45 unaccompanied asylum seeking children went missing from unlawful accommodation
The Home Office placed unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in unlawful accommodation which resulted in 45 children going missing over a 10-month period, a charity has claimed.
Parliamentary Question responses show the Home Office has housed 1,606 children in hotels between July 2021 and June 2022, even though this is unlawful and despite unaccompanied asylum-seeking children being [...]
Kinship families plunged into poverty
Kinship families are being plunged into poverty as the cost of living continues to soar, the charity Kinship has revealed.
Urgent action is needed to prevent many more families from struggling financially as they alleviate pressure on the care system by caring for children who are not able to live with their parents for a [...]
Three people sentenced for Logan Mwangi’s murder
Three people have been sentenced for the murder of five year old Logan Mwangi at Cardiff Crown Court.
Logan’s step-father John Cole, his mother Angharad Williamson and 14-year-old Craig Mulligan, who was raised by Cole, were convicted of murder after a jury heard all the evidence, which included CCTV showing John Cole carrying Logan’s body [...]
Reliance on agency staff in Star Hobson authority highlights capacity issues in social work
The “reliance on agency social workers” in the local authority responsible for safeguarding Star Hobson highlights capacity issues in the social work profession, the Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has warned.
Star HobsonAddressing the education select committee, Annie Hudson – who last month published Child Protection in England [...]
Unaccompanied children included in Homes for Ukraine scheme
Applications for unaccompanied children from Ukraine are starting to be processed under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the government has announced.
The Homes for Ukraine scheme will allow children and minors under the age of 18 who have already applied through the Homes for Ukraine Scheme to come to the UK without a parent or [...]
Ofsted consults on introducing a judgement in inspections on progress for care leavers
Ofsted has launched a consultation on proposals to include a new judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers in the local authority children’s services (ILACS) inspection framework.
The inspectorate proposes to:
• Introduce a separate new judgement within ILACS: “The experience and progress of care leavers.”
• Review and update the existing evaluation criteria to [...]
