English councils pay £1m per child for places in private children’s homes
The Guardian has reported that councils in England are paying more than £1m a year for a single place in privately run...
Supporting families revamp as programme enters 10th year
Children and Young People Now have reported that the government’s flagship programme to support disadvantaged families...
Children’s media use
Ofcom has released a report exploring how media was understood and used by children and young people aged 3-17 in the...
Charity urges care review to improve support for kinship families
Children and Young People Now have reported that a charity is urging the Care Review to take on board proposals to...
Caseloads bigger, more complex and harder to manage, say children’s social workers
Community Care have reported that more than a third say caseloads “completely unmanageable” as court pressures, Covid...
High Court dismisses claim that failure to ban unregulated placements for 16- and 17-year-olds was unlawful
Community Care have reported that the High Court has dismissed a children’s rights charity’s claim that the...