Increasing the number of young people in care involved in Staying Put foster care schemes could prevent hundreds of care leavers a year becoming homeless, evaluation of the initiative has found Read the full story on...
Extra support network funding for children in care
Several West Midlands councils will get a share of £30m to help children in care to build their own “family networks”. Coventry, Warwickshire and Stoke-on-Trent councils and Birmingham Children’s Trust...
Out of area care placements make support ‘more challenging’, warns youth justice inspectorate
Children in care being placed far from home due to a lack of local placements is hindering the support youth justice services (YJS) can offer, according to the probation inspectorate. Read the full article on this link...
Care proceedings
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published new research on parents with learning disabilities or learning difficulties who are involved in care proceedings in England. Findings from court and social work...
Benefit rules locking 19,000 young carers out of financial help, charity warns
A charity is calling for an overhaul of benefit rules which are forcing thousands of young carers to choose between their education and receiving financial help. Read the full article on this link to Children &...
Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds
One in three parents at risk of having their baby taken into care have a learning disability or difficulty, analysis of 200 care proceedings has found. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...
