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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...

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 over the next academic year is worth “little more” than government funding handed to the hospitality sector during last summer’s Eat Out...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The initiative – launched today by the UK Council for Internet Safety‘s (UKCIS) Vulnerable Users Working Group – is designed to help communication between foster...

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,...