by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
New research, commissioned by the Scottish Government and carried out by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA), looks at home Compulsory Supervision Orders (CSOs) in the Hearings System. A CSO is a legal document which means that the local...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group in Scotland has published its first annual report. The group was established in September 2018 to support the delivery of the Scotland’s new Suicide Prevention Action Plan Every Life Matters, published in August...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The Scottish Government has announced that the upper-age limit of 26 will be removed from the Care Experienced Bursary next year, meaning that hundreds more care-experienced students will be eligible for the annual non-repayable bursary of £8,100. There has been a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The findings of a research study commissioned by Social Care Wales, and conducted by the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) at Cardiff University, have been published. The report, ‘The experiences and outcomes of children and...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The Howard League for Penal Reform has published a guide to help lawyers advocate for looked-after children at the police station. The guide, ‘Representing looked-after children at the police station’, provides information about the growing number of...