Terms of reference for the review of professional development for the children’s homes workforce Introduction The quality and number of loving, stable relationships a child has – while in care and into adulthood – should be the cleare...
How to ensure your case recording is child-focused As her husband contemplates accessing his care records, social work trainer and consultant Sophie Baker discusses how practitioners can e...
Overcriminalisation of children in care and care leavers to be tackled through strengthened policy, says government Existing protocol on reducing unnecessary criminalisation among care experienced people will be ‘significantly strengthened’,...
What the children’s social care reforms mean for you With the implementation of the Families First Partnership programme and the passing of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 202...
Number of children in secure home welfare beds hits 15-year low Fall in use of secure children’s homes comes amid ongoing rise in the number of applications by councils for High Court orders to d...
Councils risk losing social care reform funding if they divert it to cover spending pressures, MacAlister warns Minister says Families First Partnership programme funding must be used to shift services towards earlier intervention and improve child ...
