children in care

The number of children in care in England has continued to rise, official statistics have revealed.
The Department of Education figures show that there were 75,420 looked after children in England at 31 March 2018, up 4% on 31 March 2017.

The number of children starting to be looked after has fallen by 3%, after [...]

There has been a sharp rise in the number of newborn babies going into care, a report by The Nuffield Foundation has found.

The number of all care proceedings issued for infants who were newborns was 32% in 2007-8 and this rose to 42% of all cases in 2016-17.

In 2007/08, 1,039 of newborn cases were issued [...]

Young people in Sheffield have created a board game to enable social workers, residential staff and foster carers to think about what makes a good foster care placement.

Young people from Sheffield’s Children In Care Council have created the snakes and ladders style game to support social workers, foster carers and residential staff to think about [...]

The Care Crisis Review has unearthed “a palpable sense of unease” about how lack of resources, poverty and deprivation are making it harder for families and the children’s social care system to cope.

The seven-month sector led a review of the system included contributions from many stakeholders after Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, [...]

Younger children in care are often unsure as to their reasons for being there, according to a study.

The Our Lives, Our Care research by Coram Voice and the University of Bristol found that while most children and young people had an understanding of why they had been taken into care, a third of four [...]

Ninety children a day are entering care, figures from the Local Government Association states.

The total number of looked after children reached a new high of 72,670 in 2016/17 - up from 70,440 the year before, representing the biggest annual rise of children in care in seven years.

The figures highlight the urgent need for the [...]