The worst council cuts are still to come, with more than £900m of reductions set to be made next year affecting children’s services, early years, and youth services, the organisation representing county councils has warned. A survey by the...

If you’ve lived through and witnessed some of the worst things one human being can inflict on another, how is it possible to revisit that time, to analyse or even just describe the depth of horror that you have been party to? Those who have written...

The Department for Education has dropped a target to review applications for support for adopted children within five days due to a high volume of applications. The Adoption Support Fund provides support to adopted children and their families. ...

A charity has accused the government of failing to support too many young people with caring responsibilities after it emerged that there could be as many as 800,000 young carers in England. Carers Trust said figures gathered following a survey give...

Community Care has published a short guide to child development from birth to two years. The guide is aimed at social workers involved with families who need to be aware of children’s typical developmental stages and processes...