Rewarding? That description doesn't come close
Rewarding? That description doesn't come close.
In the latest in his series of blogs, foster carer, feature writer and photographer David Bocking talks about his experience fostering for Sheffield City Council.
When she arrived, our second foster baby was weak and pale and poorly. She had a viral infection along with severe feeding problems, and life [...]
Thousands of children at risk due to funding cuts
Thousands of children are at risk of falling through the cracks as funding available for children's services has plummeted by one third, leading charities have warned.
Analysis of official figures by Action for Children, Barnardo’s, NSPCC, The Children’s Society and the National Children’s Bureau revealed funding available for children’s services has fallen by a third per [...]
Compulsory health education in schools from 2020
New guidance supporting schools how to teach pupils about mental health has been launched by the Department for Education.
Education secretary Damian Hinds said the guidance will mean that from September 2020 all children in England will learn in schools how to look after their mental wellbeing with a focus on the link between physical and [...]
Ofsted: Cambridgeshire 'requires improvement'
The quality and the timeliness of services remain less than good for too many children in Cambridgeshire, Ofsted has said.
Since the last inspection, changes of senior leadership, restructuring of services, rising demand and challenges in recruiting enough social workers have had a negative impact on how well and how quickly children and their families receive [...]
Councils' spending on asylum seeking children almost doubles in four years
Local authorities' spending on supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children has risen by 95 per cent in four years, according to the latest figures.
Councils spent £77 million supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children in 2014/15 and this rose by 95 per cent to more than £152 million in 2017/18. The figures also reveal that the number of [...]
Quality of services "too variable" in Somerset
The quality of service that children receive in Somerset is too variable across the county, Ofsted has warned.
In the last inspection in November 2017, Somerset was judged to be requires improvement to be good. Since then, the number of permanent team managers and social workers has increased, and caseloads have been reduced to manageable [...]
