Four in 10 adoptive families are facing severe challenges or are at crisis point, according to a poll, leading campaigners to call for a legal right to lifelong adoption support. Read more.
Analysis by economic think-tank PBE, commissioned by the alliance of children’s charities the Children’s Services Funding Alliance, finds local authorities spent £8.4billion on supporting looked-after...
Early findings from Adoption UK’s forthcoming Adoption Barometer 2026 report show that more than half of respondents said they had been negatively affected by a 40% reduction to the Adoption and Special...
The number of local authority-run children’s homes in England and Wales decreased between April and August this year, according to latest figures from Ofsted. A new report from the inspectorate also notes that, in the...
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...
