Children in kinship care not having physical or health needs met
Vulnerable children living in kinship care are missing out on specialist support for long-term physical and mental health conditions, according to the charity Kinship.
Children in kinship care have often developed the physical or mental health problems after experiencing trauma or abuse previously. Unlike children in foster care, children in kinship care do not undergo [...]
National Adoption Strategy published
A new National Adoption Strategy, backed by a £48 million investment, has been launched to improve adoption services in England, the government has announced.
The strategy will improve recruitment across the country and remove any unnecessary delays, through more training for front line staff, improving approval process and funding for targeted recruitment campaigns.
Education Secretary Gavin [...]
More than one third of kinship carers receive no financial support from councils
Over a third of kinship carers received no financial support from their local authority, according to a survey by the charity Kinship, previously Grandparents Plus.
The likelihood of receiving an allowance from the local authority varied according to the legal status of the child, but the survey found that 85% of kinship carers raising children [...]
Kinship carers to get support accessing school places for children
Kinship carers will receive more support to help their children secure school places, under changes made to the Schools Admission Code.
The Department for Education consulted on changes to the Schools Admission Code and respondents highlighted concerns for children who are in formal kinship care arrangements. The recent cross-government Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care analysis [...]
Number of children on child protection register in Scotland rises
There has been a 3% rise in the number of children on the child protection register in Scotland, according to national statistics.
There were 2,654 children on the child protection register in Scotland at 31 July 2020 which was a 3% increase from the 2018-19 figure. The most common causes for concern were emotional and domestic [...]
Covid regulations rule in favour of kinship care
The government has introduced an exemption to the new Covid regulations to allow a child, who cannot remain safely at home, to meet with relatives, such as grandparents or a family friend, who have put themselves forward to raise the child on a temporary or permanent basis.
Following a threat of legal action by the charity [...]
