Ministers should officially apologise to tens of thousands of unmarried mothers in England and Wales who had their babies taken for adoptionthrough a “brutal and cruel” process, MPs and peers have said. Read...
The statistics show that 32 per cent of all older teenagers in care live in independent or semi-independent accommodation which does not provide care. Of these 5,890 16- and 17-year-olds, 37 per cent moved...
The president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has called on government to “regulate or preferably ban” social work agencies in a bid to “save millions from the public purse...
Young people with experience of the care system have issued a checklist of issues they want to be addressed by the Care Review. A new report, published by Barnardo’s, details a list of eight recommendations that care...
A change in English law will allow those making decisions about where children in care live to discriminate on the basis of their age. The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021...
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England is now well underway. Launched in March 2021, the Review is looking at what works well and what needs to change in the children’s social care system in England...
The High Court has approved a judicial review into the government’s refusal to ban the use of unregulated supported accommodation for children aged 16 and over. The review will look at secondary legislation made by...
Almost half of social workers and the majority of families they work with feel unable to “meaningfully contribute” to the Care Review, new research by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) shows. Responding...
Date: 19 Jul 2021 Publisher: Department for Education Analysis of post-16 education and labour market activities and outcomes for children that were in care. Post-16 education and labour market activities and outcomes...
Adopted children are facing a mental health crisis caused by failings in a system that is not set up to meet their needs, research reveals. Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer report for 2021 reveals that 64 per cent of...
The independent review of children’s social care in England has published its Case for change, setting out current problems faced by children’s social care. Findings include: there needs to be a shift in focus...
The chair of the Independent Review into Children’s Social Care has launched a stinging attack on private companies that make a profit from running children’s homes. Josh MacAlister said that profiteering from the...
A children’s rights charity has threatened the Government with legal action over its decision not to ban the use of unregulated accommodation for 16 and 17 year-old children in care. In February, the Department for...
