Government pledges support to social workers following care review
The government has pledged to increase support for social workers including on leadership, recruitment and retention and improved data sharing in response to the final report of the independent review of children’s social care.
The government set out initial new measures in response to recommendations in Josh MacAlister’s independent review of children’s social care, which [...]
Care review: Radical reset for children's social care is now unavoidable
There will be approaching 100,000 children in care and a flawed children’s social care system will cost over £15 billion per year by this time next year unless radical reform happens urgently, the independent review of children’s social care has stated.
The system is currently increasingly skewed to crisis intervention, with outcomes for children that [...]
Safeguards needed to prevent homelessness among care leavers
Stronger safeguards could protect young care leavers from homelessness, a report by Just for Kids Law in collaboration with New Horizons Youth Centre and Youth Legal.
The report argues that by extending priority need for homeless care leavers up to the age of 25 and abolishing becoming “intentionally homeless” for care leavers would help care [...]
Shortage of foster carers leads to sibling separation and far away placements
Children in care are being placed with foster families away from their local communities, and sibling groups are being separated, the UK’s leading fostering charity has warned.
During Foster Care Fortnight, The Fostering Network says that a lack of foster carers is resulting in brothers and sisters being placed in separate placements while other children [...]
Care Review needs to protect non-British children in care
The Care Review will be failing some of the most vulnerable children in the care system today if it does not challenge the government’s increasing refusal to protect the rights of non-British children and young people under children in care law, policy and practice.
The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium states that every child in [...]
One in three trafficked children go missing from care
One in three trafficked children go missing from local authority care, according to a report by the charities Every Child Protected Against Trafficking and Missing People.
Based on the analysis of data from Freedom of Information requests to local authorities, the report shows that one in three - 378 out of 1,231 - trafficked children [...]
