Tag Archives | care leavers

Legislation, Office Binder on Wooden Desk. On the table colored pencils, pen, notebook paper

Children, Social work leaders

Corporate parenting duty to be placed on government departments and public bodies

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Advertiser Content, Community Care

Unlocking independence: how ASDAN gives care leavers choice and control over their future

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Children

Where does the stigma around care-experienced people originate from?

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Katharine Sacks-Jones, chief executive of the children's charity Become,

Children, Social work leaders

‘How the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill can be improved for care-experienced young people’

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Young black man and woman, who is a wheelchair user, talking in a hotel lobby

Children, Social work leaders

Self-reported disability rate among care leavers double that recorded by councils, finds research

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Children, Social work leaders

Care leavers exempted from local connection requirement to access social housing

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A group picture of contributors to Free Loaves on Fridays, an anthology of writings by people who are, or were, in care

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Free Loaves on Fridays: 100 care experienced children and adults tell their story

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A tall young man, Tony Inwood, wearing brown trousers and a black top, leaning against a small green car, in front of a grand stately home

Children

Leaving care, mental illness and recovery: ‘There is always the possibility of a better future’

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Adults, Children

Jacob Crouch: action taken to protect babies following case, says safeguarding body

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Adults, Children, Workforce

How long waits for secure care are harming children already in crisis

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Jeremy Hunt

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Hunt’s Budget boosts tax relief for foster and shared lives carers and support for care leavers

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social Work Recap: #CareDay, campaign for neurodivergent staff and recruiting from overseas

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Children, Workforce

A call for care-experienced people to share their stories

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Unregulated settings to face inspections a third as often as children’s homes

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Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted to issue separate judgment on council care leaver services

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Children, Social work leaders

Council facing removal of services improving care leaver provision, finds Ofsted

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