the period April to September 2020. The serious incident notification system requires councils to report all incidents of death or serious harm involving...
