The Family Rights Group says findings from its latest survey reveal 91 per cent of people would trust relatives or friends to look after their children in the event they could no longer provide care themselves...
Teenagers placed at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation by “fundamental” failures in the children’s social care system deserve a “brand-new offer”, a study has concluded. The report from the Commission on...
Children’s campaigners have criticised the government’s decision not to ban unregulated care settings for 16- and 17-year-olds. The use of settings which provide housing with limited or no support for children...
Concerns have been raised over the scope of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care after it emerged that no additional funding for implementing the recommendations has been pledged. Publication of...
Just over two weeks ago saw the beginning of the long awaited review of children’s social care and the chair of this review opened the discussion with the question ‘How do we ensure children grow up in loving, stable...
The UK’s competitions regulator has launched an examination of children’s social care provision across England, Scotland and Wales. The move comes following a call from Josh MacAlister, chair of England’s Independent...
The long-awaiting review, which was promised in the Conservative Party’s 2019 general election manifesto, was first announced in January It was today (1 March) announced that work is “underway” as chair Josh MacAlister...
Care experienced people, sector leaders and MPs have expressed “hurt” and “disappointment” after more than 900 people were rejected from the Care Review’s Experts by Experience (EbE) group. Last month, chair of the...
More than half of vulnerable children from the European Union in the English care system have not been supported to apply for settled status, new research shows. Looked-after children and care leavers are falling...
The long awaited review into children’s social care has finally been launched and as might have been expected is already subject to “debate” as various stakeholders seek to ensure their views are listened to and heard...
The LGA’s report shows that some independent providers of children’s residential and fostering placements are achieving profits of more than 20 per cent on their income. The Government’s review of children’s social care...
Care experienced people want representation on the leadership of the review of children’s social care in England, a survey of them has found. The survey, carried out before Frontline chief executive Josh MacAlister’s...
(This article has been written to help inform an audience in Hungary as well as those interested in the topic in the UK. It is the intension of the author to have the text translated into Hungarian in the coming weeks...
