The Education Committee has launched a survey that asks care leavers of all ages about the help they received whilst in care and the types of placements they experienced, such as foster care, kinship, residential or...
Sibling contact events ‘could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’
Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme. Read the full...
Initial foster care enquiry levels at lowest in five years
The number of initial enquiries from potential foster carers in England has fallen to its lowest level in five years. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this: Share on X (Opens...
Children’s social care
The Children’s Commissioner has published a report looking at child in need plans in England based on an analysis of published local authority procedures and Department for Education data. Key findings include: notable...
Joining Up Joining In- Leicestershire County Council agrees to make care experience a protected characteristic!
The Leicestershire Cares’ Joining Up Joining In (JUJI) project, funded by the Blagrave Trust, is celebrating the County Council’s decision to treat “Care Experience” as a protected characteristic, after their lead...
Extend corporate parenting across public services, say MPs and peers
Corporate parenting duties on councils should be extended across a raft of other public sector organisations, including the NHS and government departments, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers. Read the...
