A programme has been launched to combat mental health issues among care leavers and help them find work.
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The Fostering Network has published a report on the findings of the Muslim Fostering Project which explored the experiences of Muslim children in foster care and that of Muslim foster carers in the UK...
Many children who have been sexually abused have also experienced other abuse such as domestic violence and neglect. The experience of stigma, betrayal and poor attachment can lead to challenging behaviour...
A programme has been launched to combat mental health issues among care leavers and help them find work.
Read the full story on this link to Children & Young People Now
The Fostering Network has published a report on the findings of the Muslim Fostering Project which explored the experiences of Muslim children in foster care and that of Muslim foster carers in the UK. Recommendations include: Ofsted to include...
Many children who have been sexually abused have also experienced other abuse such as domestic violence and neglect. The experience of stigma, betrayal and poor attachment can lead to challenging behaviour, which affects placement stability. Key...
The paper explores the taboo of love for children in care. A taboo is a social custom setting a thing apart, prohibiting association with a person, place, or thing (Oxford English Dictionary 2012). Love can become a taboo for children in care...
Nine areas have been chosen to pilot mental health assessments for children when they enter the care system. The Department for Education-funded pilot is to take place over the next two years in a bid to improve mental health support for looked...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published the second Stability Index, an annual report that tracks the experiences of children in care. The Index gathers data from local authorities in England. Key findings include: almost 2,400 children...
Government efforts to improve residential care will focus on just two areas until there is clarity about leadership arrangements across children’s social care in its entirety, the man in charge of the reforms has said. Sir Alan Wood, chair of...
A single person at every council across England should be made responsible for championing the mental health needs of looked-after children, a group of experts established by government has said. Barnardo’s found that around two thirds of care...
I first came across this author at a conference and got the impression that most of his children’s books fall into the ‘funny’ category, but this one is very different. His first job was as a care worker in a children’s home which influenced him to...
