Child Services
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‘Care crisis’ review to begin
A seven-month review into the ‘care crisis’ that is causing record levels of care proceedings and numbers of children in care is to begin, led by ...
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Improving mental health support for children and young people in care
In February 2016, the Department for Education announced the creation of an Expert Working Group to ensure that the emotional and mental health needs ...
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Two billion funding gap for supporting vulnerable children
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that children’s services are becoming unsustainable and that there will be a £2 billion funding g...
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Government launches national fostering stocktake
The government has launched a national fostering stocktake to review the status, role and function of foster carers in relation to other professions, ...
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Looked-after children turned away by mental health services
An Education Committee report on the mental health and well-being of looked-after children has highlighted the failure of local authorities and health...
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Schools and local authorities failing young carers
Results in The Children’s Society’s recent report, There’s nobody is there - no one who can actually help?, has found that schools and...
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Serious case review highlights need for multi-agency approach to ‘toxic trio’
Bracknell Forest Local Safeguarding Children Board's recent serious case review examined a case where a two-month-old baby, known as Child C, had its ...
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Lack of reflective supervision and information sharing highlighted in serious case review
Events surrounding the death of Baby V have been examined in a serious case review by an unidentified local safeguarding children board, who was foun...
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