Commissioner analysis highlights plight of children growing up in B&Bs Analysis of data reveals how thousands of children are spending months in bed & breakfast (B&B) accommodation unsuitable for meet...
Number of adoptions hits new low as children wait longer and adopter shortage grows Growing gap between the number of children awaiting adoption and the number of prospective adopters, leaving more enduring long waits for...
Plans for Ofsted to fine illegal children’s home providers ‘could backfire’ Increased regulatory powers to fine unregistered children’s home providers could risk harming the most vulnerable children by pushing the...
Children’s social care reforms must be fully implemented by March 2027, says DfE Department sets deadline for councils and fellow safeguarding partners to fully roll out family help services, multi-agency child protect...
LADO guidance first promised in November 2022 remains work in progress Handbook on local authority designated officer role was pledged by last Conservative government in light of highly critical report into s...
Lead child protection practitioner role may be made protected title Child protection social work role may become regulated with postholders required to uphold statutory standards, says Department for Educa...