Councils are struggling with 560 cases of children's mental health every day
Children's services are dealing with more than 560 cases of children with mental health problems every day, council leaders have warned.
The Local Government Association is warning of the "children's mental health crisis" and said local authorities are struggling to cope with the demand for services.
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People [...]
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 [...]
Self-harm figures reinforces need to tackle mental health crisis, says LGA
The Local Government Association has warned that figures published by The Children's Society on self-harm among young people reinforces the need to tackle the crisis in children's mental health.
The charity's annual Good Childhood report revealed that almost one quarter of 14-year-old girls reported self-harming in just a year. One in six of the 11,000 children [...]
Local authority spending on children's services rises
Local authority spending on children's services rises. Spending on children's services increased the most out of all local authority expenditure, the government has said.
Expenditure on children’s social care increased by £368 million from £8.4 billion to £8.8 billion - an increase of 4.3% in 2017-2018, the provisional outturn estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing [...]
Childrens Services budgets diverted to those in crisis
Childrens services budgets are being diverted into children at crisis point while preventative services are being slashed, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.
Analysis carried out by The Institute for Fiscal Studies for the children’s commissioner revealed that almost half of the entire £8.6 billion children’s services budget in England is now spent on 73,000 [...]
Thousands of children in care lacking stability
Vulnerable children in care are experiencing disruption in their lives by changing homes, schools and social workers, the children’s commissioner has said.
In her second Stability Index examining children’s experiences of care, Anne Longfield warns that while many children receive consistent care, thousands are experiencing multiple disruptions during their time in care.
“It is very concerning that [...]
