Tag Archives | children in care

Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders

‘Worrying’ number of children wrongly placed in supported accommodation, says Ofsted chief

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Middle aged woman sitting on the couch (negative emotions). Upset mid-age woman sitting on sofa indoors. She is concerned about something or having headache.

Children, Workforce

‘A vocation, full of the best moments and some of the saddest’: a retiring children’s home manager looks back

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Yvette Stanley

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of children’s homes up 44% since 2020 as fostering sector shrinks

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Teenage boy wearing backpack looking at world map

Children, Social work leaders

‘How children are missing out on family care because councils fail to consider overseas placements’

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Ashley John-Baptiste, credit Cebo Luthuli

Children

Book review: ‘Looked After: A Childhood in Care’

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materials used for all about me life story work: a cardboard box containing pens, stickers, alphabet letters, sellotape and glue

Children

How creative life story work puts care experienced children in control

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Screen with the word 'profits' written on it along with various related symbols

Children, Social work leaders

Bill to end profit from children’s care placements in Wales published

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Teenager looking upset

Children

One in ten children known to social care missing half of school time, reveals DfE data

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Group of four children hugging each other

Children, Social work leaders

Overcoming the barriers to contact between siblings separated by the care system

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Young boy looking pensive against backdrop of other young people

Children, Social work leaders

Kent ‘extremely close to capacity’ to care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

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Wall collage made by mothers at Jasmine Mother's Recovery Centre, including images of mothers and children, the words 'drug free', 'hard work' and 'safe place for kids;

Adults, Children, Inform Children

‘We’re not bad mums’: inside the rehab centre giving women a chance to keep their children

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Graph showing increased complexity

Children, Social work leaders

Children’s social work caseloads growing increasingly complex, research finds

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Two professionals in discussion regarding a young woman

Children, Social work leaders

Family reunification hampered by lack of specialist teams, strategy and resources, finds study

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Person building tower of blocks spelling out 'trust'

Children, Workforce

‘Why trusting children matters in social care’

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Children, Social work leaders

Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head

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Rachel de Souza

Children, Social work leaders

Councils breaching guidance by not taking homeless teenagers into care, suggests Children’s Commissioner

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