mong children in care aged eight to 18, 84% said their life is getting better and around four in 10 (39%) aged 11 to 18 report very high wellbeing, according to analysis by Coram Institute for Children...
A group of 325 care-experienced young people are calling on children’s minister Janet Daby to ensure the government provides better mental health support for children in care and care leavers. Improvements...
‘Major reforms’ of the funded childcare entitlement system are needed to benefit disadvantaged children, experts have urged, as latest analysis finds that two thirds of poorer families are missing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
